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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s spokesman blamed al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri for the jihadist infighting in Syria, dismissed his order for ISIS to quit Syria, and said ISIS had refrained from attacking Iran at al Qaeda’s request. ISIS clashed with rebels in Raqqah. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic […]

The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia and Reef Dimashq. The Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Hama, Idlib, Damascus, Homs, and Quneitra. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham battled Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour; executed one man and whipped two […]

The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar. Al Nusrah has cut off the water supply to both rebel and regime-held areas of Aleppo for the past week. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front continued to […]

Regime forces began sweeping Old Homs city for mines, and civilians returned, as the last 360 rebel fighters were evacuated. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham published photos of boys recruited as fighters in Aleppo. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama, Reef Dimashq, and Aleppo, where […]

The Islamic Front tunneled under a hotel in Old Aleppo that served as a regime base and blew it up with 20 tons of explosives, killing as many as 50 people; the regime asked the UN to designate the Islamic Front a terrorist organization. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces […]

About 1,200 civilians and rebels, including fighters with the Al Nusrah Front and other Islamist groups, exited Homs in a deal with the Assad regime; each fighter was allowed to keep a rifle; and each of the buses evacuating them was allowed to take a rocket launcher and a machine gun. As part of the […]

The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia, Aleppo, Hama, Reef Dimashq, and Deir Izzour, where they also clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In Deraa, the Al Nusrah emir in Bosra Al Sham, Ali al-Nuaimi, was assassinated along with his wife in a bombing. Rebels […]

The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia; Reef Dimashq; Damascus; and Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar, and the Islamic Front used US-made TOW missiles. In Deraa, Al Nusrah released a rebel commander detained yesterday; 52 rebel groups agreed to allow Al Nusrah […]

The Al Nusrah Front said it would obey al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri’s directive to stop fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, unless the latter attacks first. About 60,000 Syrians are said to have fled towns in Homs since April 30 to escape clashes between Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters […]