His triumphal progress with al-Aqsa fighters in Gaza this week was both a show of strength and a reminder of potential weakness: they were of a branch loyal to Muhammad Dahlan, the Gaza security chief who is one of Mr Abbas's staunch backers, and thus one of his chief props.
Officials suggested this week that some foreign fighters might have been among the rebels involved in the seizing of hundreds of hostages at a Moscow theatre.
Diabaly, 195 kilometers (120 miles) west of Mopti, was retaken Monday after Islamist fighters who had seized it a week earlier fled amid French air strikes.
French and Malian forces also took the town of Diabaly, which lies 195 kilometers (120 miles) west of Mopti, on Monday after Islamist fighters who had seized it a week earlier fled amid French air strikes.
Rather inconveniently, some of the paratroopers destined for the Gulf have this week been covering for striking fire-fighters.
But last week, a detachment of Afash's fighters raided the offices of the Aleppo Media Center.
Twice a day, six days a week, Mr. Butler and fellow Evolve fighters meet for two-hour training sessions.
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The monthlong French offensive has killed "hundreds" of Islamist fighters in Mali, the French defense minister said this week, as his troops prepared to start withdrawing.
Last week, the United Nations called for sanctions against the Islamist fighters and warned it is considering a proposal by West Africa states to deploy troops in the troubled country.
Last week, US Secretary of State John Kerry said thousands of Hezbollah fighters were contributing significantly to the violence in Syria.
Earlier this week, French forces accompanied by hundreds of troops from Chad cleared fighters from the last rebel stronghold, the town of Kidal.
Last week, about 50 Syrian soldiers who had sought safety in Iraq from rebel fighters were killed in an ambush on Iraqi territory.
Russia is finding it hard to winkle Chechen fighters out of their strongholds in mountain gorges in the south, where the fugitives from Grozny were heading this week.
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