Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Violence Reverses Gains in Iraq
Violence Reverses Gains in Iraq
Fearing retribution, Syrian minorities keep low profile in exile
Suicide bombers struck in Mosul, Rutba, and Jurf al-Sakhar. Since Oct. 1, the ISIS has used at least 25 suicide bombers in Iraq.
Turkey’s war on al-Qaeda groups in Syria
Since Oct. 1, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has used 22 suicide bombers in Iraq.
German intelligence estimates that more than 1,000 Europeans, including 150 Muslims from Kosovo, are fighting against the Assad regime in Syria.
The ISIS has not had difficulty in recruiting and deploying suicide bombers to conduct complex assaults in either Iraq or Syria.
Al Qaeda strikes fear into Iraq’s government-backed Sunni militia
Family vacation? No, ‘family jihad’ in Syria
The ISIS images are similar to videos and photographs of child training camps in Pakistan’s tribal areas that are run by the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, the Turkistan Islamic Party, and the Islamic Jihad Union.
Jihadists flooding into northern Syria put Turkey on edge
Syria – Rebels and activists fight sectarian strife in south
Jihadists see Syria insurgency as just the beginning of a Middle East revolution
A Japanese man, who is now known as Abu Saskuki al Yabani, is pictured in front of an al Qaeda flag and shown firing a weapon. But the reporter denied he joined the ISIS.
US allies let funds flow to al Qaeda in Syria
Al-Qaida Surges Back in Iraq, Reviving Old Fears
Iraqi Kurdistan’s chief ready to strike militants in Syria, Iraq
Syrian Kurdish Leader Urges Turkey To End Support for Salafists
A new report by Human Rights Watch says that al Qaeda’s affiliates and their extremist allies committed atrocities in Latakia, Syria in August. The two al Qaeda affiliates in Syria and their close allies led the rebel offensive in Latakia as well.
Syria arms inspectors ‘face unprecedented danger’
Qaeda in Syria wants to dominate Iraq, Turkey border zones
Ironically, Assad backed the same terrorist groups in Iraq that have now turned on him.
The story of one jihadist on his way to Syria
Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence
CIA ramping up covert training program for moderate Syrian rebels
Omar al Chechen granted a short interview in which he also denied permitting a meeting between the Northern Storm Brigade and a US senator.
Reporting from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows that al Qaeda’s two affiliates inside Syria continue to collude despite a leadership dispute that became public in April.
Qaeda Branch in Syria Pursues Its Own Agenda
Islamist Syrian rebels claim to capture crossing on Jordanian border
Has Turkish Foreign Policy Created a ‘Syrian Taliban’?