groups.According to the report, Dr. Mohamed
Mokhtar Gomaa said that the Muslim Brotherhood is the progenitor of the
Islamic State and similar terrorist groups. He accused the Brotherhood
of disrupting education at Egyptian universities and said the group is
harmful to Islam.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

[Published by the Jerusalem Post under the title "New opponents, new challenges in the Middle East"]

Hezbollah is under pressure as the consequences of its ongoing
intervention in Syria have come back to bite the terrorist organization.
There are increasing indications that the sectarian war raging in Iraq and Syria is now moving irrevocably into Lebanon.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

The Islamic State has
claimed a deadly, complex suicide attack in a town north of Baqubah in Iraq's Diyala
province that killed at least 25 people. The suicide attack in
Diyala took place today in thetown of Qara
Qubah, and targeted a government complex. Reuters reported that the attack was executed using three car
bombs driven by suicide bombers, and 25 people, including civilians and troops,
were killed and more than 60 were wounded. The Islamic State claimed
that the attack was carried out by three foreign fighters: Abu Sarah al Almani,
from Germany; Abu Muhammad
al Jazrawi, from Saudi Arabia;
and Abu Turab al Turki, from Turkey,
according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which obtained and translated three statements
from the group that were released on Twitter.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Turkish and U.S. officials are
now planning to push the "moderates" onto the battlefield. The
"moderates" -- Islamists featuring lighter shades of jihad -- will be
trained at a military base in Turkey to specialize in bombing,
subversion and ambush, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, and