The August 2014 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with two briefs on Syrian rebel commanders fighting against the Islamic State. Abu Thabit commands the FSA affiliate Kata’ib Syuuf al-Shabaa while Akram al-Ka’abi, formerly of the Jaysh al-Mahdi, now leads Harakat al-Nujaba. Jacob Zenn offers a portraits of Hafsat Bako and Babuji Yaari, who... MORE
