The Islamic State in West Africa (abbreviated as ISWA or ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā&#;at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da&#;wah wa&#;l-Jihād (جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad") and commonly known as Boko Haram until March , is a jihadist militant organization based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon.

Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian Civil War has been substantial since the beginning of armed insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War, and turned into active support and troop deployment from onwards. By , Hezbollah involvement begun to turn steady in support of Syrian Ba&#;athist Government forces across Syria. Hezbollah deployed several thousand fighters in Syria and by lost up to , fighters in combat. Hezbollah has also been very active to prevent rebel penetration from Syria to Lebanon, being one of the most active forces in the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon. In the past, Hezbollah has served a strategic arm of Iran in the region, allegedly playing a key role in the Iran–Israel and Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflicts in the middle east. In a number of occasions, Hezbollah weapon convoys in Syria and Syrian-Lebanese border areas were attacked, with Israel being the main suspected party behind most such attacks, though Israel did not claim responsibility except for the March Israel–Syria incident. Hezbollah convoys have also been attacked by Syrian rebel factions, most notably the Al-Nusra Front.

Bryant Neal Vinas (born December , ; also Ibrahim, Bashir al-Ameriki and Ben Yameen al-Kanadeeis) is a Hispanic Muslim American convicted of participating in and supporting Al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S.Rashbaum, William K. and Souad Mekhennet.. New York Times July , After converting to Islam in , he traveled to Waziristan, Pakistan in with the intention of meeting and joining a jihadist group to fight U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. He was accepted into al-Qaeda and received training in general combat and military explosives. He also volunteered detailed information about the operation of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) system to a senior al-Qaeda leader to help plan a bomb attack on an LIRR commuter train in New York&#;s Penn Station. Subsequently, he participated in two al-Qaeda rocket attacks on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in September . He was captured by Pakistani forces in and transferred to FBI custody. In January , he pleaded guilty to all three charges against him. After cooperating with law enforcement and testifying in two European terrorism trials, Vinas was sentenced in May to three months in prison additionally to the time that he had already served. He will remain under tight supervision for the rest of his life.

United Nations Security Council Resolution , adopted unanimously on October , , after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in Afghanistan and terrorism, including resolutions (), (), (), (), (), (), (), (), () and (), the Council extended the authorisation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operating in the country for a period of one year.