Having slipped undetected into Mali’s capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy, stormed Bamako’s airport and set the presidential jet on fire.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on south Beirut.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the Lebanese movement said Saturday, dealing a heavy blow to the Iran-backed group that has been engaged in a year of cross-border hostilities with Israel.
The Eighth Brigade comprises several local factions in Daraa that were once part of the opposition.
On Tuesday evening, clashes erupted in the town of al-Musayfra, located in the eastern countryside of Daraa, between a faction of the Eighth Brigade under the Military Security and a group affiliated with Air Force Intelligence.
A significant portion of the recalled forces belong to Hezbollah’s elite “Radwan Unit”
In a strategic shift following recent Israeli cyber and military attacks, Hezbollah has begun withdrawing key units, including elite forces and special operations teams, from Syria and other Arab countries to bolster its front in southern Lebanon. The move, confirmed by multiple military and security sources, reflects the group’s escalating preparations for a potential confrontation with Israel.
The attack left four members dead, including the patrol commander, Mukhtar Mahtab, al-Masdar writes.
Unknown assailants launched an armed attack on a military patrol belonging to the Afghan militia Zainebiyoun, affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, on Sunday evening near the Taybeh area in the eastern countryside of Homs.
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Investigation
The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.
Syria’s civil war is one of the most devastating conflicts of the 21st century. More than half a million people have been killed and about 12 million forced to flee their homes.
Established In: 1979
Established By: Ayatollah Khomeini
Also Known As: IRGC, Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Country Of Origin: Iran
Leaders: Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari
Key Members: Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, Brigadier General Mohammad Hejazi, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakvar
Operational Area: Iran, Syria, Iraq
Number Of Members: 120,000–125,000
Involved In: Smuggling (including importing illegal alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and satellite dishes, into Iran via jetties not supervised by the Government), Training and supplying Hezbollah and Hamas, Kidnappings of 5 Britons from a government ministry building in Baghdad in 2007
For many years now, Hezbollah has served as a major instrument of Iran to take over Lebanon, not only as a territory but as a sovereign state. Many Western countries would like to avoid that and invest in the former “Pearl of the Middle East”, led by France. These efforts are futile in view of the Iranian circumvention apparatus, who’s main mechanism is allocated in the border crossings between Syria and Lebanon. No matter how much pressure is put on a state level, Hezbollah will survive and even prosper, as long as one does not put an end to Hezbollah’s control over these main smuggling routes.
The paper presents a critical reading of the intellectual and educational aspects of the Muslim Brotherhood’s literature related to citizenship, while demonstrating its urgent need for revision and renewal to keep pace with the requirements of our present age, far from the sermons and messages inherited from Hassan al-Banna and others.