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Saudi jihadi recounts his time with ISIS
Suleiman al Sabi’ee, a 25-year-old Saudi who returned from fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, described his time in Syria on Saudi TV earlier this month.
Free Syrian Army
Topple Ahmad Jarba? Not so fast …
Syria
Regime forces captured the historic Krak des Chevaliers citadel in Homs from rebel forces, killing at least 11 and wounding over 45; the Islamic Front and the Jund al Sham continued to clash with regime forces in the area, however. In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham forced 600 Kurdish civilians to […]
Al Qaeda
Tunisia’s fake jihadist and the war in Syria
Ahrar al Sham
Defying allies, Qatar unlikely to abandon Syria rebels
Al Qaeda veteran appears in Al Nusrah Front video, criticizes rival
In a video released on March 18, the Al Nusrah Front identifies Abu Firas al Suri as a leader within the group. Al Suri, who has a long al Qaeda pedigree, was dispatched to Syria from Yemen to try to mediate the dispute between Al Nusrah and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
Al Qaeda
Transnational threat of foreign fighters requires global response, INTERPOL Chief tells Baghdad conference
Free Syrian Army
Syrian opposition leader denies being a war profiteer
Hezbollah
Syria Documents: Nasrallah sent message to reassure Israel
Syria
The Foreign Ministry denounced the US’ closure of Syria’s Embassy and consulates. The first UN aid convoy from Turkey crossed into Syria for Qamishli. The OPCW said Syria has shipped nearly half of its chemical weapons out of the country for destruction, including all of its mustard gas. Many civilians were injured when the Al […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Three Years of Revolt: What Has Become of Syria’s Revolutionaries
Hezbollah
Lebanese factions seek unity against terrorism threat
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
Al Qaeda builds networks in Lebanon as security slips
‘American’ jihadist in Syria pictured with dangerous ISIS commanders
Abu Muhammad al Amriki is seen posing in photographs with a violent local ISIS commander known as Abu Abdurahman al Iraqi and Omar al Shishani, a Chechen leader.
Muslim Brotherhood
Jarba re-election likely to test Saudi-Qatari rift
Syria
In Yabroud, regime forces found a site used by the Al Nusrah Front to make rockets and another site used to rig car bombs. Regime forces tried to seize territory between Yabroud and the Lebanese border. In Deir Izzour, the Al Nusrah Front looked for Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters. In Reef […]
Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Disillusioned foreign fighters abandon rebel ranks in Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syria conflict: UN reports mass executions by ISIS
Islamic Caucasus Emirate confirms death of emir Doku Umarov
Umarov was rumored to have been killed late last year, but his death has not been confirmed by the Islamic Caucasus Emirate until now.
Al Nusrah Front
Searching for Al Qaeda in Lebanon (I): Coming of Age
Syria
Robert Ford, the former US ambassador to Syria, said his biggest complaint about the Syrian opposition has been its failure to distance itself from al Qaeda and affiliates. Regime forces closed in on rebel holdouts in Yabroud; a Hezbollah source claimed the city fell to regime forces after a Hezbollah raid killed 13 rebel commanders. […]
Al Nusrah Front names training camps after top al Qaeda leaders
The Al Nusrah Front videos from the Abu Ghadiya and Ayman al Zawahiri camps are reminiscent of others released by al Qaeda from the network of training centers in Afghanistan during the 1990s.
Syria
The strategic town of Yabroud has fallen to regime forces backed by Hezbollah, after weeks of fighting against rebel forces including the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In Aleppo, Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters battled regime forces, and ISIS detained eight members of a family […]
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Forces Seize Key Town From Rebels
Al Nusrah Front
Syria conflict has third anniversary amid offensive
Syria
Pro-regime Sunni fighters in Aleppo defy sectarian narrative
Syria
Regime forces conducted 15 air raids on Yabroud and entered eastern parts of the strategic city; some of the rebels have fled south to Rankos, but others, including the Al Nusrah Front, have remained in the city. Abu Azzam al-Kuwaiti, the Al Nusrah deputy for Qalamoun, was killed yesterday on the outskirts of Yabroud; he […]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian forces enter last rebel bastion near Lebanese border
Hezbollah
Iran official: Hezbollah Syria move ‘logical’