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Islamic Front rejects rival’s caliphate, as well as proposed emirate in Syria
The Islamic Front, a coalition of several leading insurgent groups in Syria, has issued a statement rejecting any attempt by its fellow insurgency groups to unilaterally create a new government.
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front seizes Syrian town on Turkish border
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda group seizes Syrian town on Turkish border
Islamic State touts training camp in northern Iraq
The images are the latest in a propaganda effort by various terror groups in both Iraq and Syria to promote their training camp infrastructure.
Al Nusrah Front
Gloves come off between Syrian regime, Islamic State
Iraq
Islamic State jihadists sell Syrian oil to Iraqi businessmen
Iraq
ISIS gains highlight ‘aggressive’ use of water as weapon of war
Islamic State
More than 700 killed in Syria as ISIS tightens grip on east
Hezbollah
Watchmen guard Ras Baalbek against attacks
Syria
The Islamic State beheaded a man in Raqqah; blew up some houses in Deir Izzour; clashed with the Islamic Front and rebels in Damascus; battled regime special forces around the Sha’er gas field in Homs, where some 60 soldiers were killed; and fought against the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and Kurdish YPG forces […]
Al Nusrah Front
More Western fighters joining militants in Iraq and Syria
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces near the Sha’er gas field in Homs; bombarded regime-held areas near Al Mab’oje in Hama; clashed with regime forces by Kweris airport, and killed five Islamic Front fighters in a suicide bombing in Aleppo; battled the Islamic Front outside Yilda in Reef Dimashq; stoned two women to death […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State compete for foreign fighters
Islamic State stones women to death in Raqqah
The Raqqah Division of the Islamic State stoned two women to death purportedly for committing adultery.
Iraq
In Iraq, Syria, militants try to govern as a state
Al Qaeda
Can ISIS maintain its self-declared caliphate?
Syria
The Islamic State is now said to control 35% of Syria’s territory, including over 98% of oil-rich Deir Izzour. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front have stopped fighting the IS in Deir Izzour; some fighters turned over their weapons to the IS, but others retreated to Aleppo. Regime forces battled the IS near […]
Iraq
World should help ‘generous’ Kurdistan: UN refugee chief
Syria
Islamic State fighters surrounded and attacked the Shaar gas field in Homs, killing at least 23 guards and capturing others before taking it over. Syrian Kurds imposed a draft on adult males for six months’ “self-defense” service to help stave off the assault by the Islamic State in the north. The Islamic State clashed with […]
Syria
President Assad was sworn in for a third term; he called for “national reconciliation” but ruled out talks with the exiled opposition, and vowed to retake Aleppo and Raqqah. Regime forces battled the Islamic State near the Kweris military airport in Aleppo, carried out an airstrike on an IS-held area in Hasakah, and bombarded an […]
Free Syrian Army
Obama’s request for Syrian aid runs into trouble
Canada
ISIS Uses Andre Poulin, a Convert to Islam, in Recruitment Video
Hezbollah
Why Hezbollah is playing a smaller role in this Iraqi conflict
Syria
United Kingdom – ‘I would fight in Syria today if I could’
US adds Norwegian AQAP bomb maker to list of terrorists
Anders Cameroon Ostensvig Dale, a Norwegian who joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in 2008, is thought to have been trained under AQAP bomb maker Ibrahim al Asiri or one of his lieutenants.
Syria
The Islamic State pushed the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and allied rebels out of Deir Izzour city, consolidating its hold over the province of Deir Izzour. The Islamic State also shot an Al Nusrah emir in Deir Izzour, killed civilians in a suicide car bombing targeting a Kurdish YPG camp in Hasakah, blew […]
Al Nusrah Front
Security situation may spark spy wars in Lebanon
UN grants aid convoys access to rebel-held areas in Syria
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid through four Syrian border crossings all controlled by rebel groups.
AQIM rejects Islamic State’s caliphate, reaffirms allegiance to Zawahiri
In a statement attributed to AQIM’s propaganda arm, the al Qaeda branch rejects the Islamic State’s caliphate and reaffirms its loyalty to Ayman al Zawahiri. The statement also reveals that AQIM has played a role in the mediation efforts between the Islamic State and its jihadist rivals in Syria.