US considers jihadist threat to Lebanon - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson

Mar 4, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama applauds alongside Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during a DNC fundraiser in Washington March 25, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS) - RTXD7ID — US President Barack Obama applauds alongside Sen. Tim Kaine in Washington, March 25, 2009. — REUTERS/Jason Reed

Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq (L), Acting Director General of the Internal Security Forces Major General Ibrahim Basbous (2nd L) and head of the Internal Security Force's Information Branch Colonel Imad Othman (R) inspect a map at the ISF headquarters to locate the site of the explosion that occured near the Iranian cultural centre in the southern suburbs of Beirut February 19, 2014. The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed a twin bomb attack in Beirut on Wednesday, saying such at

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Jean Aziz (Lebanon Pulse)

A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra is seen through a smashed bus window during a fight with forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad at the front line in Aleppo December 24, 2012. Syria special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi discussed solving the country's conflict with President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, but the opposition expressed deepening frustration with the mission following what it called the latest massacre of civilians. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITI

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Syrian refugee children and men gesture, as they hold flags and wear headbands during a protest marking two years since the start of the uprising in the Wadi Khaled area, northern Lebanon March 15, 2013. The headbands and flags read "There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is the messenger of Allah" . REUTERS/Roula Naeimeh (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3F19U

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Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters rest on the back of a pick-up truck with an installed weapon in Khashaat, in the Qalamoun region after they advanced in the area May 15, 2015. Lebanon's Hezbollah and Syria's army made big advances against insurgents in mountains north of Damascus on Wednesday, Hezbollah and Syrian state media said, shoring up President Bashar al-Assad's grip on the border zone. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RTX1D54Z

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