Regime forces and rebels agreed to several local truces in Damascus. Regime forces recaptured Maan, a village in Hama where at least 25 Alawites were killed by Islamist fighters on Feb. 9. Islamist and rebel fighters clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Aleppo, and with regime forces in Homs. In […]
US officials said last month that the supplies stolen by Islamist rebels from Free Syrian Army warehouses had been returned. The Syrian opposition’s Supreme Military Council maintains that the materiel was never returned.
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The Supreme Military Council replaced head Salim Idriss with Brigadier Abdullah al-Bashir, citing “the difficulties faced by the Syrian revolution.” An activist group said about 6,000 people have died in Syria since the Geneva II talks started, the highest daily toll in the conflict so far. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of […]
US, Syria play blame game over Geneva peace talks
Saudi Internet monitors turn focus on Syria-fuelled radicalism
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, supported by the Al Nusrah Front and Islamic battalions, fought against regime, NDF, and Hezbollah forces in Damascus and in Hasakah. Regime forces clashed with Al Nusrah and Islamic battalions in Aleppo, in Hama, and in Deir Izzour. ISIS battled the Free Syrian Army’s Jabhat Al-Kurd, Ahfad […]
A photo showing a British suicide bomber and father of three embracing children at a Syrian refugee camp just months before he detonated in an attack underscores the perversity of the Islamist tactic.
Mediator apologizes to Syrians for ineffectual peace talks
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Saudis Agree to Provide Syrian Rebels With Mobile Antiaircraft Missiles
Saudi Arabia will soon supply MANPADS and antiaircraft missiles to the Free Syrian Army from warehouses in Jordan and Turkey. The US is said to have already paid $3 million in salaries for fighters from the FSA’s Southern Front, which is headed by Bashar al-Zoubi. The second round of Geneva II talks ended in an […]
Refugees rush into Arsal, more expected
Abdul Waheed Majeed, who is thought to be the first British suicide bomber in Syria, is seen in a video dedicated to Al Nusrah Front commander Saifullah al Shishani, a Chechen recently killed in Aleppo.
Homs rebel puts fate in Syrian government hands
Syria’s disintegration alarms Israel
Russia, NATO plan joint operation on Syria’s chemical weapons
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Islamic battalions in Aleppo; and in Deir Izzour, where it also fought against the Al Nusrah Front; and in Raqqah, where it also battled rebels. Al Nusrah and Islamic battalions clashed with regime forces in Hasakah, and in Hama. Al Nusrah claimed five January bombings […]
ISIS losing ground in Syria to Jabhat al-Nusra
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A FRONTLINE map of Syria mixes the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and the Islamic Front in with the “opposition.”
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In Aleppo, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fought against Islamic battalions; and in the village of Aziz, Islamic battalions beheaded six regime soldiers and left their heads as “a gift to” the head of regime military operations in Aleppo. The ISIS clashed with the Al Nusrah Front and Ahrar al Sham in […]
Israeli security chiefs modify assessment on Syrian war
Extremists Pose ‘Very Real’ Risk to Syrian Chemical Arms: US Intel Official
Syrian opposition presents plan for post-war Syria
Battle on Lebanese border as Syria talks falter