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.
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Syria
Rebels forces shot down a helicopter over Idib. Rebel acquisition of heavy weapons has forced government aircraft to bomb from higher altitudes. Heavy air attacks struck Idlib and Aleppo provinces.
Syria
Rebel military commanders agreed to set up a joint leadership. Rebel civilian leaders planned to meet Nov. 4 for a unity conference in Qatar. Government forces continue to bombard a strategic town captured by rebels last week; the town overlooks a main road between Damascus and Aleppo.
Hezbollah
Iraqi Shi’ite militants fight for Syria’s Assad
Turkish jihadists eulogize slain German al Qaeda leader
Islamic World, a Turkish jihadist magazine, said that Bekkay Harrach fought against Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, traveled to Iraq, where he was wounded, and was detained by Syrian security forces. Harrach also lived with Atiyah Abd al Rahman in Pakistan.
Syria
Syria’s crisis: No side looks set to win soon
Hezbollah
Accusations mount of Hezbollah fighting in Syria
Qatar
Jihadists Receiving Most Arms Sent to Syrian Rebels
France
France – Terrorism: a homegrown threat?
Syria
Syria despatch: rebel fighters fear the growing influence of their ‘Bin Laden’ faction
Syria
Rebels claimed to have downed a Syrian air force jet. Syria and Turkey banned each others’ civilian flights over their territory. The ban came after Turkey intercepted a Syrian-bound plane that Turkey claimed carried munitions.
Free Syrian Army
Can FSA leadership be relevant again in Syria?
Syria
Rebels repelled a government counterattack against a strategic town in northern Syria. The town overlooks the road between Damascus and Aleppo and was captured by rebels earlier this week. Rebel forces captured 250 government soldiers. Government forces increased air and artillery strikes against Homs.
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.
Syria
US, allies girding for worst-case scenario with Syria’s WMD
Syria
Rebels captured an air defense base near the northern city of Aleppo; the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front participated in the attack. Rebel offensives across the country killed 100 government troops in two days.
Al Qaeda
Syria’s Islamist rebels join forces against Assad
Syria
Government forces failed to retake a strategic town captured by rebels earlier in the week. The town is on a main road between Damascus and Aleppo.
Afghanistan
Interview with Vladimir Yakunin on Tensions Between Russia and West: ‘Russia and the West are drifting apart’
Hezbollah takes responsibility for last week’s drone over Israel
Just a couple of hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged that Hezbollah was responsible for the drone sent over Israel on Oct. 6, Hezbollah took responsibility.
Iran
Iran aids Syria in tracking opposition via electronic surveillance, U.S. officials say
Syria
Rebels seized a strategic town on the highway between Damascus and Aleppo. The government rushed reinforcements to the area. British Foreign Secretary Hague said the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate with no end in sight.
Syria
In shifting Syria conflict, Assad assumes command of forces
Syria
The Al Nusra Front jihadist group carried out a complex attack on an intelligence agency compound in the capital, Damascus. Over 32,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising began 19 months ago.
Syria
Syrian businessmen flee with their money to Egypt, Gulf
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.
Free Syrian Army
Westerners With Syrian Ties Trickle In to Help Rebels
Free Syrian Army
Syria’s civilians are trapped in a deadly no-man’s land
Syria
Government forces increased bombardment of Homs while infantry advanced into the city center. Turkey and Syria continued cross-border shelling for a sixth day. Turkish President Erdogan warned that worst-case scenarios were being played out in Syria.
Saudi Arabia
Saudis line up against Syria’s Assad