‘Al Qaeda in Kurdistan’ breaks ranks with ISIS over Syria
The group reaffirmed its allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri and the Taliban’s Mullah Omar, and said it is willing to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
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Editorial: Support for radical Islamism on the rise in Turkey
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Pro-Assad Areas Are Attacked in Syria, Pointing to Election Trouble
Abu Qatada provides jihadists with ideological guidance from a Jordanian prison
Prior to 9/11, Abu Qatada inspired numerous al Qaeda operatives. Now imprisoned in Jordan, he is providing ideological guidance to jihadists in Syria and North Africa.
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My perilous journey from Aleppo to Turkey
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Legitimate targets? Debating how to battle the Assad regime
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Kuwait, ally on Syria, is also the leading funder of extremist rebels
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Lebanon – Tripoli militia leaders abound despite crackdown
Uzbek commands group within the Al Nusrah Front
Abu Hussein, the emir of the Seyfuddin Uzbek Jamaat, is thought to have “scores of fighters from Uzbekistan and neighboring countries in Central Asia,” a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal.
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Syria’s Dagestan ruled by the sword of ISIS
Head of al Qaeda’s ‘Victory Committee’ survived battle in Syria
Sanafi al Nasr, a senior al Qaeda leader who was reportedly killed in Latakia, Syria in late March, is alive. Nasr leads an al Qaeda committee responsible for the group’s strategic planning and policy.
Al Nusrah Front sharia official uses social media to condemn killing of fellow jihadist
Abu Sulayman al Muhajir used his Twitter account to condemn the killing of Abu Muhammad al Fateh, the Al Nusrah Front’s leader in the province of Idlib, Syria. Sulayman says that Fateh joined al Qaeda in Iraq in 2005 and went on to become a confidante of Abu Muhammad al Julani, Al Nusrah’s emir.
ISIS reportedly kills Al Nusrah Front’s commander for Idlib province
Abu Muhammad al Ansari, the emir for Idlib province, and his family are said to have been killed by an Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham assassination team.
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Any hope for long-held civilian hostages in Syria?
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West Aleppo faces unending assault
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Syria war: Maaloula’s monastery destroyed after Assad forces drive rebels out
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Is Turkey behind the chemical attack in Syria?
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Morocco dismantles Syria recruitment cell
Al Nusrah Front fighter reportedly arrested for planning attacks in Egypt
It is unclear whether the suspected jihadist is linked to Ansar Jerusalem. At least four AJ fighters are known to have fought in Syria prior to returning to Egypt, where they died.
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Hezbollah develops new tactics in Syrian civil war
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In Jordan Town, Syria War Inspires Jihadist Dreams
Arming the ‘moderate’ rebels in the Syrian south
The Yarmouk Brigade, portrayed as a moderate rebel group in the south of Syria, is featured in an article in which rebels complain about the paltry flow of weapons from the US.
Social Media Jihad: Tweeting a message to Zawahiri
Three prominent Al Nusrah Front officials have now tweeted a message to Ayman al Zawahiri. The message asks him to address specific hot button issues in the infighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and Al Nusrah.
Jihadist ideologues call on Zawahiri to detail problems with former al Qaeda affiliate
A group of jihadist ideologues has published a message addressed to Ayman al Zawahiri. They call on Zawahiri to address the specific problems they have encountered with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), which has been disowned by al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda shura council member addresses infighting in Syria
Abu Khalil al Madani has released an audio message calling on the jihadist groups in Syria to form a common sharia committee, as well as a security committee. Much of his message echoes the mediation efforts of the past.
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Moroccan jihadist leader dies in Syria
Chechen ISIS leader slams Al Nusrah Front for killing Moroccan commander
Omar al Shishani said that Abu Usama al Maghrebi was killed by “a commander in the Front of Defeat; and it is not the Front of Victory [Al Nusrah Front] at all.”
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Turkey realizes its blunder in Kassab operation
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US accused of supplying anti-tank weapons to Syrian rebels
Jordan rearrests ex-Gitmo detainee once deemed a ‘high’ risk
A former Guantanamo detainee named Osama Abu Kabir has been arrested in Jordan. The charges have not been made public, but his arrest seems to be connected to Jordanian concerns about the jihad in Syria.