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Abdullah Azzam threatens more attacks on #Hezbollah, #Iran
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The al-Qaeda-linked #Abdullah_Azzam_Brigades, whose leader #Majed_al-Majed died earlier this month, vowed Tuesday to keep up its attacks against Iran, Hezbollah and #Israel. The Saudi-born Majed, which claimed responsibility for a November attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut that killed at least 23 people, died after his arrest by Lebanese authorities. “His project will continue, God willing, in striking Iran, its party (Hezbollah) and the aggressor Jews (Israel), and in defending oppressed Sunnis everywhere,” the group said in an online statement. read more

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From ISIS to Majed: The Deals of Death
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Second, Iran, which had until now avoided accusing Saudi Arabia of involvement in the bombing outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut, has changed its tone. Spokesperson of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee in the Iranian Shura Council, Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said, “Majed al-Majed was liquidated on account of the important information he held about terrorist operations and his links to senior Saudi officials including Bandar bin Sultan.”

This was echoed by Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alawi, who told Al-Mayadeen TV, “There are doubts surrounding the circumstances of Majed al-Majed’s death.” For his part, Mansour Haqiqat Pour, deputy chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy in the Shura Council, said that Saudi Arabia offered $3 billion to Lebanon in return for extraditing Majed. However, the Saudi ambassador in Lebanon reacted by saying his country was pursuing Majed, and raised questions about who had “abetted, trained, and financed Majed,” alluding to Syria and Iran.

Ailing Saudi jihadist dies in Lebanese custody : army
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The suspected leader of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for bombing the Iranian embassy in Beirut two months ago died in custody on Saturday, the Lebanese army said. #Majed_al-Majed, a Saudi national who was wanted by authorities in his own country, had been suffering from kidney failure and went into a coma on Friday, a source cited by Reuters said. He died in a military hospital in Beirut on Saturday “as a result of the deterioration of his health,” the army said in a statement. read more

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#Lebanon “captures” jihadist behind Iranian embassy attack
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Lebanese troops have arrested the leader of the al-Qaeda-linked group that claimed a double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut in November, different sources reported this week. The story first broke on Tuesday by Lebanon’s LBCI television station which cited unnamed army sources who claimed that #Majed_al-Majed, the “emir” of the #Abdullah_Azzam_Brigades, was arrested by army troops on Friday. Reuters also cited two US security sources who said Majed, a Saudi citizen wanted on terror charges, was in Lebanese custody. read more

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Family repudiates suspected #Beirut suicide bomber
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The grandfather of Adnan Moussa al-Mohammed, one of the suspects responsible for the twin suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut last week, reacts in front of the building where his family lives on November 23, 2013 in the Lebanese southern village of Bissariyeh, near the port city of Sidon. (Photo: AFP - Mahmoud Zayyat)

The family of one of the two suspected suicide bombers behind last week’s deadly attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut publicly renounced him on Sunday for carrying out the “criminal act.” Authorities on Saturday said that DNA samples taken from the families of Lebanese Mouin Abu Dahr and Palestinian Adnan Moussa al-Mohammed – the two suspected bombers – confirmed that they were behind the November 19 attack which killed at least 23 (...)

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Lebanese army defuses car bomb in Bekaa valley
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The Lebanese army defused a car bomb at dawn Friday in the eastern Bekaa Valley after giving chase to suspects, a security source said. The car rigged with 400 kilograms of explosives was found just three days after twin suicide bombings targeting the Iranian embassy in Beirut killed 25 people, and as #Lebanon celebrated its independence day. According to a correspondent of the Lebanese National News Agency, the car bomb was set to explode in the Lebanese capital. read more

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LIBAN. 15 morts dans un double attentat à Beyrouth
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Deux explosions aux abords de l’ambassade d’Iran située dans le sud de Beyrouth ont causé la mort d’au moins 15 personnes mardi 19 novembre. Les témoins parlent d’un attentat à la voiture piégé. Une journaliste présente dans la capitale libanaise évoque des scènes de dévastation après l’attentat, le feu ayant gagné un immeuble voisin.