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Regional wave of Sunni extremism reaches Lebanon
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has taken over Darkoush in Idlib after clashes with an Islamic battalion and rebels. Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal said the US should get a resolution from the UN Security Council authorizing a force to stop the fighting in Syria, and that foreign Shiite fighters […]
Qatar
State Dept. Learned in November of Photos Said to Show Torture in Syria
State Department deputy spokesperson mischaracterizes al Qaeda
Marie Harf wrongly claims Zawahiri is the only senior al Qaeda leader left standing and that he exercises zero operational control over the jihad in Syria.
Al Qaeda
US Embassy plot reveals Israel’s growing Al Qaeda problem
Syria
Syria talks to proceed, but with limited agenda
Jordan
Arms smuggling attempt foiled on Jordanian-Syrian border
Bosnia
Turkish Flotilla Charity Tied to Terrorism Again
Social Media Jihad: Ayman al Zawahiri addresses infighting in Syria
Ayman al Zawahiri’s message concerning the infighting in Syria has been picked up by various jihadist websites, including a Facebook page operated by Ansar al Sharia Tunisia.
Syria
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri issued an audio statement urging jihadist groups in Syria to avoid “partisan fanaticism” and focus on their common enemies, to submit themselves to a shared sharia court with enforcement powers, and to feel free to name a leader for themselves. An opposition activist group claimed that 1,400 people have […]
Al Qaeda head addresses infighting in Syria
Ayman al Zawahiri has released an audio message addressing the infighting between various jihadist factions inside Syria. Although Zawahiri does not address any group or individual by name, his message was clearly aimed at the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), one of al Qaeda’s two official branches fighting inside Syria.
Al Nusrah Front
Syria: Al-Qaeda’s New Home
Syria
In Reef Dimashq near the town of Sahem, regime forces, including Hezbollah, battled the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the Al Nusrah Front, Islamic battalion fighters, and rebels. In Aleppo province, the ISIS took over much of Menbej city and clashed with rebel and Islamic battalions in Azaz city and al Bab, and […]
Syria
Syria Talks Open with Acrimony and Testy Exchanges
Syria
Special Report: Amid Syria’s violence, Kurds carve out autonomy
Iraq
Former NATO commander warns of wider war in Middle East
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
US secretly backs rebels to fight al Qaeda in Syria
Syria
Three Islamist fighting groups, including the large Islamic Front coalition as well as the Islamic Union of the Soldiers of al-Sham and the Army of the Mujahideen, issued a statement yesterday rejecting the Geneva II talks and vowing to fight on; they also thanked Turkey and Qatar for their support. In an effort to combat […]
Turkish authorities arrest ex-Gitmo detainee in raids against al Qaeda cells
An ex-Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim Sen, was arrested in Turkey on Jan. 14. Sen is accused of being an important al Qaeda facilitator and leader.
Al Nusrah Front again targets Hezbollah in Lebanon
The Al Nusrah Front, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, all al Qaeda affiliates, have carried out four suicide attacks in Lebanon since November 2013.
Al Qaeda
Syria’s Assad accused of boosting Al-Qaeda with secret oil deals
Syria
Turkish intelligence service trucks reveal secrets
Ahrar al Sham
Islamic Front no answer for Syria conflict
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has imposed a harsh version of Islam throughout Raqqah city and destroyed shrines in a mosque; the ISIS issued four decrees for Syrians in areas under its control in Raqqah province. ISIS took over the al Jarah military airport in Aleppo from an Islamic movement, and clashed […]
Syria
Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime
Syria
The head of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham released an audio message threatening that the US would soon have to confront ISIS directly; he also urged Syrians not to believe enemy propaganda about ISIS, criticized rebel attacks on ISIS as a “betrayal,” and called on rebels to stop fighting ISIS and focus […]
Al Nusrah Front
Jihadists construct the Atomium bomb: YouTube video threat to Belgium tourist attraction
Egypt
Region Boiling, Israel Takes Up Castle Strategy
Syria
The Syrian National Coalition said it would attend the Geneva II talks, and that three rebel groups, Soldiers of the Levant, the Syrian Revolutionaries Front, and the Mujahideen Army, want to be represented in the delegation. An SNC official said the coalition would accept the regime’s offer of a ceasefire in Aleppo if the regime […]
Statement from Zawahiri’s representative shows Syrian rebel group tied to al Qaeda
A statement posted by Abu Khalid al Suri, Ayman al Zawahiri’s main representative in Syria, criticizes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS). The statement was posted on Twitter. Al Suri is a senior leader in Ahrar al Sham, a Syrian rebel group that is directly linked to al Qaeda.