Syrian refugees stuck in Arsal due to clashes(01 of34)
Open Image ModalARSAL, LEBANON - AUGUST 19: A Syrian refugee kid is seen at Arsal district where more than a hundred thousand of Syrians, fled from the civil war in their country, are stuck due to the clashes between Lebanese army, Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State, IS,-led terrorist groups, in Arsal, Lebanon on August 19, 2014. (Photo by Ayse Sarioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Syrian refugees stuck in Arsal due to clashes(02 of34)
Open Image ModalARSAL, LEBANON - AUGUST 19: A Syrian refugee kid plays at Arsal district where more than a hundred thousand of Syrians, fled from the civil war in their country, are stuck due to the clashes between Lebanese army, Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State, IS,-led terrorist groups, in Arsal, Lebanon on August 19, 2014. (Photo by Ayse Sarioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers on the walls of Sanaa(03 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 14 : Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers by al-Qaeda on the walls of Sanaa in Yemen, Sanaa on August 15, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers on the walls of Sanaa(04 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 14 : Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers by al-Qaeda on the walls of Sanaa in Yemen, Sanaa on August 15, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers on the walls of Sanaa(05 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 14 : Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers by al-Qaeda on the walls of Sanaa in Yemen, Sanaa on August 15, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers on the walls of Sanaa(06 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 14 : Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers by al-Qaeda on the walls of Sanaa in Yemen, Sanaa on August 15, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers on the walls of Sanaa(07 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 14 : Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers by al-Qaeda on the walls of Sanaa in Yemen, Sanaa on August 15, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers on the walls of Sanaa(08 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 14 : Graffiti artists draw the pictures of killed 14 Yemeni soldiers by al-Qaeda on the walls of Sanaa in Yemen, Sanaa on August 15, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
LEBANON-SYRIA-CONFLICT-ARMY-HOSTAGES(09 of34)
Open Image ModalSaleh al-Baradei, a Lebanese police officer kidnapped along with four soldiers by the Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, celebrates with relatives after his release on August 31, 2014 in the town of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon\'s Bekaa Valley. The men were taken from Arsal on August 2 during a fierce battle between the Lebanese army and jihadists who had crossed the border from Syria. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:- via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-UN-CONFLICT-GOLAN(10 of34)
Open Image ModalA picture taken from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on August 29, 2014 shows an empty watchtower of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) overlooking the Syrian side of the Golan after rebel fighters took over the control of the Quneitra border crossing. Syrian rebels surrounded dozens of defiant Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights on Friday and demanded they give up their weapons, hours after taking 43 Fijian soldiers hostage, authorities said. Syrian rebels, including fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed a Golan Heights crossing at Quneitra on August 27, sparking an exchange of gunfire with Israeli troops. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-CONFLICT-CLASHES-GOLAN-CROSSING(11 of34)
Open Image ModalSmoke billows from the Syrian village of Quneitra, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, during fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels near the Quneitra border crossing, on August 29, 2014. Syrian rebels, including Al-Qaeda\'s affiliate Al-Nusra Front, seized control of the Syrian crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on August 27, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
YEMEN-POLITICS-UNREST-SHIITE(12 of34)
Open Image ModalSupporters of Shiite Zaidi rebels chant slogans during a demonstration calling for the government to resign on August 29, 2014, in the capital Sanaa. Recent protests by Zaidi Shiites, who are a minority in mainly Sunni Yemen forming the majority in the northern highlands including the Sanaa region, has raised fears of new violence in Yemen, which already faces Al-Qaeda insurgency and a campaign for renewed independence for the south. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED HUWAIS via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-CONFLICT-CLASHES-GOLAN-CROSSING(13 of34)
Open Image ModalSculptures of Israeli soldiers standing guard are seen at an army post in Mount Bental in the annexed Golan Heights, on August 29, 2014. Syrian rebels, including Al-Qaeda\'s affiliate Al-Nusra Front, seized control of the Syrian crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-PHILIPPINES-CONFLICT-UN(14 of34)
Open Image Modal A sculpture of an Israeli soldier standing guard is seen next to a sign for tourists showing the different distances to Jerusalem, Baghdad, Damascus and other locations, at an army post in Mount Bental in the annexed Golan Heights, on August 30, 2014. Philippine UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights clashed with Syrian rebels, Philippine Defence Minister Voltaire Gazmin said in Manila, after Syrian rebels, including fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed a Golan Heights crossing on Wednesday, and surrounded 70 Filipino UN Peacekeepers at their position. AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-PHILIPPINES-CONFLICT-UN(15 of34)
Open Image ModalAn Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) sits on the Israeli side of the Quneitra crossing, the only border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights on August 30, 2014. Philippine UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights clashed with Syrian rebels, Philippine Defence Minister Voltaire Gazmin said in Manila, after Syrian rebels, including fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed a Golan Heights crossing on Wednesday, and surrounded 70 Filipino UN Peacekeepers at their position. AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-PHILIPPINES-CONFLICT-UN(16 of34)
Open Image ModalAn Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) sits on the Israeli side of the Quneitra crossing, the only border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights on August 30, 2014. Philippine UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights clashed with Syrian rebels, Philippine Defence Minister Voltaire Gazmin said in Manila, after Syrian rebels, including fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed a Golan Heights crossing on Wednesday, and surrounded 70 Filipino UN Peacekeepers at their position. AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-PHILIPPINES-CONFLICT-UN(17 of34)
Open Image ModalIsraeli soldiers patrol on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Quneitra crossing, the only border crossing between Israel and Syria, on August 30, 2014. Philippine UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights clashed with Syrian rebels, Philippine Defence Minister Voltaire Gazmin said in Manila, after Syrian rebels, including fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed the Golan Heights crossing on August 27, surrounding 70 Filipino UN Peacekeepers. AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
ISRAEL-SYRIA-UN-CONFLICTGOLAN(18 of34)
Open Image ModalA picture taken in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on August 31, 2014, shows members of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) using binoculars to watch the Syrian side of the Golan Heights near the Quneitra border crossing. Some of the UNDOF peacekeepers caught up in heavy fighting on the Golan Heights reached safety after the rebels, some linked to Al-Qaeda, surrounded them and demanded their weapons. AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY (Photo credit should read JALAA MAREY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JALAA MAREY via Getty Images)
SOMALIA-UNREST(19 of34)
Open Image ModalPolice officers check the area where a suicide bomber from Somalia\'s Shebab insurgents killed at least 12 people and wounded 27 others, on September 8, 2014, by ramming a vehicle packed with explosives into a convoy of African Union troops in Mogadishu. The attack, the latest in a string of killings, comes exactly one week after a US airstrike killed the chief of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, Ahmed Abdi Godane, prompting threats of retaliation from the extremists. AFP PHOTO MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:- via Getty Images)
SOMALIA-UNREST(20 of34)
Open Image ModalPolice officers check the area where a suicide bomber from Somalia\'s Shebab insurgents killed at least 12 people and wounded 27 others, on September 8, 2014, by ramming a vehicle packed with explosives into a convoy of African Union troops in Mogadishu. The attack, the latest in a string of killings, comes exactly one week after a US airstrike killed the chief of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, Ahmed Abdi Godane, prompting threats of retaliation from the extremists. AFP PHOTO MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:- via Getty Images)
SOMALIA-UNREST(21 of34)
Open Image ModalA soldiers checks the area where a suicide bomber from Somalia\'s Shebab insurgents killed at least 12 people and wounded 27 others, on September 8, 2014, by ramming a vehicle packed with explosives into a convoy of African Union troops in Mogadishu. The attack, the latest in a string of killings, comes exactly one week after a US airstrike killed the chief of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, Ahmed Abdi Godane, prompting threats of retaliation from the extremists. AFP PHOTO MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:- via Getty Images)
SOMALIA-UNREST(22 of34)
Open Image ModalPolice officers check the area where a suicide bomber from Somalia\'s Shebab insurgents killed at least 12 people and wounded 27 others, on September 8, 2014, by ramming a vehicle packed with explosives into a convoy of African Union troops in Mogadishu. The attack, the latest in a string of killings, comes exactly one week after a US airstrike killed the chief of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, Ahmed Abdi Godane, prompting threats of retaliation from the extremists. AFP PHOTO MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:- via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-ATTACK-ANNIVERSARY(23 of34)
Open Image ModalAfghan President Hamid Karzai speaks in front of a poster bearing the image of the late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud during a ceremony to mark his thirteenth death anniversary at the loya jirga Hall in Kabul on September 9, 2014. Massoud, nicknamed the \'Lion of the Panjshir\' for his armed struggle against the Taliban who ruled Afghanistan at the time, died September 9, 2001 when two Tunisians posing as journalists with fake Belgian passports detonated a bomb hidden in the camera as they pretended to interview him. His death, just two days before the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, has been linked to Osama bin Laden\'s al-Qaeda network by US officials. AFP PHOTO/Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-UNREST-IS-PAMPHLET(24 of34)
Open Image ModalA Pakistani man reads a pamphlet, allegedly distributed by the Islamic State (IS), in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on September 5, 2014. The leaflets, titled \'Fatah\' (Victory) and published in Pashto and Dari languages, are believed to be distributed by alleged IS militants in Peshawar and nearby border provinces, reports said. Al-Qaeda, which on September 4 announced a new South Asia front to \'wage jihad\' in neighbouring India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, once attracted jihadists from around the world to training camps on the Afghan-Pakistan border, but has seen its global influence eclipsed by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group fighting in Iraq and Syria. AFP PHOTO/ A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:A MAJEED via Getty Images)
SOMALIA-UNREST-US-SHEBAB(25 of34)
Open Image ModalSomali men watch on September 6, 2014 in Mogadishu news on a television channel, broadcasting a portrait of Somalia\'s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab slain leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, recently killed in a US air strike. Somalia\'s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants on September 6 announced the appointment of Godane\'s successor naming Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah, described by Shebab sources as a close lieutenant to Godane -- although the name is seen as likely to be a pseudonym. The group also vowed to avenge the death of Godane and said they would continue their fight to topple the country\'s internationally-backed government. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-ATTACK-ANNIVERSARY(26 of34)
Open Image ModalA supporters of slain Afghan national hero Ahammad Shah Massoud shouts slogans during a ceremony to mark his thirteenth death anniversary at the loya jirga Hall in Kabul on September 9, 2014. Massoud, nicknamed the \'Lion of the Panjshir\' for his armed struggle against the Taliban who ruled Afghanistan at the time, died September 9, 2001 when two Tunisians posing as journalists with fake Belgian passports detonated a bomb hidden in the camera as they pretended to interview him. His death, just two days before the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, has been linked to Osama bin Laden\'s al-Qaeda network by US officials. AFP PHOTO/Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-ATTACK-ANNIVERSARY(27 of34)
Open Image ModalAfghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah (C) and prominent Jihadi leader Abdul Rasul Sayaf (L) pray during a ceremony to mark his thirteenth death anniversary at the loya jirga Hall in Kabul on September 9, 2014. Massoud, nicknamed the \'Lion of the Panjshir\' for his armed struggle against the Taliban who ruled Afghanistan at the time, died September 9, 2001 when two Tunisians posing as journalists with fake Belgian passports detonated a bomb hidden in the camera as they pretended to interview him. His death, just two days before the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, has been linked to Osama bin Laden\'s al-Qaeda network by US officials. AFP PHOTO/Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
Protest in Beirut over the kidnapped of Lebanese soldiers(28 of34)
Open Image ModalBEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 10: Relatives of missing Lebanese soldiers who were kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants and al-Nusra Front in Arsal region near Syrian border, hold banners during a protest at the Martyrs\' Square in Beirut, Lebanon on September 10, 2014. (Photo by Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Protest in Beirut over the kidnapped of Lebanese soldiers(29 of34)
Open Image ModalBEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 10: Relatives of missing Lebanese soldiers who were kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants and al-Nusra Front in Arsal region near Syrian border, set up tents during a protest at the Martyrs\' Square in Beirut, Lebanon on September 10, 2014. (Photo by Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Protest in Beirut over the kidnapped of Lebanese soldiers(30 of34)
Open Image ModalBEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 10: Relatives of missing Lebanese soldiers who were kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants and al-Nusra Front in Arsal region near Syrian border, sit next to protest tent at the Martyrs\' Square in Beirut, Lebanon on September 10, 2014. (Photo by Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Protest in Beirut over the kidnapped of Lebanese soldiers(31 of34)
Open Image ModalBEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 10: Relatives of missing Lebanese soldiers who were kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants and al-Nusra Front in Arsal region near Syrian border, hold poster during a protest at the Martyrs\' Square in Beirut, Lebanon on September 10, 2014. (Photo by Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Protest in Beirut over the kidnapped of Lebanese soldiers(32 of34)
Open Image ModalBEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 10: Relatives of missing Lebanese soldiers who were kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants and al-Nusra Front in Arsal region near Syrian border, set up tents during a protest at the Martyrs\' Square in Beirut, Lebanon on September 10, 2014. (Photo by Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Armed Yemeni tribe members protest against Al-Qaeda in Sanaa(33 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 17: A group of armed Yemeni tribe member gather to protest Al-Qaeda in Beni Harith, north-east of Sana, Yemen, on August 17, 2014. Armed Yemeni members also shout slogans to support Gaza against Israeli attacks during the protest. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Armed Yemeni tribe members protest against Al-Qaeda in Sanaa(34 of34)
Open Image ModalSANAA, YEMEN - AUGUST 17: A group of armed Yemeni tribe member gather to protest Al-Qaeda in Beni Harith, north-east of Sana, Yemen, on August 17, 2014. Armed Yemeni members also shout slogans to support Gaza against Israeli attacks during the protest. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)