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Al Qaeda, rebel groups vow to avenge chemical attack in Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced that it would coordinate with other Syrian rebel groups, including the Free Syrian Army, to take revenge for a chemical weapons attack last week in the capital that is said to have killed more than 300 people.
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American Tells of Odyssey as Prisoner of Syrian Rebels
Al Nusrah Front launches joint assaults with numerous Syrian rebel groups
In one attack in Idlib, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria claimed that “2,000 fully-equipped mujahideen” from eight different “brigades” fielded “8 tanks, a BMP armored vehicle,” and an assortment of mortars, rockets, machine guns, and other heavy weapons to overrun Syrian military forces. Free Syrian Army units participated in the attack.
Qatar-funded Syrian rebel brigade backs al Qaeda groups in Syria
The Ahfad al Rasoul Brigade said that it would join al Qaeda’s affiliates and fight a Kurdish militia. It is funded by Qatar and is represented on the US-backed Supreme Military Command.
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Special Report: Syria’s Islamists seize control as moderates dither
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Special Report: How Syria’s Islamists govern with guile and guns
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US puts jets in Jordan, fuels Russian fear of Syria no-fly zone
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Under the black flag of al-Qaeda, the Syrian city ruled by gangs of extremists
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In Syria, some brace for the next war
Al Nusrah Front, allies impose sharia in Aleppo
The US is seeking to support the “secular” Syrian opposition, but where are they?
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Islamic law comes to rebel-held Syria
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How the Muslim Brotherhood Hijacked Syria’s Revolution
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US and Europe in ‘major airlift of arms to Syrian rebels through Zagreb’
Al Nusrah Front seizes control of Syrian city of Raqqah
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria teamed up with the jihadist Ahrar al Sham Brigade to take control of the provincial capital. The jihadist alliance effectively controls most the Euphrates River Valley in Syria all the way to the Iraqi border. The Al Nusrah Front also carried out two suicide attacks in Homs.
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Ahrar al-Sham jihadists emerge from shadows in north Syria
‘Islamist factions’ seize Syrian airbase
A fighter from the Ahrar al Sham, a jihadist group in Syria, is heard saying on a video that the aircraft at the overrun al-Jarrah airbase “are now in the hands” of the group. The Al Nusrah Front also participated in the assault.
Al Nusrah, jihadist allies overrun Syrian airbase
A jihadist alliance made up of the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and the Islamic Vanguard seized control of the Taftanaz air base in Idlib.
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Syria: The Story of How Jihad Was Declared
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Analysis: Study shows rise of al Qaeda affiliate in Syria
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Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears
Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide attacks, joint operations with jihadist groups in Syria
The al Qaeda-linked group claimed it carried out joint operations with the Ahrar al Sham Brigades and Suqur al Sham. Al Nusrah has now claimed credit for 34 of the 42 suicide attacks that have been recorded in Syria since December 2011.
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British convert to Islam vows to fight to the death on Syrian rebel front line
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Al-Qaeda tries to carve out a war for itself in Syria