The Information Branch (), formally known as the Information Department (), commonly known as the Information (), is the intelligence unit of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces Directorate (ISF). Its main tasks include gathering, processing, and analyzing national and military intelligence, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, criminal investigation, and espionage.

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 Strike Force is equipped with advanced firearms and devices.

Information Branch

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

Information Branch

See also

General Directorate of General Security

Lebanese State Security

October 2012 Beirut bombing

References

Lebanese intelligence agencies

1993 establishments in Lebanon

Government agencies established in 1993

Information Branch