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Tag Archives: Syria
Al Qaeda
Obama voices concerns of threat to US posed by European jihadists
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham renamed itself the Islamic State. The IS released 15 of 140 detained Kurdish students. In Deir Izzour, the IS clashed with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Albu Kamal, and killed Al Nusrah’s military emir for Deir Izzour city; regime forces targeted the IS […]
Iraq
Allawi: US policy toward Iraq ‘without a compass’
Iran
The Syria disconnect in US Iraq policy
ISIS announces formation of Caliphate, rebrands as ‘Islamic State’
The Islamic State named Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as its caliph. Baghdadi is now to be referred as “khalifah Ibrahim.”
Iran
Insight: Sectarian genie is out of the bottle from Syria to Iraq
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebels buckling in face of jihadists
Iraq
Report: ISIS Selling Oil to Finance Terrorist Operations; Army, Security Forces Main Targets in Lebanon
Iraq
ISIS fears in Lebanon on the rise
Al Nusrah Front
Abu Qatada acquitted of conspiracy in Jordan
Syria
A day after the Al Nusrah Front’s emir for Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour issued a statement explaining that he was relinquishing the town to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham to avoid jihadist bloodshed, other Al Nusrah fighters and allied Islamist fighters captured two ISIS positions in the strategic border town. A […]
Free Syrian Army
Syria: Dispute Unsettles Rebel Coalition
Iraq
Obama Administration Deepens US Role in Syria and Iraq
Desperately seeking moderate Syrian rebels
The White House’s proposal to invest $500 million in training and equipping “vetted” and “moderate” Syrian rebel forces rests on the feeble premise that such forces, if they indeed exist, will be able to operate independently of the al Qaeda-linked groups that dominate the battlefield.
Free Syrian Army
Free Syrian Army’s Supreme Military Council ‘sacked’ over corruption claims
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took over the strategic border town of Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour after the local Al Nusrah Front faction pledged allegiance to ISIS in order to avoid bloodshed. ISIS clashed with Al Nusrah near Kou’ al-Atal and al-Tekehy in Deir Izzour, and shelled the town of Estrin […]
Palestinian Territories
Abbas says he backs Syria’s ‘war against terrorism’
Iraq
Jihadist returnees stir concern in the Maghreb
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
ISIS Jihadists Step Up Recruitment Drive
ISIS advances on oil fields in Salahaddin, Diyala
The Mansuriyah and Ajeel oil fields in Iraq, and the Al Omar facility in Syria, are said to be in ISIS hands. ISIS will want the infrastructure for the operations of its Islamic state.
Al Nusrah Front
Jordan shaken by threats from ISIS, Iraq, Syria
Egyptian Al Nusrah Front commander on Syrian border defects to ISIS
Abu Yusuf al Masri, a leader in Albu Kamal, swore allegiance to a senior “Chechen” commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The move could strengthen ISIS’ hold on the Iraq-Syrian border.
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Qaeda wing pledges loyalty to ISIS in border town
Iraq
Jordan on alert after ISIS seizes border crossing
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian Kurdish leader: Turkey turns blind eye to ISIS
Turkey
Turkey claims it has denied Syria entry to thousands of militants since 2012
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham attacked regime forces in Raqqah, and clashed with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour. Al Nusrah executed an Islamic brigade commander in Deir Izzour who had sworn allegiance to ISIS. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq […]
Analysis: A protracted struggle ahead for Iraq
While Sunni Iraqi support of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham is not monolithic, the central government’s security forces are unlikely to decisively uproot the terrorist organization from the more distant provinces of Iraq anytime soon.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
ISIS Surge in Iraq Fans Regional Fears Including Lebanon