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Palestinian jihadist trainer killed fighting for Al Nusrah Front
Muhammad Ahmed Qanitah was a member of the al Qaeda-linked Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem, and previously served in Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
Al Nusrah Front poised to take over last major city on Euphrates River
The al Qaeda affiliate continues to push back government forces in Deir al Zour, and the group has also established the Sharia Committee for the Eastern Region to govern areas under its control.
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US criticises Denmark for letting former Guantanamo detainee “return to jihad”
Syria
Erosion of Syrian power accelerating, top US intelligence official says
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Maghreb youth answer al-Qaeda call
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims ambush that killed Syrian, Iraqi troops
The Iraqi terror group said it killed the Syrian and Iraqi soldiers just one day after its affiliate, the Al Nusrah Front, seized a border crossing in Syria.
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Islamists move to take up administration of east Syria
Al Nusrah Front seizes control of Syrian city of Raqqah
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria teamed up with the jihadist Ahrar al Sham Brigade to take control of the provincial capital. The jihadist alliance effectively controls most the Euphrates River Valley in Syria all the way to the Iraqi border. The Al Nusrah Front also carried out two suicide attacks in Homs.
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Interview: How Al-Qaeda Functions Online
Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide attacks in Damascus
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria has claimed credit for 12 of the 13 suicide attacks that have been recorded in the country so far this year.
48 Syrian, 9 Iraqi soldiers killed in western Iraq ambush
The Iraqi government appears to point the finger at the Al Nusrah Front, which is al Qaeda in Iraq’s affiliate in Syria.
US to aid Syrian groups that support al Qaeda’s affiliate
The State Department will back the Syrian Opposition Coalition, which opposes the US’s designation of the Al Nusrah Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, and the Free Syrian Army, which fights alongside with and under the command of Al Nusrah.
Al Nusrah Front claims another suicide attack in Syria
The al Qaeda affiliate continues to use the suicide bomber as a major weapons system against the Syrian regime; 10 of the 11 suicide attacks in Syria have been claimed by the terror group.
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AP INTERVIEW: Iraq PM warns Syria war could spread
Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attack on Syrian defense factory
The suicide attack killed scores of civilian workers at a munitions factory near Hama. Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria has now claimed credit for nine of the 10 suicide attacks that have been reported in Syria so far this year.
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Interview with Abdelasiem El Difraoui on al Qaeda’s use of visual media
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Jihad mafia kills Tunisian youths
Ex-Guantanamo detainee reportedly killed in Syria
Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane, an ex-Gitmo detainee, has reportedly been killed while fighting in Syria. Abderrahmane was allegedly a member of an al Qaeda-linked group prior to his detention in late 2001. Authorities at Guantanamo deemed him a “high” risk to the US and its allies.
Chechen commander leads Muhajireen Brigade in Syria
Omar al Chechen is a key leader in the Muhajireen Brigade, a jihadist group that fights alongside the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant against the regime of President Bashir al Assad.
Al Nusrah Front detonates 50 IEDs in massive ambush
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria demolishes a Syrian military convoy by blowing up dozens of roadside bombs in a single shot.
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Syrian citizens: Al Nusrah Front trying to ‘control everything’
Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attacks in Damascus, al-Shadadi
Nine suicide attacks have now been reported in Syria so far this year; the al Qaeda affiliate has claimed credit for eight of them.
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Maghreb jihadists flock to Syria
Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate seizes control of another town
The Al Nusrah Front took control of the town of al-Shadadi in Hasakah province. Five Iraqi and Kuwati fighters were killed during the operation.
Al Nusrah Front, foreign jihadists overrun another Syrian military base
The al Qaeda affiliate, the Muhajireen Group, and the Free Syrian Army took control of the headquarters of the Syrian Army’s 80th Regiment near the main airport in Aleppo.
‘Islamist factions’ seize Syrian airbase
A fighter from the Ahrar al Sham, a jihadist group in Syria, is heard saying on a video that the aircraft at the overrun al-Jarrah airbase “are now in the hands” of the group. The Al Nusrah Front also participated in the assault.
Suicide bombers kill 14 Syrian security personnel
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, executed the double attack, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Al Nusrah front spearheads capture of Syrian dam, claims suicide assault
The al Qaeda affiliate has gained control or has a major presence in several key cities and towns along the Euphrates River, securing its lines of communication into Iraq.
Suicide assault team hits Syrian intelligence in Palmyra
Yesterday’s attack was likely executed by the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda in Iraq’s affiliate in Syria.