Al Qaeda is infiltrating Lebanon, building on the momentum and successes of Al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria. A new report names Majid al-Majid as the terrorist group’s new emir in the country, and suggests that Al Qaeda has a “roadmap” for a Lebanon takeover that includes targeting political figures, religious institutions, and United Nations peacekeepers. The expansion will be taken as further evidence that the regional proxy war raging in Syria – which has pitted the Iranian-backed regime against increasingly Islamist opposition forces against Kurdish groups – is spilling beyond that country’s borders.

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