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Hundreds of Pakistani jihadists reported in Syria
Many of the fighters are from the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the anti-Shia terror group that serves as muscle for al Qaeda.
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Legal Fears Slowed Aid to Syrian Rebels
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Syria Weighs Its Tactics as Pillars of Its Economy Continue to Crumble
Free Syrian Army commander says al Qaeda is ‘welcome’
A member of the US-backed Supreme Military Council said that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is “welcome if they help us fight the regime,” just days after the ISIL murdered a senior Free Syrian Army commander.
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Syrian rebels fear ‘side war’ as infighting spirals
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Syrian Rebel Infighting Undermines Anti-Assad Effort
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NGO: Syria rebels, Qaeda affiliates fight in northwest
Free Syrian Army issues ultimatum to al Qaeda over murder of commander
A 24-hour deadline to turn over the al Qaeda commander has already passed. The FSA is using the incident to demand weapons from the West.
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Syrian rebels vowed to retaliate for the killing of Free Syrian Army commander Kamal Hamami yesterday in Latakia by gunmen from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Accounts differed as to how he was killed. US officials confirmed that Israel carried out a strike against Yakhont missiles near Latakia on […]
US officials confirm Israeli strike on Yakhont missiles in Syria
US officials have confirmed that Israel recently carried out a strike against Yakhont missiles near Latakia, Syria on July 5. This is the fourth reported strike by Israel against Syria since the start of the uprising against Bashar al Assad.
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In rural Syria, a rare peace threatened by sectarian war
Pakistani Taliban establish ‘base’ inside Syria
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has sent experts in warfare and information technology to Syria to establish a base, aid in joint operations, and monitor the fighting there.
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New front opens in Syria as rebels say al Qaeda attack means war
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Money, guns flowing from Kuwait to Syria’s most radical rebel factions
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Hezbollah fears attacks from al-Qaeda-linked groups
Libya
How Libya sends weapons to Syria’s rebels.
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Rebel groups and NGOS in Libya are donating weapons and aid to the Syrian opposition. Salafist-controlled NGOS and private donors in Kuwait are sending guns and money to al Qaeda-linked forces in Syria, including the Syrian Islamic Front, which has refused to join the Free Syrian Army. The Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham released […]
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U.S. arms showing up in hands of pro-Assad militias
Jabhat al-Nusra
How Syria’s mould-breaking al-Nusra Front is winning hearts and minds
Egypt
Revealed: How Egyptian Islamists are manipulating the media
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Syrian rebels in Aleppo dispersed civilians protesting against a rebel blockade of food and medical supplies into government-held areas of the city; the head of the sharia council told rebels to allow food through the blockade. Protesters in Menbej city demanded that Islamic state of Iraq and al-Sham fighters leave. Influential Islamist cleric Sheikh Anas […]
‘313 Brigade’ claims car bombing that targeted Hezbollah in Beirut
The 313 Brigade shares the same name as an al Qaeda military formation that is based in Pakistan.
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Bomb in heavily secured Beirut neighborhood may be retaliation for Hezbollah’s role in Syria
Did Israel strike in Syria again?
Speculation is swirling that Israel may have recently conducted its fourth strike against advanced weaponry in Syria since the start of the uprising against Bashar al Assad.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi arms will arrive soon: Syria rebel chief
Israel
Speculation Swirls Regarding Possible Israeli Link to Syrian Army Base Explosion
Libya
Syria claims discovery of enough chemical weapons to “destroy a country”
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Online videos showcase Syrian rebels’ foreign weaponry
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At its first central party leadership committee meeting since 2005, the Assad regime’s ruling Baath party replaced 16 of its top leaders, including Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa, who will nonetheless remain in office. Ghassan Hitto, prime minister of the rebel Syrian National Coalition, resigned today, citing an inability to form an interim government. Hitto is […]