Abu Khalil al Madani has released an audio message calling on the jihadist groups in Syria to form a common sharia committee, as well as a security committee. Much of his message echoes the mediation efforts of the past.
Hezbollah fighters say a ‘duty’ to help Syria’s Assad
Lebanon – Future Movement, Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya re-examine ties
Regime forces clashed violently with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Latakia; the military emir for Al Nusrah in Darkoush was killed. In Deir Izzour near the Iraq border the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fought against Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front, and at least 54 fighters are said […]
A banner dedicated to Abu Khalid al Suri is being posted on Twitter. The banner shows him both after his “martyrdom” and as a younger man.
Moroccan jihadist leader dies in Syria
Britain Increasingly Invokes Power to Disown Its Citizens
Muslim Shrine Stands as a Crossroads in Syria’s Unrest
Omar al Shishani said that Abu Usama al Maghrebi was killed by “a commander in the Front of Defeat; and it is not the Front of Victory [Al Nusrah Front] at all.”
Regime forces backed by Hezbollah captured Rankous in Qalamoun near the Lebanese border, cutting off rebel supply lines and solidifying the regime’s hold in the area. The Al Nusrah Front, Islamic fighters, and rebels reportedly left Rankous after its inhabitants made a truce with the regime two days earlier. Two car bombs detonated in Alawite […]
Lebanese patriarch suggests housing Syrian refugees in Syria
The suicide bombers, who conducted attacks just south of Baghdad, are from Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. The Southern Division is one of 16 administrative areas defined by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
Turkey realizes its blunder in Kassab operation
Jihadist attack on Latakia raises fear of deeper sectarian warfare
The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic fighters clashed with regime forces in Idlib; in Deir Izzour; in Hama; in Reef Dimashq near Rankous and Ras al-Ma’arra; and in Latakia, where they were joined by Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham. The UN human rights chief said the Assad […]
US accused of supplying anti-tank weapons to Syrian rebels
John Kerry, US Military Clash on Approach to Syria’s Rebels
A former Guantanamo detainee named Osama Abu Kabir has been arrested in Jordan. The charges have not been made public, but his arrest seems to be connected to Jordanian concerns about the jihad in Syria.
Terror training in Syria makes attack on UK ‘inevitable’
Father Frans van der Lugt, 75, a Dutch priest who had refused to leave the rebel-held and besieged city of Homs, was killed reportedly by a “masked gunman” in his house. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Latakia; fought alongside the Jaish al Mujahideen in Aleppo; and battled […]
A vehicle blew up in a market near a police station in rebel-controlled Homs city, killing 29 Islamic fighters, including two commanders. State media said the car was being packed with explosives, but some activists said an ammunition depot had been struck by a regime rocket, while a rebel said the Al Nusrah Front and […]
Rebel assault on Kasab, Syria, revives dark memories for Armenians
Delays in Effort to Refocus CIA From Drone War
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Aleppo and in Latakia, where regime forces lost control of the town of Babolin, and two Moroccan field commanders of the Ahrar al Sham were killed in battle in Kasab. Turkey fired into Latakia in response to shelling that hit Hatay. The […]
One Syrian refugee killed in clashes with Jordanian security
A journey through Syria’s Daraa
Syria’s moderate rebels still losing ground to extremists
Turkey admits Reyhanli was attacked by al Qaeda
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri eulogized Abu Khalid al Suri, his representative to Syria, and warned against jihadist infighting. The US is planning to increase training and shipments of small arms to “moderate” rebels based mainly in Jordan. An opposition source said over 1,000 jihadists, many of them non-Syrian, were recently airlifted from Jordan […]
Ayman al Zawahiri has released an audio message eulogizing Abu Khalid al Suri, who was killed on Feb. 23. Zawahiri confirms that he knew al Suri since before the 9/11 attacks and that they had been in direct communication after the beginning of the Syrian revolution.