Analysts Fear Jabhat al-Nusra's Capabilities in Lebanon to Receive a Boost
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A significant number of fighters from the Syrian wing of al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra are present in Syria’s mountainous border region, and analysts said the Assad regime's continued efforts to drive rebels out of the area could push more of them into Lebanon.
The analysts told Washington Post that the move could escalate instability by significantly boosting the operational capability of the Lebanese branch of Jabhat al-Nusra.
“Nusra in Lebanon are so far localized in the lawless border zones and are not that significant yet,” said Aymenn al-Tamimi, a fellow at the Middle East Forum who specializes in jihadist groups.
“They appear to have just adopted the name of the Syrian group and the two have not become one yet, but that could change if there was an influx of fighters from Syria,” he told the newspaper.
But other terror groups, particularly the Abdullah Azzam Brigades pose the most immediate threat, said a senior army officer.
The group has claimed responsibility for double suicide bombings on the Iranian cultural center and the Iranian embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs.
The officer told the Post that the Azzam Brigades and Jabhat al-Nusra appear to work in tandem, sometimes releasing joint statements.
20 March 2014, 08:17
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Man and protect the God damned border instead of constantly whining. If you dont have means, do the old fashionned method: Build an observation tower every 500m man it with cctvs- put an electric fence. A double electric fence.
Hell even mine the border- nothing good comes through that border anyway. Just keep the mine plans...
20 March 2014, 08:58
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Now that al-Mustaqbal al-Ta3ees is once again running their Lebano-Saudi criminal enterprise from within the government, it goes without saying that the terrorists' capabilities will be receiving a boost, and what a boost it is going to be with the Commander in Chief of All Thugs and Outlaws as justice minister and a buffoon as interior minister!
20 March 2014, 09:38
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yea as usual... syrians dumping their trash on us.. 1st Palestinians and now extremists... unfortunately always with the help of a lebanese side .. this time hizb.. thank you a lot!!! your doing wonders in protecting Lebanon... ow wait and let me guess then they will go like we warned you about the extremists.. ma you're the ones pushing them to lebanon bunch of..... 14 march was right from the beginning need border demarcation if they had done that the borders would have been safe for both countries but who was it that refused that idea? and now paying the price and reacting in a worse way
