Information Branch

The Information Department (Arabic: شعبة المعلومات), commonly known as the Information Branch (Arabic: فرع المعلومات) or the Information (Arabic: المعلومات), is the intelligence unit of the Internal Security Forces Directorate (Arabic: المديرية العامة لقوى الأمن الداخلي). It is mainly tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national and military intelligence, counterintelligence,^[1][2][3] counterterrorism,^[4][5][6][7] criminal investigation,^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]} and espionage.

Acting as a counterweight to the Intelligence Directorate of the Lebanese Armed Forces (Arabic: مديرية المخابرات في الجيش اللبناني), it was extensively trained and supplied by the United States, France, and Germany. Having undergone training in the Alps, its Strike Force (Arabic: القوة الضاربة) is equipped with advanced firearms and devices.^[14]

Recognized as one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the Middle East,^[15] its executives and officers have been subject to targeted assassinations and assassination attempts.^[16]

• General Directorate of General Security
• Lebanese State Security
• October 2012 Beirut bombing