The January 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with two briefs on Syrian fighters by Nicholas Heras. Shaykh Muhammad Sa’ad al-Din al-Baridi is the leader of Liwa Shuhada al-Yarmouk; Jabhat al-Nusra recently accused al-Baridi of defecting to the Islamic State. Rafid Abd al-Razaq Taha, the leader of Liwa... MORE