Al Qaeda
Bleak future for Lebanon as Syria war enters fourth year
Tag Archives: Syria
Hezbollah
Golan: a new front in Hezbollah-Israel war?
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Saudi jihadist says forced to join ISIS in Syria
Head of al Qaeda ‘Victory Committee’ in Syria
Sanafi al Nasr heads al Qaeda’s “Victory Committee” and has relocated to Syria. He has become a vocal critic of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) and has been allied with ISIS’ main jihadist rivals, including the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria.
Syria
A new UN report accuses the Assad regime of using siege tactics against civilians and deplores the “absolute impunity that pervades the conflict,” in which both sides are guilty of massacres and other crimes. Paulo Pinheiro, the head of the UN inquiry committee on Syria, said it was “likely” that the perpetrators of the Aug. […]
Muslim Brotherhood
Arab states withdraw ambassadors from Qatar in protest at ‘interference’
Israeli navy intercepts Iranian weapons shipment headed for Gaza
Today’s operation marks at least the fourth time since 2002 that Israel has publicly announced that its forces had intercepted a sea-based Iranian weapons smuggling attempt.
Iraq
Syria’s ‘third force’ Kurds may emerge stronger from conflict
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Special Interviews: Raqqah residents complain under ISIS rule
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with regime, NDF, and Hezbollah forces near Yabroud city in Reef Dimashq; regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs in the vicinity. ISIS seized portions of the Yarmouk camp in Damascus. In Aleppo, the Al Nusrah and Ahrar al Sham […]
ISIS suicide assault team strikes government complex in Samarra
A Tunisian known as Abu Anas al Tunisi was a member of the three-man suicide assault team that targeted a government complex in Samarra.
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebel force to receive Saudi arms has worked with al Qaeda group
Hezbollah
Syria: Hezbollah recruitment surge as sectarian conflict spreads
Syria
In Idlib, the Islamic Front and the Al Nusrah Front clashed with regime forces; an Al Nusrah ammunition factory exploded in Sarmada. In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham battled regime forces and executed a Christian. In Damascus, Al Nusrah, the Islamic Front, and ISIS continued to fight against regime, NDF, and […]
Syria
Regime forces clashed with the Islamic Front in Latakia and in Aleppo. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fought against regime forces in Reef-al Safira city. A protest in Azaz demanded that the Islamic Front pull out; ISIS pulled out of Azaz three days ago. Fighting resumed between the Al Nusrah Front and […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda splinter group denies killing Islamist rival in Syria
Al Qaeda
Mainstream UK charities have donated thousands to Islamic group fronted by terror suspect
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has taken over the Halek district of Aleppo city after pulling out of Azaz following an ultimatum from the Al Nusrah Front. In Hasakah, Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front seized much of Markada after clashing with ISIS. In Deir Izzour, Al Nusrah and the Ahrar al […]
Abdullah Azzam Brigades
From fantastic to fanatic: Radicalized Lebanese pop star Fadel Shaker
Saudi Arabia
From Riyadh to Beirut, fear of Syria blowback
Syria
Tens of thousands under siege in Yarmouk ‘slowly dying’
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters as well as with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Hasakah. Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters battled regime forces in Hama, and in Deir Izzour, where the two Islamist groups also clashed with ISIS. In Reef Dimashq near Yabroud, […]
Iraq
Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkey
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Slow death of Derna, Libya
Syria
Regime forces are preparing to launch a ground assault on Yabroud. In Hasakah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Kurdish YPG forces, kidnapped 15 civilians, and destroyed a Sufi shrine. In Aleppo, ISIS withdrew from Mayer, Jamal, Kafen, and Meneg airport, but kept fighters in Meneg city and Azaz. The Al […]
Al Nusrah Front
Alleged terror financier detained in Lebanon
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia deputy leader reportedly in Syria
Kamel Zarrouk is said to have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham after fleeing security forces in Tunisia.
Ansar al Sharia
Maghreb to tighten noose on Syria-bound jihadists
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
ISIS rules in Raqqa
Syria
State media claimed that regime and Hezbollah forces killed over 170 fighters, including Saudis, Qataris, and Chechens, from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in an ambush outside Damascus. In the Damascus region, Islamist fighting groups, including the Islamic Front and the Suqour al Sham, are rejecting local truces. The Islamic State of […]