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Islamic Jihad

Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini (or Islamic Jihad)

The group is based in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and its financial backing is believed to come from there and Iran.
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Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Palestinian Islamic Jihad

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