Hezbollah

Spotlight on Iran (August 23 – September 6, 2015)

The commander of the IRGC said Iran would continue to support the “resistance front. Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC’s Qods Force, reviewed regional. Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general, said Hezbollah was proud of its relations with Iran.
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Spotlight on Iran (August 9 – 23, 2015)

A conference of the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly was held in Tehran. Senior officials of the Iranian regime used the platform to stress Iran’s commitment to supporting its regional allies even in the post nuclear-agreement era, including the provision of weapons. The Iranian foreign minister visited Syria and Lebanon, emphasizing Iran’s support of Syria and
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 13-19, 2015)

This week as well, the fighting in Syria was concentrated to the north and east of Aleppo In the various battle zones in Iraq, ISIS deployed suicide bombers and car bombs against the Iraqi security forces and the Shiite population. ISIS’s branch in Libya is gradually establishing itself around the important coastal city of Sirte,
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 23-29, 2015)

Some ten months after the opening of the US-led campaign against ISIS, this week there has been a possible fundamental change in Turkey’s policy. From ISIS’s perspective, the Turkish activity along the border and the widespread wave of detentions may impede ISIS’s supply routes and make it more difficult for foreign fighters to join ISIS.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 16-22, 2015)

The main event of the week was a suicide bombing attack carried out in Turkey in the town of Suruc, near the Turkish-Syrian border. More than 30 people were killed and many dozens were injured. In the Sinai Peninsula, an anti-tank missile was fired at an Egyptian patrol boat off the coast of Rafah. The
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 9-15, 2015)

The main event of the week was an IED explosion near the Italian Consulate in Cairo. One man was killed and ten wounded. According to a Twitter account affiliated with the Sinai province of the Islamic Stateclaimed responsibility for the attack. There were no significant developments this week in the battle zones in Syria and
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