Syria
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria Declares ‘General Amnesty’ for Prisoners
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Al Nusrah Front
Interview with Former UN Peace Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi
Syria
A senior figure in the Syrian National Coalition denied rumors of a shakeup and creation of a new opposition group. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; Reef Dimashq; and Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh Muhajireen wal Ansar. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham […]
Iraq
Barrel bombs risk becoming answer to insurgency
Syria
Rice: United States is leading with ‘lethal and non-lethal’ aid to Syria
Iraqi troops repel ISIS assault on Mosul
The ISIS killed 18 security personnel during a massed assault on the northern Iraqi city. ISIS fighters also briefly seized control of Anbar University in Ramadi.
Syria
Syrians wage ‘war of tunnels’ for Damascus
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
European women find appeal in Syrian jihad
European Union
Hollande: 30 French nationals killed in Syria
European Union
EU targets Western jihadists on radical websites
Syria
A recent study estimates that some 2,800 Westerners have gone to Syria to fight, and most have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham or the Al Nusrah Front. President Assad celebrated his reelection by granting amnesty to 300 inmates at Aleppo Central Prison and over 500 at Adra prison in Damascus province. […]
ISIS touts French, German, and Libyan suicide bombers in Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham continues to highlight the deaths of foreign jihadists in both Iraq and Syria.
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq, Latakia, and Homs. The Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Hama; Damascus; and in Deraa, where Islamic Front forces targeted the 12th brigade, the 175 convoy, and an airport in Ezra’. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham […]
ISIS takes control of areas in central Iraqi city
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took partial control of Samarra after more than 150 fighters stormed the city.
Syria
G7 to focus on Syria foreign fighters after Brussels attack: diplomats
Afghanistan
The Accelerating Spread of Terrorism
Iran
Foreign policy expert says US deal with Iran could unhinge Mideast
Analysis: Blowback from the Syrian jihad has begun
In well over a dozen countries, evidence has emerged that jihadists who trained or fought in Syria are engaging in terrorist activities in their home countries and elsewhere.
Uzbek jihadist group releases footage from Syrian training camp
The Imam Bukhari Jamaat, which fights alongside the Al Nusrah Front and Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, touted its training camp, which is thought to be located near Aleppo.
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Aleppo, where the rebel Badr Martyrs’ Battalion was accused of torturing civilians and killing 50 by shelling residential neighborhoods; in Hama; in Homs, where a suicide truck bomb killed at least 10 people in an Alawite town; in Quneitra; and in Reef […]
Iran
Iran’s Khamenei warns supporters of Syrian rebels
Israel
Israel hits back after fire from Gaza, Syria
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq; and in Aleppo, where the Islamic Front blew up a tunnel in Old Aleppo near the Al Zahrawi market, killing at least 20 regime troops. The Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Quneitra; in Damascus; and in Hama, where […]
Al Nusrah Front
Syria bomber was Florida-born, raised in middle-class family
Syria
Obama on slippery Syrian slope
US officials have identified American suicide bomber in Syria
US officials have identified the first American suicide bomber in Syria as Moner Mohammad Abusalha, who reportedly grew up in Florida. Abusalha went by the alias “Abu Hurayra al Amriki” and joined the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria.
Al Nusrah Front
Report: Florida man may be 1st American suicide bomber in Syria
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Homs. The Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Aleppo near the central prison; in Deraa in Deraa city; and in Deir Izzour, where two members of a reconciliation committee were detained by the sharia committee. The Islamic State of Iraq and […]
Al Nusrah Front
Syria’s ‘western-backed’ rebels? Not in weapons
Previously obscure al Qaeda leader responds to dissenters
In March, a group of nine al Qaeda jihadists wrote a letter supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), a group that has been disowned by al Qaeda’s general command. Al Qaeda has now published a response written by a little-known ideologue named Abu ‘Amer al Naji.