New U.S. Intelligence Assessment Removes Iran and Hizbullah from List of Terrorism Threats

(Times of Israel) The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Communities, an annual report delivered on Feb. 26, 2015, to the Senate by James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, removed Iran and Hizbullah from its list of terrorism threats, after years in which they featured in similar reports. The report noted Iran's efforts to combat Sunni extremists. At the same time, both Iran and Hizbullah were listed as terrorism threats in the assessment of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.


2015-03-16 00:00:00

Full Article

BACK

Visit the Daily Alert Archive