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Islamic State
Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to ISIS reveals secrets of the jihadist leadership
Syria
Unidentified gunmen killed five nuclear engineers, one of them Iranian, near Damascus, according to SOHR. The Lebanese Army arrested a Free Syrian Army commander attempting to enter the country with false paperwork. The president of the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition said that Western airstrikes are weakening support of non-extremists. At least 21 people were killed […]
Iran
Congress lays groundwork for stepped-up US presence in Iraq
Al Nusrah Front
Obstacles Limit Targets and Pace of Strikes on ISIS
Iraq
Iraqi military reach Baiji; Baghdadi’s fate unclear
Free Syrian Army
Why arming rebels will fuel Syria’s inferno
Iran
Syrian official: negotiations with US blocked by Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Central Command general to ISIS: We can hear you
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese general: Negotiations with ISIS require more time
Iraq
Peshmergas blunt, don’t break, Islamic State siege of Syria’s Kobane
French defector David Drugeon, Ahrar al Sham allegedly targeted in Idlib strikes
Video surfaced late last night showing a destroyed car in Samarda, Idlib. Activists on the scene reported that the car belonged to Al Nusrah Front.
Analysis: CENTCOM draws misleading line between Al Nusrah Front and Khorasan Group
CENTCOM denied that the five airstrikes on Nov. 5 targeted “the Nusrah Front as a whole” but instead were directed at the Khorasan Group. This is a distinction without difference, as the Khorasan Group is part of the Al Nusrah Front.
3 new jihadist training camps identified in Syria
Training camps run by the Al Nusrah Front, the Khorasan Group, and a Chechen-led group, Khalifat Jamaat, were identified in Syria. The Long War Journal has identified 42 jihadist training camps in Iraq and Syria.
Al Nusrah Front
‘You want to kill’: ISIS deserter recounts training, torture and terror
Syria
The US widened airstrikes to target Ahrar al Sham and the Al Nusrah Front in Syria; highly-sought French bomb maker David Drugeon is reported to have been killed by a drone attack. Jihadists are using cruise lines to get to Syria. Iran is working to organize Shiite militias fighting in Syria. The Islamic State remains […]
Islamic State propaganda video details battle of Kobane
In a new video released by the Islamic State titled “The Resolve of the Defiant,” the group attempts to justify the battle for Kobane.
Al Nusrah Front tweets photos allegedly showing aftermath of coalition airstrikes
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has tweeted a series of photos purportedly showing the aftermath of the US-led coalition’s airstrikes in Idlib. Prior to today, the coalition had not announced any airstrikes against Al Nusrah since the first day of the bombing campaign in Syria.
Hezbollah
Iranian general is said to mastermind Iraq ground war
Syria
Mortar rounds crashed into a school in the rebel-held town of Qaboun, killing at least 11 children. Some ethnic Kurds are aiding the Islamic State near Kobane, according to Kurdish officials. Islamic State fighters have vowed to continue fighting in Kobane, as the outcome of the battle remains uncertain. US strategy in Syria is in […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda Ally’s Advance Imperils Moderate Syrian Rebels
Islamic State
Rights group: Child captives suffered ‘torture and abuse’ by Islamic State
Free Syrian Army
Life in Raqqah under Islamic State
Chechnya
Kadyrov: ‘Most Chechens In Syria Grew Up In Western Countries’
Al Nusrah Front, Jund al Aqsa fighters photographed in Syrian Revolutionaries Front stronghold in Idlib
The photos purport to show the Al Nusrah Front and Jund al Aqsa, a group composed primarily of foreign jihadists, in the town formerly used by the western-backed Syrian Revolutionaries Front (SRF) as a base of operations. Also featured is a house that allegedly belonged to the SRF leader, Jamaal Maarouf.
Syria
The members of several US-backed rebel groups, including Harakat Hazm and the Syrian Revolutionary Front, surrendered, fled, or defected over the weekend in the face of an offensive by the Al Nusrah Front in Idlib province. Bases and weapons, likely including US-supplied TOW missile systems, were seized by the jihadist group. The Islamic State has […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda’s Nusrah lays out conditions to release captured Lebanese soldiers
Islamic State captures large swaths of Shaer gas field in Homs
The Islamic State has been battling regime forces for the Shaer gas field in the desert east of the city of Palmyra. While the Syrian regime still controls parts of the field, the jihadist group has been able to seize large portions, including two natural gas plants.
Al Nusrah Front
Qatar pares support for Islamists but careful to preserve ties
Al Nusrah Front
Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria