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The emir of al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, told the Al Nusrah Front to stop fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and urged ISIS to concentrate its efforts in Iraq. ISIS clashed with Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour. Rebels led by the Islamic Front overran an abandoned chemical […]
Syria
Former US diplomat warns of possible ‘grave mistake’ in Syria
Iraq
In Iraq and Syria, a resurgence of foreign suicide bombers
Southern Front tries to disassociate itself from Al Nusrah
The Southern Front, a new coalition of “moderate” fighting groups in the Syrian south, is seeking to present itself as untainted by links to extremist groups in Syria, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusrah Front. But evidence, including a recent claim by Al Nusrah itself, points to the contrary.
‘Al Qaeda in Kurdistan’ breaks ranks with ISIS over Syria
The group reaffirmed its allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri and the Taliban’s Mullah Omar, and said it is willing to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
CIA
CIA’s resolve to track weapons complicates push to arm Syria rebels
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Idlib; Hama; Latakia, where they were joined by Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, Ansar al Sham, and rebels; Reef Dimashq; and Aleppo. Al Nusrah claimed two car bombings in Homs that killed 51 people and injured 71, and threatened more attacks on […]
Jordan
Jordan opens new Syrian refugee camp
Al Nusrah Front
Editorial: Support for radical Islamism on the rise in Turkey
Al Nusrah Front
Pro-Assad Areas Are Attacked in Syria, Pointing to Election Trouble
Abu Qatada provides jihadists with ideological guidance from a Jordanian prison
Prior to 9/11, Abu Qatada inspired numerous al Qaeda operatives. Now imprisoned in Jordan, he is providing ideological guidance to jihadists in Syria and North Africa.
Islamic Group
Head of Lebanon’s Islamic Group opposes any intervention in Syria
Syria
Two suicide car bombs in Alawite neighborhoods in Zahraa in Homs killed at least 51 civilians and injured more than 70. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq; in Latakia, where they were joined by Ahrar al Sham, Sham Al Islam, and rebels; in Hama; and in Aleppo, […]
Israel
Israeli intelligence: Assad concealing chemical capability
Al Nusrah Front
My perilous journey from Aleppo to Turkey
Al Nusrah Front
Legitimate targets? Debating how to battle the Assad regime
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; Reef Dimashq; Latakia, where they were joined by Ahrar al Sham, Ansar al Sham, and Sham al Islam; and in Aleppo, where Al Nusrah announced it decided to restore electricity to the city 10 days after cutting it off. Fighting alongside Al […]
Al Qaeda
Revealed: the radical clerics using social media to back British jihadists in Syria
Al Qaeda
Feds Worry Whether Foreign Fighters in Syria May Target US, DHS Head Says
Syria
Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Iraqi helicopters attacked an eight-truck convoy in eastern Syria that was heading for Anbar to supply fuel to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham; it is the first time Iraq has claimed a strike inside Syria since the civil war began. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic […]
Al Nusrah Front
Kuwait, ally on Syria, is also the leading funder of extremist rebels
OPCW
Syria Making Good Progress in Chemical Weapons Removal
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front fought against regime forces in Reef Dimashq; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by the Muhajireen wal Ansar Army. In Deraa, 88 fighters have been killed in the past two days in clashes between regime forces and rebels led by the Al Nusrah Front and the […]
Al Qaeda
Syria’s bloodshed spills into Iraq as al Qaeda bombs Shia militant rally
Jordan
Jordan: Syrian women in distress
CIA
The Big Weapons that the US May Be Secretly Supplying to the Syrian Rebels
Syria
Syrian opposition looks to Congress for military boost
Syria
The Ahl al Sham, an umbrella group comprising the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Mujahideen Army, announced an interim truce with Kurdish YPG forces in Aleppo and its countryside. In Deraa, the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front fought against regime forces, and 45 of the jihadist fighters were killed. Al […]
Jordan
Worried about terror attacks at home, Jordan steps up arrests of suspected Syria jihadists