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Saudi Arabia toughens stance on jihadist groups
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Al Nusrah Front-linked Kuwaiti terrorists resurface and retweet
Shafi Sultan Mohammed al-Ajmi and Hajjaj Fahd Hajjaj Muhammad Sahib al-‘Ajmi, who were added to the US’ list of global terrorists on Aug. 6 for supporting the Al Nusrah Front in Syria, appear relatively undeterred by the recent sanctions.
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Mother Agnes: The efficient mediator who draws controversy
US adds Islamic State, Al Nusrah Front leaders to list of global terrorists
Abu Muhammed al Adnani is the Islamic State’s controversial spokesman. Said Arif is a seasoned jihadist who has traveled to several battlefields and is now with the Al Nusrah Front in Syria.
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UN Approves Measure to Combat al Qaeda Fighters
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Islamic State takes Akhtarin
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Terror finance worries may curb Doha kidnap mediation
The Muslim Scholars Committee and the Lebanese tinderbox
A group of Lebanese clerics with links to Islamist groups mediated a ceasefire between the Lebanese military and fighters from the Islamic Front and the Al Nusrah Front in Arsal, which let as many as 2,000 Islamist fighters escape with over captive 35 Lebanese security forces.
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Lebanon – Arsali and refugee relations tense
Islamic State advances against jihadist foes in Aleppo
The jihadist group ejected the rival Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and allied jihadist groups from five towns and villages in Aleppo province.
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Islamic State seizes more territory in Syria: monitor
Al Nusrah Front spokesman explains differences with Islamic State in video appearance
In a video released on Aug. 8, Abu Firas al Suri, a senior al Qaeda operative who currently serves as the Al Nusrah Front’s spokesman, discusses al Qaeda’s approach to waging jihad in Syria. Al Suri denies that Al Nusrah seeks to unilaterally establish an Islamic emirate.
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Lebanese Army in control after militants flee Arsal
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Islamic Militants in Iraq Are Widely Loathed, Yet Action to Curb Them Is Elusive
US adds Nusrah, Islamic State financiers to list of global terrorists
Two Al Nusrah Front financiers/facilitators are based in Kuwait. The Islamic State operative has moved Kuwaiti fighters into Syria and Afghanistan and works with “Iran-based al Qaeda facilitators.”
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New Border Fighting Between ISIS and Lebanon’s Army
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Syrian city of Homs shows signs of life amid moonscape of devastation
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Lebanon – Arsal officials demand a Tripoli-style security plan
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Suicide Bomber From US Came Home Before Attack
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Kurdish security service takes aim at ISIS oil smuggling
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Syria becoming home to two competing Islamic states
Islamic Front rejects rival’s caliphate, as well as proposed emirate in Syria
The Islamic Front, a coalition of several leading insurgent groups in Syria, has issued a statement rejecting any attempt by its fellow insurgency groups to unilaterally create a new government.
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Al Nusrah Front seizes Syrian town on Turkish border
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Al Qaeda group seizes Syrian town on Turkish border
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Gloves come off between Syrian regime, Islamic State
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More Western fighters joining militants in Iraq and Syria
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Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State compete for foreign fighters
US adds Norwegian AQAP bomb maker to list of terrorists
Anders Cameroon Ostensvig Dale, a Norwegian who joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in 2008, is thought to have been trained under AQAP bomb maker Ibrahim al Asiri or one of his lieutenants.
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Security situation may spark spy wars in Lebanon
UN grants aid convoys access to rebel-held areas in Syria
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid through four Syrian border crossings all controlled by rebel groups.