Information Branch

The Information Department or the Information Branch (Arabic: شعبة المعلومات/فرع المعلومات), known informally as the Information (Arabic: المعلومات), is the intelligence unit of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate (ISF), officially tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national and military intelligence, criminal investigation, espionage, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism.[1]

Information Department
شعبة المعلومات
Agency overview
FormedAugust 6, 1993
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executive
Parent departmentInternal Security Forces Directorate
Websitehttps://isf.gov.lb/en/article/183/

Acting as a counterweight to the intelligence unit of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), it was extensively trained and supplied by the United States, France, and Germany. Having undergone training in the Alps, its elite Strike Force is equipped with advanced firearms and devices.[2][3]

Recognized as one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the Middle East, its operatives have been subject to targeted assassinations and assassination attempts.[4]

See also

References
  1. "معلومات عن فرع المعلومات". Al-akhbar.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. "Lebanon's Information Branch: Up to its Old Tricks | al Akhbar English". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Al Jazeera Documentary الجزيرة الوثائقية". YouTube. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.


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