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Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon, which claimed a suicide bombing in Beirut on Jan. 21, warned Sunnis in Lebanon to avoid areas where Hezbollah operates as the group’s bases will be targeted for attacks. Both the Army and Hezbollah set up checkpoints in Beirut after rumors surfaced that two suicide bombers were planning attacks in the southern suburbs. Military forces repelled an attempt by an armed group to infiltrate into the Bekaa valley from Syria.
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Lebanon
Security forces killed Ibrahim Abdul-Moti Abu Muaileq, a Palestinian Abdullah Azzam Brigades operative known as Abu Jaafar, in a shootout after he tried to elude arrest at a checkpoint in the Bekaa valley. Muaileq was accused of coordinating with the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham on the movement of suicide bombers from Qalamoun in Syria into Lebanon. The arrest is part of an army effort to track down members of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which, like ISIS, has conducted suicide attacks in Lebanon in recent months. The World Health Organization predicted that 1.5 million Syrian…
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Al Qaeda
Lebanon Special Tribunal defense to link Abu Adass to Al Qaeda
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Lebanon
Security forces detained Hussein Sharafeddine, a rapper with a long beard, in the south Beirut neighborhood where a car bomb killed four people the day before. The Future party said security will not return to Lebanon unless Hezbollah withdraws from Syria. Eight soldiers were wounded in Tripoli during clashes between supporters and opponents of the Assad regime.
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Iraq
Former NATO commander warns of wider war in Middle East
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Lebanon
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 for Hezbollah killings in the city of Arsal and in Syria.
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Al Nusrah Front again targets Hezbollah in Lebanon
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.
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Egypt
Region Boiling, Israel Takes Up Castle Strategy
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Lebanon
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 a claim of responsibility by a group called Nusra and Jihad in Greater Syria and framed an innocent man, Abu Ahmad Dass.
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Lebanon
Hezbollah digs in for more conflict with Israel
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah at War in Syria: Forces, Operations, Effects and Implications
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Lebanon
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.
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Al Nusrah Front suicide bomber kills 5 in attack on Hezbollah
AL Qaeda-affiliated groups are stepping up attacks on Hezbollah and Iranian interests in Lebanon as the Syrian civil war rages.
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Hezbollah
Prosecutors build Hariri bomb plot case on cellphone logs
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Lebanon
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.
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Hezbollah
Justice or Peace? Hariri Trial Could Spark Further Unrest in Lebanon
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Hezbollah
Defending Israel’s Natural Gas
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Lebanon
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 the attacks. A Lebanese security source said 14 rockets fired from Qusayr in Syria landed in Arsal. The mayor of Arsal, who is wanted by Lebanese authorities, claimed that he is working with Qatar and members of the Syrian opposition to help negotiate the release…
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Lebanon
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 official met with President Sleiman to discuss cooperation between the American and Lebanese defense ministries.
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Lebanon
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 Cabinet made up of nonpartisan ministers.
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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda hasn’t gone away, and is gaining
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Abdullah Azzam Brigades
The continuing evolution of al Qaeda 3.0
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Iraq
Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants
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Saudi emir of Abdullah Azzam Brigades dies in custody
Majid bin Muhammad al Majid was reportedly seeking treatment for kidney disease when he was captured by Lebanese security forces.
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Lebanon
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 library belonging to a Greek Orthodox priest in Tripoli after rumors were floated that he had insulted Islam in a report published online.
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Lebanon
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 State of Iraq and the Sham in Syria. The army arrested four Syrians who entered the country illegally at Arsal. The Lebanese Forces denounced death threats against March 14 officials, and urged security forces to take necessary measures.
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah Upgrades Missile Threat to Israel
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Hezbollah
Chatah’s assassination marks rise of extremism in Lebanon
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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 Syria. Iran formally requested that Lebanon interrogate al Majid. Lebanese military forces deployed heavily along the Syrian border near Masharih al-Qaa, al-Qaa, and Ras Baalbek as Syrian forces tried to stem a rebel advance in the area. US officials believe Hezbollah is smuggling advanced guided-missile…
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Lebanon
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 apparently been suspended. A Hezbollah commander who died in Syria was buried in Baalbek. A Syrian airstrike wounded 10 people near Arsal. The US Embassy warned US citizens in Lebanon to use extreme caution over the next two weeks as terrorist attacks are likely.
