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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
So the Turkish army is in Syria…
Syria
Syria launches reconciliation drive to disarm rebels
Uzbek commands group within the Al Nusrah Front
Abu Hussein, the emir of the Seyfuddin Uzbek Jamaat, is thought to have “scores of fighters from Uzbekistan and neighboring countries in Central Asia,” a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal.
Syria
A senior electricity official was killed by a car bomb in Damascus. The regime and the rebels blamed each other for damage to Aleppo’s Umayyad mosque. Regime airstrikes killed at least 30 people, mainly men, at a market in the rebel-held town of Atareb in Aleppo. Abu Bara al Libi, an emir of the Islamic […]
Free Syrian Army
Syria’s Thousand Miles of Red Tape
Dagestan
Syria’s Dagestan ruled by the sword of ISIS
Syria
State media claimed that 115 rebels who were defected soldiers and policemen turned in their weapons in Quneitra. Rebels alleged that regime grenades and barrel bombs filled with chlorine were used recently to attack rebel-held areas; the OPCW said no state has asked it to investigate. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled […]
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq and in Latakia. Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar, composed mainly of non-Syrians, fought alongside Al Nusrah in Aleppo. The Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Homs, which rebels are trying to hold; Aleppo; Reef Dimashq; Damascus, where they set off […]
Jordan
Miserable Syrians in Jordan say they’d rather go home
France
France to unveil plan to fight Syrian jihadist threat
Al Qaeda
The Saudi-Brotherhood divide
Syria
Syrian rebels make last stand for Homs
Syria
The Assad regime slated a presidential election for June 3; requests for nomination will be accepted until May 1. Mortar shells landed 100 meters from the Parliament in Damascus, killing five people. Rebels led by the Al Nusrah Front launched a counteroffensive in Homs, where they were joined by the Islamic Front. The Al Nusrah […]
Zawahiri discusses infighting in Syria, opposition to Egyptian government
In a newly released audio message, al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri says his group has not been defeated by American airstrikes. He also addresses the jihadist infighting in Syria, as well as his opposition to the Egyptian government.
France
Kidnapped French journalists: we were chained together in underground cells
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; in Reef Dimashq; in Homs, where Al Nusrah carried out two suicide bombings; in Latakia, where they were joined by Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by Fajr […]
Head of al Qaeda’s ‘Victory Committee’ survived battle in Syria
Sanafi al Nasr, a senior al Qaeda leader who was reportedly killed in Latakia, Syria in late March, is alive. Nasr leads an al Qaeda committee responsible for the group’s strategic planning and policy.
Syria
From martyrs to victims: Counting Syria’s dead
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; in Aleppo, where they were joined by the al Mujahideen army; in Reef Dimashq; and in Latakia, where they were joined by the Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham. Turkish border guards opened fire on […]
Ansar al Sharia
From dawa to hesba: the strange evolution of Ansar al Sharia
Al Nusrah Front sharia official uses social media to condemn killing of fellow jihadist
Abu Sulayman al Muhajir used his Twitter account to condemn the killing of Abu Muhammad al Fateh, the Al Nusrah Front’s leader in the province of Idlib, Syria. Sulayman says that Fateh joined al Qaeda in Iraq in 2005 and went on to become a confidante of Abu Muhammad al Julani, Al Nusrah’s emir.
ISIS’ ‘Diyala Division’ lauds foreign suicide bombers, including Dane
The Diyala Division praised 26 suicide bombers, including foreign fighters from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Tajikistan, Chechnya, and Denmark.
Syria
In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham conducted raids and arrests. In Aleppo, the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Abu A’mara battalion attacked a large regime barracks by first blowing up tunnels under it, and were joined by the al Mujahideen army and rebels in other areas; the ISIS […]
Europe
European jihadists form ISIS brigades in Syria
OPCW
Syria submits more ‘detailed’ list of chemical weapons
Iraq
Jordanian jihadis returning from Syria war rattle US-aligned kingdom
Al Qaeda’s general manager threatens America in video of large gathering
A video of Nasir al Wuhayshi, al Qaeda’s general manager, has sparked renewed interest in the media. Wuhayshi threatens the US in the video. His “core” leadership role gives him influence across al Qaeda’s international network.
ISIS reportedly kills Al Nusrah Front’s commander for Idlib province
Abu Muhammad al Ansari, the emir for Idlib province, and his family are said to have been killed by an Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham assassination team.
Al Nusrah Front
Any hope for long-held civilian hostages in Syria?