Joining the Dots

Courtesy of The Long War Journal: http://www.longwarjournal.org/ 

Egypt's Anser Bayt al-Maqdis, ally of Hamas, swears its allegiance to the Islamic State: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/11/04/Egypt-s-Ansar-Bayt-al-Maqdis-swears-allegiance-to-ISIS.html