According to the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian Information Center (PIC), a spokesman for the group asserts that an Egyptian document outlining guidelines for internal Palestinian reconciliation “contains positive points that could be built upon.” He went on to say that Hamas will agree to the document once necessary changes and clarifications are made to it. Hamas's statement […]
Bintjbeil.org, a Hezbollah-affiliated website, has announced the formation of its own facebook group. The website is named after a town in south Lebanon (nicknamed City of the Resistance and Lady of the Galilee), which has been the site of key engagements between Hezbollah and the IDF over the past 20 years. While in a physical […]
The Lebanese Al-Akhbar daily recently featured an in depth report on the bombing in Tripoli (Lebanon) earlier this week. Part of the report included schematics (in a 1, 2, 3, sequence) on how the attack is thought to have been executed (see below). It shows how the bus carrying army personnel was immediately hit after […]
The jihadist al-Yaqeen media center recently distributed a report on internet forums questioning Syria's claim that last weeks bombing in Damascus was carried out by extremists, suggesting it may have been a 'staged incident’. In it's conclusion, it describes the Syrian regime has one that has long fabricated terrorist events in order to suppress Islamist […]
Today's car bombing in Damascus was the first of its kind in Syria since the 1980s. This circumstance, in conjunction with the recent deployment of Syrian troops to the country's border with Lebanon and the alleged involvement of an extremist group in the attack, may have some conspiracy theorists wondering if the incident will be […]
Amid the closure of several jihadist internet forums, it appears Al-Qaeda enthusiasts may be turning more to secondary online outlets to distribute major video releases and interact online. In a previous post last Friday, I mentioned how the As-Sahab media production house established a YouTube channel for the much awaited and delayed release of a […]
The deployment of a reported 10,000 Syrian troops near the country's border with northern Lebanon has many concerned, according to several Arab sources. As-Sharq al-Awsat stated that some Lebanese fear that it could be the sign of a Syrian incursion, with French and Turkish cover, to counter extremists originating from northern Lebanon. However, Lebanese Army […]
As Al-Qaeda's As-Sahab media planned on releasing a video commemorating the 7th anniversary of 9-11, the group's online media infrastructure appears to have come under a cyber-attack this past week, according to Will McCants's Jihadica blog. Several of the pro-Qaeda internet forums (i.e. Ekhlaas and Al-Firdaws) have been down for the past week, while the […]
According to the Sadrist-affiliated Al-Kufa News Agency, representatives from the Sadrist Bloc are calling for the vetting the Awakening Councils, a largely Sunni citizen patrol force, including former insurgents, who many believe have played a key role in combating Al-Qaeda's presence in Iraq. This NY Times piece provides an informative breakdown of the Awakening by […]
Palestinian media sources report that Hamas-allied security forces killed seven members of the Army of Islam (AI) group in a shootout in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City yesterday. The shooting involved members of the Daghmoush clan, killing the brother of AI's leader Ibrahim Daghmoush. The total body count was reported to be 11, according […]
The Muslim Brotherhood's English-language website reports that Al Qaeda in Iraq's (AQI) leader is calling for war against the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq. Citing a report by the Italian Adnkronos news agency, the Brotherhood states that AQI's leader, Abu Amr al-Baghdadi, has offered a reward to those […]
September 14th will mark the 26th anniversary of Bashir Gemayel's assassination. Gemayel was a leader who first emerged to the forefront of Lebanese political life as the commander of the predominantly Maronite Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) militia, and, through a combination of political and military ingenuity, eventually became president of the war-torn country in […]
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