Several large Free Syrian Army and Islamist brigades as well as the Al Nusrah Front called for the imposition of sharia in Syria and rejected the US-backed Syrian National Coalition.
Hezbollah gambles all in Syria
In a statement issued yesterday, 13 Syrian rebel groups, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusrah Front, agreed to create an Islamist opposition force in Syria to be run only by groups fighting in Syria, rejecting the Syrian National Coalition and other groups “formed abroad.” The new coalition of powerful Islamist groups also includes members of […]
Doubts rise about Syria’s chemical weapons disclosure
Former rebel stronghold Homs a shadow of its old self
Al-Qaeda’s Latest Target: Syria’s Civilian Activists
The Al Nusrah Front, the Ahrar al Sham, and the Free Syrian Army’s Sahaba Battalions are leading a rebel offensive in southwest Damascus. A car bomb detonated in Damascus, killing at least seven civilians. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detained two teenagers in Raqqah. The ISIL, Al Nusrah, and rebels continued to […]
Chemical Disarmament Won’t Be Easy
The Islamic State of Iraqi and the Levant killed nine policemen in Haditiha in a coordinated assault on police and military bases.
UN Aid Official Demands Syria Access
Tunisia’s Marzouki wants Iran to help stop Syria’s ‘nightmare’
Chemical Disarmament Won’t Be Easy
President Assad insisted that Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal is secure. A suicide car bomb blew up at a regime checkpoint in Hama. Regime aircraft attacked an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant camp in Deir Izzor. ISIL fighters seized radiological imaging equipment in Aleppo city. Kurdish YPG fighters killed an Al Nusrah Front leader […]
Reporter Denies Writing Article That Linked Syrian Rebels to Chemical Attack
Syrian opposition group says it willing to attend Geneva talks
Abu Abdullah al Libi, a Libyan local commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, was killed along with 12 ISIL fighters in a clash with a rebel group in Idlib; the Free Syrian Army denied culpability for his death. ISIL fighters attacked Al Nusrah Front headquarters in Hasaka yesterday and stole weapons […]
Rebels View Coalition Leadership Outside Syria as Detached From the Suffering
Private donations give edge to Islamists in Syria, officials say
Syria meets deadline for chemical weapons disclosure
A former chemical weapons chief in the regime’s army said he had on three occasions defied orders to use chemical weapons, and claimed that the regime has already transferred some of its chemical weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon and to Iran via Iraq. A Free Syrian Army spokesman claimed that the regime sent chemical weapons […]
More than 70 Iraqis are killed in a series of suicide assaults and bombings in Baghdad and Bayji as the country teeters on the brink of civil war.
Private donations give edge to Islamists in Syria, officials say
Turkey’s Syria Nightmare Goes From Bad to Worse
Tunisia women ministry to fight ‘sex jihad’ trips to Syria
Russian rebels in Syria ‘pose threat to Olympics’
Attack Points to Al-Qaida Surge in Yemen
Al Qaeda lures Syrian children into its new schools
Syria delivered a partial chemical weapons inventory to the OPCW, and is expected to complete it soon. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with Al Nusrah and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Hasakah. Regime forces bombarded an ISIL checkpoint in Raqqah; ISIL executed an Alawite man. Al Nusrah, ISIL, and rebel forces bombarded […]
The Raqqah Revolutionaries Brigade and the God’s Victory Brigade, two well-known Free Syrian Army units in Raqqah, have pledged loyalty to the Al Nusrah Front over the past several days.
Syria details part of chemical arsenal, more to come