A suicide car bombing killed four people and wounded 46 more in a Hezbollah neighborhood in southern Beirut, the third bombing targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon so far this year, and the fourth such attack by al Qaeda in the country since November. The Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon claimed the attack, saying it was retaliation […]
The Al Nusrah Front, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, all al Qaeda affiliates, have carried out four suicide attacks in Lebanon since November 2013.
Region Boiling, Israel Takes Up Castle Strategy
The army detained and later released four British men “with an Islamist appearance” in Zahle. Some 20 rockets and shells fired from Syria hit in Arsal, killing six children and one adult. The prosecutor in the Special Tribunal on the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri said defendant Hussein Oneissi, a Hezbollah operative, falsely set up […]
Hezbollah digs in for more conflict with Israel
Hezbollah at War in Syria: Forces, Operations, Effects and Implications
An Al Nusrah Front suicide bomber killed five people in an attack in the Hezbollah stronghold of Hermel. The army confiscated five RPGs and various types of ammunition from a car in Zahle that was traveling to Arsal. Two rockets fired from Syria landed in the northern Bekaa valley village of Ras Baalbek.
AL Qaeda-affiliated groups are stepping up attacks on Hezbollah and Iranian interests in Lebanon as the Syrian civil war rages.
Prosecutors build Hariri bomb plot case on cellphone logs
Security forces captured Jamal Daftardar, a.k.a. Mohammad Ahmad al-Masri, a senior Abdullah Azzam Brigades operative who was a candidate to replace recently deceased leader Majid al Majid. A second suspect was killed during the raid, which took place at a residence in the Bekaa valley.
Justice or Peace? Hariri Trial Could Spark Further Unrest in Lebanon
Defending Israel’s Natural Gas
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades confirmed the death of its leader, Majid al Majid; vowed to continue to target Iran and Hezbollah; and threatened attacks against “the Jewish oppressors.” The group claimed that Majid personally oversaw the twin suicide attacks on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut in November. Security forces arrested a Palestinian man linked to […]
Three people, including two soldiers, were injured in an hourlong firefight between soldiers and “mosque security guards” outside a Tripoli mosque. The remains of Abdullah Azzam Brigades leader Majid al Majid were handed over to the Saudi embassy in Beirut, after a committee confirmed that he died of natural causes. A high-ranking US Defense Department […]
A military prosecutor accused five Syrians of membership in the Al Nusrah Front. Security forces arrested Arsal native Hussein al-Hujeiri, who is wanted for kidnappings and attacks on soldiers. The acting state prosecutor said Abdullah Azzam Brigades leader Majid al Majid died of natural causes. Hezbollah reiterated its opposition to the formation of a neutral […]
Al-Qaeda hasn’t gone away, and is gaining
The continuing evolution of al Qaeda 3.0
Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants
Majid bin Muhammad al Majid was reportedly seeking treatment for kidney disease when he was captured by Lebanese security forces.
Majid al Majid, who headed the al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, died in a Badaro military hospital where he was receiving kidney dialysis. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham claimed the Jan. 2 suicide bombing of a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut and threatened further attacks. Unknown assailants set fire to a historic 80,000-volume […]
The army said DNA tests confirmed that the suspect arrested on Dec. 26 is Abdullah Azzam Brigades leader Majid al Majid, and called him one of the “most dangerous wanted men.” Authorities identified the bomber in yesterday’s suicide attack in Beirut as Qotaiba Mohammad al-Satem, a Lebanese man who reportedly had fought alongside the Islamic […]
Hezbollah Upgrades Missile Threat to Israel
Chatah’s assassination marks rise of extremism in Lebanon
A car bombing in Beirut killed four people and wounded 77; a Hezbollah official said the attack took place just meters from the party’s political council. Security forces are reportedly taking unprecedented measures after the arrest of Majid al Majid, the leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which has threatened attacks until Hezbollah withdraws from […]
Defense Minister Ghosn denied confirming the arrest of Majid bin Mohammad al Majid, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades. Lebanese media has reported that al Majid was arrested in Beirut. A Twitter account belonging to a member of the group who had claimed the Nov. 21 attack on the Iranian Embassy has […]
Al Qaeda-affiliated emir arrested in Lebanon
Majid bin Muhammad al Majid, a Saudi jihadist who leads the al Qaeda-associated Abdullah Azzam Brigades, is thought to have been captured last month.
US sources said reports that Lebanese security forces captured Abdullah Azzam Brigades leader Majid bin Muhammad al-Majids are credible. The leader of the al Qaeda-linked group was reportedly arrested in Lebanon on Dec. 29; one report also alleged he had recently pledged allegiance to the Al Nusrah Front in Syria. The FBI is assisting with […]
Lebanon – In neglected Tripoli, street fighters quietly take control
In its first action against Syrian aircraft since the start of the Syrian war, the Lebanese army fired antiaircraft missiles at two Syrian helicopters that bombed Khirbet Dawud near Arsal. President Sleiman said yesterday that Saudi Arabia has given Lebanon $3 billion to buy military equipment from France for the army; a March 14 official […]