CIA activities in Lebanon

William Blum has claimed that the CIA financed the campaign of Camille Chamoun during the 1957 election.

[1] From 1962 to 1967, the CIA funded the Arabic magazine Hiwar under the cover of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.

[2] Generous funding was provided by the CIA with the stipulation that it publish articles on the situation of Soviet Muslims.

[6] Ronald Reagan, Robert McFarlane, and William Casey's widow claimed that the CIA had no involvement.

[8] In December 2011, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah released the names of 10 undercover CIA agents working in Lebanon during a televised address on al-Manar, claiming CIA agents conducted meetings at Pizza Hut and Starbucks franchises.