The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has repeatedly threatened to kill a Lebanese soldier in its custody this week. In a tweet earlier today, the group said that the soldier was the “first casualty” in its stalled negotiations with the Lebanese military.
Testimony to the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats on the threat posed by Islamist foreign fighters returning home to Europe.
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Assad’s army stretched but still seen strong
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French Lower House Approves Bill to Crack down on Jihadists
The Islamic State is gaining ground in Aleppo province, where it has now captured 21 Kurdish villages in the north near the Turkish border, in an offensive that began in early July. Kurdish YPG forces defending the area claimed at the time that the IS had used chemical weapons against them. Regime airstrikes targeted IS-held […]
Kurds issue call to arms as Islamic State gains in Syria
The border town of Kobane is under siege from the Islamic State, which continues to advance in Aleppo province.
US airstrikes boost Islamic State, more hostages possible: FBI
Dempsey: Half of Iraqi army not OK as US partners
Exclusive: Syria reveals more chemical weapons facilities to watchdog – sources
A ‘fundamental fallacy’ in Obama’s plan to arm Syrian rebels?
Europe needs to coordinate its anti-jihadist measures
Syria’s UN envoy said the Al Nusrah Front has seized all of the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, and that Al Nusrah militants are using UN vehicles, weapons, uniforms, and fighting positions against civilians as well as Syrian forces; he accused Qatar, Israel, and Jordan of allowing Al Nusrah to use the safe zone […]
The Islamic State gearing up for the “War of the Cross”
Islamic State goes underground in Syrian stronghold
ISIS Draws a Steady Stream of Recruits From Turkey
AQAP and AQIM have issued a joint statement encouraging the jihadists in Syria to unite in the face of the American-led opposition. However, the statement should not be read as an indication that they are breaking ranks from al Qaeda. The two groups also offer their condolences for the Ahrar al Sham leaders who were killed earlier this month.
Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, a member of the Al Nusrah Front’s Sharia Committee, has now joined other al Qaeda members and branches in expressing solidarity with the Islamic State; but such expressions of support are not pledges of loyalty or allegiance.
Mideast’s complexities confound US efforts to build coalition against Islamic State
Islamic State rebuilds its manpower In Iraq and Syria
Islamic State advertises for fighters from Turkey
Islamic State crisis: World leaders pledge Iraq support
The al Qaeda-linked Caucasus Emirate joins the Al Nusrah Front and other jihadist groups in offering condolences to Ahrar al Sham.
Islamic State’s war chest is growing daily
Christians of Akkar keep eye on ISIS threat
The Syrian Revolutionaries Front displayed the dead bodies of two members of a four-man suicide bombing team who had tried to attack the SRF in Idlib. A regime airstrike on a dormitory at an IS training camp in Tibni in Deir Izzour killed 17 militants and a child. The IS issued a set of rules […]