Elie Issa

Elie Issa is a Lebanese analyst focusing on the Middle East and North Africa regions for the past eight years. His interests include geopolitical, security and macroeconomic topics.

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A Profile of Syrian Jihadist Omar Bakri Muhammad

12.21.2012 Elie Issa

Omar Bakri Muhammad (a.k.a. the "Tottenham Ayatollah") is a self-proclaimed advocate of jihadism who has recently called for jihad in Syria against the Assad regime....

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Syria

Majid bin Muhammad al-Majid: The New Commander of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades

10.31.2012 Elie Issa

The controversial Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist network that has been operating throughout the Middle East in recent years, named Majid bin Muhammad al-Majid...

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Middle East

Gulf States Consider Political and Military Union to Counter Iranian Security Threat

03.08.2012 Elie Issa

With growing talk of a political confederation of the Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister, Prince Salman Bin Abdul...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East