Hezbollah

Combined ISIS Suicide Bombing Attacks in the Shi’ite Suburb of South Beirut

In the late afternoon on November 12, 2015, ISIS carried out combined suicide bombing attacks in Burj al-Barajneh, the southern Shi’ite Hezbollah-controlled suburb of Beirut. Forty-three people were killed, most of them passersby, and 240 were injured (according to Al-Jazeera, quoting the Lebanese ministry of health). The blasts also destroyed a considerable amount of property
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Portrait of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Qods Force, Instigator of Iranian Subversion and Terrorism in the Middle East and around the Globe By Dr. Raz Zimmt*

Major General Qasem Soleimani (Haj Qasem) was appointed commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Qods Force (“Jerusalem Force”) during the period between September 1997 and March 1998. It is one of five IRGC arms, the strongest security force in Iran and the regime’s main prop.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (October 22 –28, 2015)

This week as well, the Syrian Army’s ground offensive was concentrated in the rural area south of Aleppo. The attack was directed against the rebel organizations, including ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front. It appears that the Iraqi Army, assisted by Shiite militias, is gradually completing its takeover of the oil city of Baiji, located north
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (September 3-9, 2015)

This week as well, the fighting in Syria focused on the rural area north of Aleppo, which is allegedly intended to become an “ISIS-free” buffer zone. ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front are putting pressure on the military airbases of the Syrian Air Force in the various provinces, in order to challenge the regime’s ability to
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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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