Al Nusrah Front
Fighting on Golan border puts Israel on the spot
Tag Archives: Syria
Iraq
Islamic State’s antiquities sideline
Islamic State
Following a dangerous path to radicalization in Syria
Al Nusrah Front
Filipino force defied UN commander in Golan crisis
Iraq
To Beat ISIS, Focus on Syria
Syria
Qatar is said to be mediating between Fiji and the Al Nusrah Front for the release of 44 Fijian UN peacekeeping troops seized by Al Nusrah in Quneitra near the Golan Heights. Al Nusrah has demanded compensation and support as well as the removal of its name from the UN’s terrorist list. The Syrian army […]
Al Nusrah Front
US gives new priority to foreign fighters in Syria
Iraq
Islamists in Iraq driving large-scale atrocities: UN
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian army, Al Nusrah Front fight on Golan where peacekeepers held
Syria
In Deir Izzour, the Islamic State continued preparations for an assault on the military airbase, and also executed five men on various charges, including “apostasy.” Regime airstrikes targeted the IS in Raqqah. The Al Nusrah Front flogged a man for “insulting the divine” in Idlib. Kurdish YPG fighters battled IS in Hasakah. Al Nusrah, the […]
Iraq
Anti-jihadist fight forges Kurdish unity
France
Syria Slams France for Not Cooperating over Jihadists
Israel
Israel shoots down drone from Syria over Golan
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front warns Lebanon’s Christians against following Aoun
Al Nusrah Front
Fiji seeks release of UN peacekeepers abducted on Syrian side of Golan Heights, as Philippines soldiers escape
Al Nusrah Front announces detention of 45 UN peacekeepers
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has announced its responsibility for the detention of 45 UN peacekeepers in Syria. The group claims its actions are justified because the UN supposedly works “against Muslims.”
Islamic State
ISIS says forcing detained pilots to train militants: report
Syria
All of the Philippine UN peacekeeping troops in the Golan area that were surrounded by the Al Nusrah Front were rescued after intervention by UN rapid response forces as well as distracting artillery fire by regime forces; Al Nusrah still holds 45 Fijian peacekeeping troops. Al Nusrah claimed that the troops were detained because the […]
Al Nusrah Front
32 Philippines peacekeepers rescued from militants in Golan: UN
Islamic State
Held by IS for 40 days, a Turkish photographer tells his story
Al Qaeda
Found: The Islamic State’s Terror Laptop of Doom
Al Nusrah Front
UN was told Golan peacekeepers seized ‘for their protection’
Syria
The Islamic State was targeted by regime airstrikes, and clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters in Aleppo; was targeted by regime airstrikes while mobilizing for battle in Deir Izzour, where it also raided the houses of civilians; fought against the YPG in Hasakah, where a Tunisian IS emir is trying to make fighters in Gweran swear […]
Iraq
Kicked Off Twitter And Facebook, Islamic State Finds New Tools
Al Nusrah Front
Islamist gains in Syria alarm some Assad allies
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front advances on Quneitra, gains border crossing
Iraq
US Identifies Citizens Joining Rebels in Syria, Including ISIS
UN reticent about ‘armed group’ holding 43 Golan Heights peacekeepers
Although 124 United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Heights have recently fallen under the control of “armed elements of the [Syrian] opposition,” the UN wouldn’t say which group it is.
Syria
The Islamic State battled regime forces in Aleppo, where it used US cannons seized in Iraq; and in Deir Izzour, where regime aircraft struck a meeting of IS leaders, killing a number of foreign fighters at the house of “the military commander of the Operation Chamber of the Airbase of Deir Ezzor which is affiliated […]
Al Nusrah Front
Fear grips towns bordering Arsal