Al Nusrah Front again targets Hezbollah in Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, all al Qaeda affiliates, have carried out four suicide attacks in Lebanon since November 2013.
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Ahrar al Sham
Islamic Front no answer for Syria conflict
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Jihadists construct the Atomium bomb: YouTube video threat to Belgium tourist attraction
Alleged message from Zawahiri’s Syrian representative posted online
A message allegedly written by Abu Khalid al Suri has been posted online. The message cannot be authenticated. It is directed at the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), which has been fighting with other jihadist groups inside Syria.
Analysis: Shifting dynamics of rebel infighting in Syria
Recent infighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and other Islamist groups, including the Al Nusrah Front, has not yet risen to an all-out confrontation.
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Australian man killed in Syria had links to Al Qaeda, court documents allege
Al Nusrah Front suicide bomber kills 5 in attack on Hezbollah
AL Qaeda-affiliated groups are stepping up attacks on Hezbollah and Iranian interests in Lebanon as the Syrian civil war rages.
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Syria Rebels Turn Against Most Radical Group Tied to Al Qaeda
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Iraq’s Maliki to revive Sunni militia role against al Qaeda
Ahrar al Sham
What does rebel infighting mean for Syria conflict?
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Rebels Deal Qaeda-Linked Group a Reversal
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Stretched thin, Syrian extremists are pressured
Ahrar al Sham
Pushing Back Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: The Islamic Front
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Syria rebel infighting spreads to city in east
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
The continuing evolution of al Qaeda 3.0
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda group leader’s letters discovered with plans to kidnap UN workers in Syria
Report: Ex-Guantanamo detainee and member of Bahrain’s royal family joins Syrian jihad
An ex-Guantanamo detainee, Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifah, has reportedly traveled from Bahrain to join the jihad in Syria. According to a leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo threat assessment, Sheikh Salman had ties to senior al Qaeda and Taliban officials prior to his detention in Pakistan and transfer to Guantanamo.
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Al Qaeda-affiliated emir arrested in Lebanon
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How al Qaeda Changed the Syrian War
Head of Al Nusrah Front interviewed by journalist convicted in Spain on controversial terror charges
Tayseer Allouni aired the first televised interview with Abu Muhammad al Julani, the head of the Al Nusrah Front, earlier this month. Allouni was controversially convicted by a Spanish court on terrorism charges in 2005. A Spanish court alleged that Allouni assisted the al Qaeda operative who now heads al Qaeda in the Levant, among other charges.
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AP Exclusive: Al Qaeda leader targeting UN workers
Islamic Front joins al Qaeda suicide assault to take Syrian hospital
The Al Nusrah Front said it commanded units from the Islamic Front when it launched a suicide assault to take control of a hospital in Aleppo.
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Syrian conflict said to fuel sectarian tensions in Persian Gulf
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Al Qaeda leader in Syria speaks to Al Jazeera
The German jihadists’ colony in Syria
A “German Camp” that caters to training and recruitment and serves as a magnet to attract German-speaking jihadists from Europe has been established in Syria.
State Department designates head of Al Nusrah Front branch in Lebanon
The State Department added Usamah Amin al Shihabi to the list of specially designated global terrorists. Al Shihabi is the head of the Al Nusrah Front’s “Palestinian wing in Lebanon.” Leaked State Department cables reveal that the Jordanians previously accused him of training a terror cell that targeted Americans.
The Islamic Front ‘will not fight the al Qaeda organization’
As the US courts the Islamic Front to be part of the “moderate opposition” to the Assad regime in Syria, the newly formed group said that because it was “founded to form a link for jihadists,” it would not fight al Qaeda.
Ahfad al Rasoul
Syrian fighter defects to Qaeda-linked group
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Rise of Islamic Front a disaster for Syria
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A look at 2 suicide bombers who sought death in Syria, driven by jihadist ideology