Al Nusrah Front launches complex suicide attack in Syria
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has now claimed credit for 42 of the 51 suicide attacks that have taken place in Syria in the past 12 months.
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Al Nusrah Front claims yet another suicide attack in Syria
The suicide attack is the 50th in Syria in the past 12 months; 41 of them have been claimed by the Al Nusrah Front.
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Inside Jabhat al Nusra – the most extreme wing of Syria’s struggle
Suicide bombers kill more than 30 in Syrian capital
Additionally the Al Nusrah Front claimed credit for a suicide attack outside of Damascus two days ago.
Al Nusrah Front claims 3 more suicide attacks in Daraa
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has now claimed credit for 39 of the 47 reported suicide bombings in Syria that the The Long War Journal has tallied since December 2011.
Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attack at hospital, joint operation with Chechen fighters
The suicide attack targeted a military headquarters at a French hospital in Aleppo. In Handarat, Al Nusrah launched an assault on an air defense brigade base with a “battalion of Chechen emigrants.”
Syrian jihadist groups reject rebel council, call for Islamic state
Two days ago, 14 jihadist groups, including the Al Nusrah Front, said that the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces was “forced on us” by foreign countries and domestic groups.
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Syria crisis: Refugee children ‘face winter risks’
Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide attacks, joint operations with jihadist groups in Syria
The al Qaeda-linked group claimed it carried out joint operations with the Ahrar al Sham Brigades and Suqur al Sham. Al Nusrah has now claimed credit for 34 of the 42 suicide attacks that have been recorded in Syria since December 2011.
Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attack in Hama
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has claimed credit for 32 of the 40 suicide attacks in Syria that have taken place since December 2011.
Suicide bombers kills 20 Syrian troops
There have been two suicide attacks against the Syrian military in the past six days, and 40 such attacks in less than a year.
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Syria envoy warns country could turn into Somalia
Al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bomber kills 31 at Iraqi Army base in Taji
The suicide bomber attacked a group of Army recruits outside of a base just north of Baghdad.
Al Nusrah Front denies responsibility for deadly car bombing in Damascus
The al Qaeda-linked group pointed the figure at the Assad regime, but any number of groups could have carried out the Oct. 26 bombing.
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Foreign fighters worry – and boost – Syrian rebels
Al Nusrah Front rejects UN-proposed truce
“There is nothing between us and it [the Assad regime], by Allah, other than the sword, until Allah rules…” the al Qaeda-linked group said.
Al Nusrah Front commanded Free Syrian Army unit, ‘Chechen emigrants,’ in assault on Syrian air defense base
The al Qaeda-linked group said it “had the command and the planning and the participation of the Al Fajr [Dawn] Islamic Movement and the field command of a group of Chechen emigrants” to execute last week’s attack on a Scud and anti-aircraft missile base in Aleppo.
Al Nusrah Front claims 4 more suicide attacks in Syria
The group has now claimed credit for 31 of the 38 suicide bombings in Syria that the The Long War Journal has tallied since December 2011. Since the end of August, Al Nusrah has claimed credit for launching 13 suicide attacks.
2 Zarqawi cousins detained in Jordan after fighting in Syria
Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s family members and aides continue to fight in the theaters of jihad six years after his death.
Al Nusrah Front seizes Syrian base in joint operation with Free Syrian Army
The al Qaeda-linked group teamed up with the supposedly secular Free Syrian Army to capture an airbase outside Aleppo that houses Scud tactical ballistic missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.
Al Nusrah Front launches complex suicide assault on Syrian Air Force intelligence HQ
The Al Nusrah Front has now claimed credit for 27 of the 34 suicide bombings in Syria that the The Long War Journal has tallied since December 2011. Nine of those attacks have occurred since the end of August.
Al Nusrah Front released photos of execution of Syrian soldiers
Al Nusrah’s tactics, operations, and propaganda are nearly identical to those of al Qaeda in Iraq.
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Syria – Cajoling, Drugging and More as Rebels Try to Draw Defectors
Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide, 2 car bombings in Aleppo
More than 50 people are said to have been killed in the coordinated attacks, which included a complex suicide assault. The terror group has now claimed credit for 26 of the 33 suicide attacks that have taken place in Syria since December 2011.
Al Nusrah Front
Yemen says captured soldiers were studying in Syria
Al Nusrah front claims complex suicide assault on Syrian Army HQ
According to the al Qaeda-linked group, its fighters were able to penetrate security and attack the Syrian Army headquarters after a suicide bomber caused a diversion.
Al Nusrah Front claims 5 suicide attacks in Syria in past month
The al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front has now claimed responsibility for 23 of the 30 suicide bombings in Syria that have occurred since the end of December 2011.
Jihadist site publishes list of ‘foreign-backed groups in Syria’
A Turkish jihadist site recently published a list of what it claims are foreign-backed groups in Syria.
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Foreign fighters, extremists increasingly appearing on front lines in Syria’s civil war
African jihadists killed in fighting in Syria
Jihadists from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya have been killed while fighting in Syria for the Al Furqan Battalion, with operates with the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front.