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UAE Dismantles Hezbollah-linked Terrorist Network Amid Escalating Gulf Tensions

  • On Wednesday, Kuwait's interior ministry arrested 10 militants affiliated with the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group, accusing them of plotting attacks on vital installations and saying 'The State Security Agency has successfully thwarted a plot for a terrorist operation targeting vital installations.'
  • Rising Iranian-linked attacks have increased Gulf security concerns as Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Hezbollah attacked Israel.
  • The ministry shared video showing seized Hezbollah flags, small drones, pictures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Hassan Nasrallah, plus weapons, camera drones and morse-code communication devices.
  • Prior Gulf–Lebanon tensions suggest potential escalation as the arrests risk stoking communal sensitivities in Kuwait, where the Shia community comprises about one-third of the local population, and ongoing Gulf pressures could amplify strains with Iran and Iran-backed groups.
  • On Monday, Kuwait's interior ministry said it arrested 16 people—14 Kuwaitis and two Lebanese nationals—for a 'sabotage plot', while Hezbollah denied any members were among them.
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The network, which operated under a false commercial cover, was involved in "money laundering, terrorist financing and threatening national security."

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UAE Launches Counterattack: Dismantles Iranian and Hezbollah-Backed Terrorist Network The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on the 20th (local time) that it has dismantled a terrorist network supported by Iran and Hezbollah and arrested its members. According to a report by the UAE state news agency Emirates News Agency (WAM), the organization was involved in money laundering,...

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The authorities of the United Arab Emirates today announced that they had dismantled a ''terrorist network'' financed and led by Hezbollah and Iran, and that they had arrested its members. According to the state news agency, the network was involved in ''money laundering, financing of terrorism and threats to national security''. There were no immediate comments from Hezbollah or Iran. Since the outbreak of the war between the United States and …

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Semafor broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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