Russian special forces, and the Alpha Group in particular ... armed forces to plan the recapture of the mosque. 5. Israel's Sayeret Matkal is another of the world's most elite units.

This happened in Nigeria in 2012 during a failed UK-Nigerian Special Forces mission to rescue ... Set up in 1957, its secretive Sayeret Matkal unit is broadly similar to Britain's SAS or ...

Russian special forces, and the Alpha Group in particular ... armed forces to plan the recapture of the mosque. 4. Israel's Sayeret Matkal is another of the world's most elite units.