Two suicide car bombs detonated outside the Syrian state TV headquarters in central Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham reportedly bombed a Sufi shrine in Deir Azzour; another shrine in the area was bombed on Sept. 24. Rebels reportedly downed a fighter jet in Deraa. ISIS fighters clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters […]
Govt to probe training to Syrian rebels: Karzai
Syrian Kurdish Leader Urges Turkey To End Support for Salafists
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri issued a statement calling Muslims to fight for the establishment of a jihadi Islamic state in Syria, in order to bring back the Caliphate and “liberate” Jerusalem; he warned against dealing with secularists and American agents, and urged jihadists to rise above “organizational affiliations and partisan prejudices.” He issued […]
A Christian soldier in Syria: ‘We have to defend our community’
Human Rights Watch reported that Syrian rebels led by al Qaeda affiliates the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham committed numerous atrocities in Latakia in August, including the taking of over 200 civilian hostages, mainly women and children, who still have not been released. The OPCW, which is undertaking […]
A new report by Human Rights Watch says that al Qaeda’s affiliates and their extremist allies committed atrocities in Latakia, Syria in August. The two al Qaeda affiliates in Syria and their close allies led the rebel offensive in Latakia as well.
Arab league, OIC call for Eid ceasefire in Syria
Turkey’s Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
A senior member of OPCW said the agency has been told that “most” of the sites and facilities it needs to inspect are under regime control. The head of the OPCW called for “temporary ceasefires” between regime and rebel forces so that the chemical weapons teams can have access to all sites. Scores were killed […]
British spy chief warns Snowden data is a ‘gift’ for terrorists
US intelligence sources said up to 35 percent of the Syrian rebel force consists of al Qaeda and allies, and that as many as 500 foreign jihadists arrive in Syria every month. A member of the Supreme Military Council said most of the support from Arab and Western countries ends up going to the Al […]
Syria arms inspectors ‘face unprecedented danger’
SPIEGEL Interview with Syrian President Bashar Assad
100 Specialists to Carry Out Tricky Syria Disarmament
Number of Syrian refugees rises above 2 million, UN agency says
The opposition Syrian National Coalition said it would not participate in Geneva II peace talks unless Hezbollah leaves Syria and the talks are not mediated by Iran; the SNC also said it would not talk with the Assad regime. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed with a tribal group in Raqqah. The […]
‘Norway should accept prestige Syria role’
Khattab, an Arab-Israeli jihadist in Syria
The eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal has begun, with the destruction of missile warheads, aerial bombs, and mobile and static mixing and filling units; the OPCW said work will continue for the next few days. UN Arab League peace envoy Brahimi called for peace talks “without pre-conditions” in November. Kurdish YPG fighters in Aleppo […]
Qaeda in Syria wants to dominate Iraq, Turkey border zones
Ironically, Assad backed the same terrorist groups in Iraq that have now turned on him.
The story of one jihadist on his way to Syria
Terrorism newest worry for cargo ships
Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence
Syrian Sufis Divided As Salafist Influence Grows
President Assad said Turkey would pay a price for allowing “terrorists” to use Turkey’s border for attacks in Syria. Diplomatic and intelligence sources say Hezbollah is withdrawing some of its troops from Syria, leaving only “a few thousand” in country. The UN said Syria has given the OPCW inspection team additional information about Syria’s chemical […]
Turkey renews permit to send troops to Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters in Aleppo and Hasakah. Rebels in Reef Dimashq executed two men as sharia punishment and threw their corpses into a marketplace. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al-Sham, Liwa’ al-Haq, al-Miqdad bin Aswad battalion, and other rebel factions stormed an Alawite […]
Top Tunisia imam calls Eid strike