Nusra Front
Al-Nusra Front is a Salafist jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War.
The independent Nasserite Movement organized a pause Monday in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut in solidarity with the victims of Rawdah Mosque.
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that a Russian air strike in Syria had killed 12 Nusra Front field commander.
Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Attiyah is the mastermind and the right arm of the Qatari government and is favored by Prince Tamim.
Hezbollah' s leader said on Wednesday that the group was to score a "very big military victory" in the battle against militants along the Syrian-Lebanese border.
The Lebanese army on Friday launched an offensive against al Nusra Front militants in the Lebanese town of Arsal.
The article follows the journey back in time from the key militant Islamist groups today to the birth of the phenomenon of radical Islam, aka the Muslim Brotherhood.