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Al Nusrah Front imposes sharia in eastern Syrian town
Eastern Syria has long been a haven for al Qaeda in Iraq, but now the terror group’s affiliate is openly ruling a town near the Iraqi border.
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Inside the war for Syria’s mountains
Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate claims 2 more suicide attacks
The Al Nusrah Front has claimed credit for five of the six suicide attacks that have been reported in Syria so far this year.
Al Nusrah Front claims complex suicide assault on Syrian military base
The al Qaeda affiliate sent five suicide bombers to attack a Syrian military base near the Golan Heights in what the group described as “a compound special operation.”
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Al Nusrah Front expels foreign correspondents, imposes veil
Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide attacks in Syria
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria claimed credit for the first two suicide attacks reported in Syria this year. The attacks were launched to avenge reported atrocities in a village in Idlib.
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Video appears to show Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiites fighting in Syria
Al Nusrah, jihadist allies overrun Syrian airbase
A jihadist alliance made up of the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and the Islamic Vanguard seized control of the Taftanaz air base in Idlib.
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Syria: The Story of How Jihad Was Declared
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Analysis: Study shows rise of al Qaeda affiliate in Syria
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Several jihadists recruitment cells dismantled in the Maghreb
Syrian regime reportedly using wide range of tactical ballistic missiles
US officials have accused the Assad regime of using Iranian-made, short-range ballistic missiles against a rebel offensive this week. The regime has deployed a wide array of tactical ballistic missiles against suspected al Qaeda-affiliated rebels this month.
Al Nusrah Front on the offensive in Aleppo
The al Qaeda affiliate is capable of sustaining multiple offensives across Syria against the forces of the Assad regime, and has overrun several military bases this year.
Al Nusrah Front emir denounces US terrorism designation, praises foreign fighters
Abu Muhammad al Julani sends “a greeting of love and loyalty to our pure and pious emigrant brothers” who are waging jihad in Syria.
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Al Qaeda grows powerful in Syria as endgame nears
Report: Al Qaeda emir’s hand in Egypt and Syria
Die Welt, a German daily, has published an account that jibes with The Long War Journal’s reporting on the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front denies reports of death of its emir
The group said that Abu Muhammad al Julani is alive and well, and also confirmed that two Zarqawi associates, Abu Anas al Sahhaba and Abu Julaybib, are senior commanders.
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Syrians march in support of Jabhat al-Nusra militants
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Hezbollah chief says Al-Qaeda ‘tricked’ to fight in Syria
Zarqawi’s brother-in-law reported killed while leading Al Nusrah Front unit
Iyad al Tubasi is thought to have been killed in Daraa. He is believed to have been replaced by Abu Anas al Sahhaba, another associate of former al Qaeda in Iraq emir Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
Syrian jihadists form ‘Supporters of the Khilafah’ Brigade
Five units in Western Aleppo that are linked to the Al Nusrah Front vowed “to establish the Islamic Khilafah state, and to use it to end decades of colonization and enslavement.”
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria claims another suicide attack
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant said two of its suicide bombers attacked the Interior Ministry yesterday.
Syrian National Coalition urges US to drop Al Nusrah terrorism designation
“We can have ideological and political differences with certain parties,” the head of the Syrian National Coalition said, referring to al Qaeda’s branch in Syria.
Syrian jihadists, including al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front, form Mujahideen Shura Council
The establishment of the Mujahideen Shura Council in Deir al-Zour is a step in the unification of jihadist groups in Syria. Syrian opposition groups rally around the Al Nusrah Front after the terrorist designation by the US.
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The rise of Syria’s ‘third army’, Jabhat al-Nusra
US adds Al Nusrah Front, 2 leaders to terrorism list
The US government called the Al Nusrah Front “a new alias” for al Qaeda in Iraq, and said Al Nusrah is under the direct control of the emir of the Iraqi terror group.
Al Nusrah Front, foreign jihadists seize key Syrian base in Aleppo
Foreign fighters, including an Uzbek commander, played a key role in taking the Sheikh Suleiman base outside of Aleppo. The base is thought to be involved in Syria’s chemical weapons program.
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Jihadist-backed rebels take Syrian army command post
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Rebels could resort to chemical weapons, Syria warns