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Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front militants/Photo: Ammar Abdullah – Reuters

‘Jund al-Aqsa’, Remarkable Case on Radical Field in Syria

by Mona Alami | Oct 18, 2016 | Features

Beirut – Clashes between “Ahrar al-Sham” and “Jund al-Aqsa” in the northern region of Syria have led this latter to announce allegiance to “Jabhat Fateh al-Sham”, which has recently split from Al-Qaeda. This allegiance emphasizes attempts to resettle the...

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An undated photo from a social media account of Omar Mateen,
who Orlando Police have identified as the suspect in the mass shooting
at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 12, 2016. via Myspace/Handout via REUTERS

Racism in the United States Nurtures “Lone Wolves”

by Mona Alami | Sep 27, 2016 | Features

Beirut – The United States witnessed during the weekend three terrorist attacks in the states of Minnesota, New York, and New Jersey. These attacks seemed to be inspired by ISIS and pointed to the expansion of operations initiated by “Lone Wolves” amid the...

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Lebanese army soldiers patrol near the site where suicide bomb attacks took place in the Christian village of Qaa, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah

Lebanon’s Qaa Explosions Egging on Sectarian Strife

by Mona Alami | Jul 11, 2016 | Features

Beirut- Earlier last week a series of eight suicide attacks shocked the Christian Qaa diminutive village located far in the northeast area of the Bekka governorate, Lebanon. The village lies proximate to borderlines with Syria. As any other action, a countering...

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A picture taken on June 6, 2016 shows Jordanian security forces vehicles patrolling near the Jordanian intelligence agency office in the Baqaa camp north of the capital Amman following a gun attack. STRINGER / AFP

A View into Radicalization in Jordan

by Mona Alami | Jun 13, 2016 | Features

Beirut-Jordan has once again fallen victim to terrorist attacks, the latest of which was an assault on the Baqaa refugee camp north of Amman that left five people dead, among them three intelligence members. Baqaa, the largest of 10 official Palestinian refugee camps...

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Hezbollah supporters carry the picture of their slain commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in Syria, during his funeral procession in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 13, 2016. AP

Hezbollah’s Doctrine in Lebanese Elections

by Mona Alami | May 30, 2016 | Features

Beirut-The municipal elections that were held in Lebanon this month showed a huge drop in the support for Lebanese political parties, including the so-called Hezbollah. The rise of independents, influential families and the Lebanese Communist Party was a sign that...