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Al Nusrah Front, Free Syrian Army launch joint operation
Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria teamed up with the the Liwa al Ummah to overrun Syrian Army positions in the city of Khan Sheikhun in Idlib province.
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Seeing a Threat at Home in a Fight Abroad
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Siege of Syrian arms depot in Tal Al Jabiyeh exposes chemical weapons fears
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Al Qaeda hijacks spirit of Syria revolt three years on
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War of narratives in prisoner exchange of Syrian nuns
Al Qaeda-affiliated groups claim credit for joint attack on Hezbollah
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades and the Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon have claimed credit for joint rocket attacks on Hezbollah “strongholds” in Hermel, Lebanon. The attacks are part of the spillover from the war in Syria.
Syrian nuns held by Al Nusrah Front fighters are freed
Negotiations over the release of a group of kidnapped nuns were complicated by factors including the alleged involvement of Free Syrian Army fighters in the kidnapping.
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Saudis, world community react to new Saudi terror law
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Al Qaeda-linked group issues rare apology for “technical fault” in Beirut suicide bombing
Russian-speaking jihadists execute Syrians in Aleppo
Jihadists from either the Al Nusrah Front or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham carried out the execution. A mentally ill man is said to have been among those to be killed.
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Saudi jihadist says forced to join ISIS in Syria
Head of al Qaeda ‘Victory Committee’ in Syria
Sanafi al Nasr heads al Qaeda’s “Victory Committee” and has relocated to Syria. He has become a vocal critic of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) and has been allied with ISIS’ main jihadist rivals, including the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria.
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Syrian rebel force to receive Saudi arms has worked with al Qaeda group
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Al Qaeda splinter group denies killing Islamist rival in Syria
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From fantastic to fanatic: Radicalized Lebanese pop star Fadel Shaker
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Slow death of Derna, Libya
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Alleged terror financier detained in Lebanon
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia deputy leader reportedly in Syria
Kamel Zarrouk is said to have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham after fleeing security forces in Tunisia.
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Family of first female terror suspect in Lebanon stunned
Syrian troops, Hezbollah fighters kill foreign jihadists in ambush
More than 170 Islamist fighters from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front are reported to have been killed in an ambush outside of Damascus. “Most of them [were] Saudis, Qataris and Chechens,” Syrian television claimed.
Social Media Jihad: Honoring al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria
The Ibn Taymiyya Media Center (ITMC) has published a banner honoring the “martyrdom” of Abu Khalid al Suri, who was one of al Qaeda’s top men in Syria. The ITMC is the propaganda arm for Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) and also publicizes propaganda on behalf of Ansar Jerusalem.
Al Nusrah Front emir issues ultimatum to ISIS
Muhammad al Julani gave the ISIS five days to come to an agreement or face a concerted effort to “banish it” from both Syria and Iraq.
Islamic Front official posts pictures of al Qaeda’s top representative in Syria
Hassan Abboud has posted a series of pictures of himself with Abu Khalid al Suri, al Qaeda’s top operative in Syria until his demise this past weekend. Al Suri was a founding member of Ahrar al Sham, which Abboud leads.
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Syrian rebel, friend of al Qaeda leader, killed by rival Islamists
Al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria killed in suicide attack
Ayman al Zawahiri’s chief representative in Syria, a longtime al Qaeda operative known as Abu Khalid al Suri, has been reportedly killed in a suicide attack in Aleppo.
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German rapper, now jihadist still alive in Syria
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Abdullah Azzam Brigades alive and well, despite key arrests
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Jihadist way of life in Jordan
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US left with no point man in Syria after ‘moderate’ rebels fire commander