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Tag Archives: Syria
Iraq
Defying Syria, United Nations Sends in Trucks Carrying Aid
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Hasakah, where it used NDF fighters and three suicide bombers to storm a Ba’ath headquarters in Hasakah city, killing at least 14 soldiers; arrested people in western Deir Izzour; battled the Islamic Front and Jabhat al-Akrad in Ikhtren, and fought the Kurdish YPG near Jarabalus in Aleppo; […]
Islamic Front
Syrian government forces launch offensive in key Damascus suburb
Syria
Losses for Syrian regime rise sharply
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Raqqah and Hama; battled YPG forces and the Islamic Front in Aleppo; and opened fire on anti-IS protesters in Deir Izzour. The Al Nusrah Front issued a statement denouncing the “spoilers” who exploit the conflict situation by depriving Muslims of food and other necessities, as well as […]
Al Qaeda
Why Islamic State is no al Qaeda clone
Iraq
In a Syrian City, ISIS Puts Its Vision Into Practice
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