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CIA begins sizing up Islamic extremists in Syria for drone strikes
Tag Archives: jordan
Ahrar al Sham
US and Europe in ‘major airlift of arms to Syrian rebels through Zagreb’
Britain
West training Syrian rebels in Jordan
Al Nusrah Front
AP INTERVIEW: Iraq PM warns Syria war could spread
Jordan
Eleven men went on trial for plotting suicide attacks on shopping malls and the US Embassy. All are accused of being members of al Qaeda.
Egypt
Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
Jordan
Islamists rallied against upcoming elections. They also demanded that King Abdullah II cede some powers and give them over to the parliament.
Syria
Rape ‘being used as widespread weapon of war in Syrian conflict’
Afghanistan
The high cost of disengagement
Al Qaeda
Abu Qatada runs up £500,000 legal aid bill to stay in UK
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 He is believed to have been replaced by Abu Anas al Sahhaba, another associate of former al Qaeda in Iraq emir Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
Syria
Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells
Al Qaeda
In Jordanian terror plot, officials see hand of resurgent al-Qaeda in Iraq
Jordan
Jordan’s Islamists doubtful of on-time elections
Jordan
Syria crisis: Refugee children ‘face winter risks’
Jordan
Jordan ex intelligence chief jailed for abuse of office
Al Qaeda
Syria envoy warns country could turn into Somalia
Jordan
Jordanian jihadist lived to die in Syria
Al Qaeda
Syria turmoil stirs Iraqi tribal sympathies, hopes
Jordan
Jordan’s jihadists drawn to Syria conflict
Jordan
Syrian jihadist spillover haunts Jordan
Iraq
Influx of Iraqi Shiites to Syria Widens War’s Scope
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida group urges jihad after Gaza leaders is part of jihad against Jews, threaten large-scale retaliation
Jordan
Jordan seeks to curb flow of fighters to Syria
Hezbollah
Gunbattles flare in Lebanon as political crisis deepens
Jordan
Abu Muhammad al-Tahawi, an al Qaeda-linked Jordanian Salafist cleric, said Jordanian Salafists had planned an attack in Israel and were getting closer to fighting in Israel “via Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.” The Jordanian Salafist movement has sent 250 fighters to Syria, and some are leaders in Damascus, Aleppo, Deraa, and Idlib.
Jordan
Security forces detained 11 militants linked to a suspected al Qaeda plot against Western and commercial targets in Amman that included assassinating diplomats and bombing embassies and shopping centers. The terrorist cell planned to use weapons and explosives smuggled in from Syria, and had prepared explosives “aimed at inflicting the heaviest human losses possible.”
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.
Jordan
Abu Qatada appeal: UK called for pardon by Jordan
Jordan
More than 100 US troops have been deployed to Jordan to provide aid in securing the border as well as humanitarian support for Syrian refugees. Additionally, US and Jordanian forces are monitoring Syria’s chemical and biological weapons stocks.