Islamic Front joins al Qaeda suicide assault to take Syrian hospital
The Al Nusrah Front said it commanded units from the Islamic Front when it launched a suicide assault to take control of a hospital in Aleppo.
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Teenage photographer killed in Syria
Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham kidnapped at least 50 Syrian Kurdish civilians from a road near Khan al Asal. The rebel Liwa’ al-Salajika group kidnapped seven civilians, including women, from a Kurdish village near al Bab city on Dec. 20. ISIS also kidnapped over 170 Kurdish civilians earlier this month. A truck […]
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front carried out two suicide car bombings outside the al-Kandi hospital in Aleppo city. Islamists and al Qaeda-linked groups took over the hospital, which is near Aleppo Central Prison. Three Hezbollah fighters were killed in clashes with Al Nusrah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and Islamic battalions in Reef […]
CIA
Secret CIA testimony identifies real Lockerbie mastermind
Syria
Amnesty International released a report alleging that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham operates seven detention centers in Raqqah and Aleppo where civilians, including children, are flogged, tortured, and murdered. The rights group also called on Turkey to “prevent its territory being used by ISIS to bring in arms and recruits to Syria.” […]
Syria
Syria most dangerous country for media in 2013, 126 dead worldwide: INSI
Syria
Syria’s Civil War Forces Doctors to Choose the Rebels or the Regime
Free Syrian Army
US caution over Syria talks prompts opposition doubts
Syria
In what was said to be his first-ever media interview, Abu Mohammed al Julani, the leader of the Al Nusrah Front, claimed that his fighters have now won 70 percent of the battle, and that the conflict will soon be over. Julani said the group was fighting to establish an Islamic state under sharia in […]
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian conflict said to fuel sectarian tensions in Persian Gulf
Al Qaeda
United Kingdom – How many more times can the Foreign Office get it so wrong?
Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda leader in Syria speaks to Al Jazeera
Latest Treasury designation targets al Qaeda’s fundraising network
A newly released terrorist designation by the Treasury Department highlights the extent and cohesion of al Qaeda’s global fundraising network. Treasury reports that Ayman al Zawahiri’s main representative in the Levant, Abu Khalid al Suri, has been funneling cash from Gulf donors to al Qaeda.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al Qaeda Is Developing A Mini Version Of Assad’s Brutal, Secret Prison System In Syria
The German jihadists’ colony in Syria
A “German Camp” that caters to training and recruitment and serves as a magnet to attract German-speaking jihadists from Europe has been established in Syria.
Syria
US Ambassador Robert Ford said the Islamic Front flatly turned down the US’ request for talks; Ford added that the US is “ready to sit with them because we talk to all parties and political groups in Syria.” The Assad regime called the US offer “reprehensible” as the Islamic Front “agrees in principle, strategy, and […]
Ansar al Sharia
Young Tunisians Are Being Recruited to Jihad
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
British ‘celebrity jihadi’ and chef dies in Syria
State Department designates head of Al Nusrah Front branch in Lebanon
The State Department added Usamah Amin al Shihabi to the list of specially designated global terrorists. Al Shihabi is the head of the Al Nusrah Front’s “Palestinian wing in Lebanon.” Leaked State Department cables reveal that the Jordanians previously accused him of training a terror cell that targeted Americans.
The Islamic Front ‘will not fight the al Qaeda organization’
As the US courts the Islamic Front to be part of the “moderate opposition” to the Assad regime in Syria, the newly formed group said that because it was “founded to form a link for jihadists,” it would not fight al Qaeda.
Syrian rebel leader was bin Laden’s courier, now Zawahiri’s representative
Abu Khalid al Suri, Ayman al Zawahiri’s representative in the Levant, also serves as a senior leader in Ahrar al Sham, a Syrian rebel group that often fights alongside al Qaeda’s two official branches. According to the Spanish government, al Suri was one of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted couriers and may have delivered surveillance tapes of the World Trade Center to al Qaeda senior leadership in Afghanistan prior to 9/11.
Syria
A Syrian National Coalition source said Western nations are now signaling that they may prefer the Assad regime to remain for a transitional period in order to avoid possible chaos and an Islamist takeover. The Islamic Front denied reports it was meeting with the US ambassador; an Islamic Front official claimed that the group will […]
Hezbollah
Dragged off the bus in Tripoli and shot: the latest spillover from Syria’s brutal civil war
Saudi Arabia
Syria’s Saudi Jihadist Problem
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Extremist Syrian faction touts training camp for boys
Free Syrian Army
Syrian Kurds jockey for seat at Geneva talks
Syria
US Ambassador Robert Ford is said to be meeting with the Islamic Front tomorrow. The Assad regime complained to the UN that the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front killed over 100 Syrians in the Damascus suburb of Adra last week. Rebel fighters are seeking to lift the siege of Eastern Ghouta. Recent regime […]
Ahfad al Rasoul
Syrian fighter defects to Qaeda-linked group
Syria
Syrian refugees’ hardship worsens with snow, cold