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Al Nusrah Front claims joint operations, including a suicide assault, with Syrian rebel groups
Al Qaeda’s affiliate carried out a suicide assault with the help of the Nasser Salahuddin Brigade, and conventional attacks with the help of Dera’ al Assima, Liwa al Habib al Mustafa, and Liwa’ al-Tawhid brigades, three Free Syrian Army units in Damascus.
Suicide bomber kills 4 in Christian neighborhood in Damascus
Today’s suicide attack is the third in the Syrian capital this month. It is unclear if the bomber targeted Christians or a pro-Assad militia.
Muhajireen Army fires on Syrian helicopter with surface-to-air missile
A fighter from the al Qaeda-linked group shot down a Syrian military helicopter with what appears to be an SAM-7. The cameraman who shot the footage may be a Westerner.
Muhajireen Army uses BMP to launch suicide assault on Aleppo airport
The al Qaeda-linked group launched two suicide assaults against Minnigh airport. In one of the attacks, the Muhajireen Army said that most of the 15 fighters who were killed were “from the Caucasus and Azerbaijan.”
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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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Putin backs Assad and berates West over proposal to arm Syrian rebels
Islamic State of Iraq leader defies Zawahiri in alleged audio message
An audio message attributed to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the emir of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq, was released online on June 14. In the message, al Baghdadi openly disobeys al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri.
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Syria ‘hub for terrorist activities,’ ‘threat to Canada’
Al Nusrah Front releases first official messages in 2 months
Al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front has released four new messages, the first such productions in two months. The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic State of Iraq suspended their propaganda operations after a dispute erupted in early April. Ayman al Zawahiri ruled on the dispute in a letter and their propaganda operations have now been restarted.
US to arm Syrian rebels after chemical weapons ‘red line’ is crossed
President Obama’s deputy national security adviser said that the US will provide military and other aid to the Supreme Military Council and the Syrian Opposition Coalition, despite that fact that these groups have supported the Al Nusrah Front in the past.
Suicide bombers kill 14 in Damascus
Two suicide bombers detonated explosives at a police station in the Syrian capital.
Analysis: Zawahiri’s letter to al Qaeda branches in Syria, Iraq
Al Jazeera has published a letter purportedly written by Ayman al Zawahiri to al Qaeda’s franchises in Iraq and Syria. Two US intelligence officials say the letter is genuine. In the letter, Zawahiri rules on a dispute between the two al Qaeda branches and appoints a new representative in the region.
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Syrian war enters new phase but no end in sight
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Balkan Militants Join Syria’s Rebel Cause
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Hezbollah fighter tells of Syria battle
Al Nusrah Front raises al Qaeda’s flag in Aleppo
And Ayman al Zawahiri calls for Muslims to “deploy to the Levant.”
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Analysis: Hezbollah’s Syria victory risks wider Sunni-Shi’ite conflict
State Department highlights Iran’s ‘marked resurgence’ of state-sponsored terrorism
The State Department’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 summarizes Iran’s extensive support for terrorists, including al Qaeda and Taliban members. The State Department also recognized Iran’s support for Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Reports claim Al Nusrah Front members in Turkey were planning sarin gas attacks
The Al Nusrah Front members captured in Turkey with sarin gas were allegedly planning bomb attacks against the Incirlik Air Base in Adana and in Gaziantep, a city near Turkey’s border with Syria.
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Hezbollah fighters find Nusra’s tactics in Qusair ‘irritatingly familiar’
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Rebels want arms post-EU embargo
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Iraqi Volunteers Join Both Sides Of War In Syria
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EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions boosts jihadist groups
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Al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing takes over the oilfields once belonging to Assad
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Video: The Telegraph visits Syrian Sayyida Zainab mosque
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Under the black flag of al-Qaeda, the Syrian city ruled by gangs of extremists
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Hezbollah and Al Qaeda Fighters Edging Closer to Full Scale Confrontation
Free Syrian Army fighters defecting to Al Nusrah Front
More than 3,000 Free Syrian Army fighters as well as entire units have defected to al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, yet the US government seems determined to fund the FSA.