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Free Syrian Army commander praises Al Nusrah Front as 'brothers'

Colonel Riyad al Assad, the founder of the Free Syrian Army and a top commander, called al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria "our brothers in Islam," and commended the terror group for its prowess on the battlefield.


Al Nusrah Front seizes control of Syrian city of Raqqah

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria teamed up with the jihadist Ahrar al Sham Brigade to take control of the provincial capital. The jihadist alliance effectively controls most the Euphrates River Valley in Syria all the way to the Iraqi border. The Al Nusrah Front also carried out two suicide attacks in Homs.


US to aid Syrian groups that support al Qaeda's affiliate

The State Department will back the Syrian Opposition Coalition, which opposes the US's designation of the Al Nusrah Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, and the Free Syrian Army, which fights alongside with and under the command of Al Nusrah.


Suicide bombers kill more than 30 in Syrian capital

Al-Nusrah-Front-banner.pngAdditionally the Al Nusrah Front claimed credit for a suicide attack outside of Damascus two days ago.


Al Nusrah Front commanded Free Syrian Army unit, 'Chechen emigrants,' in assault on Syrian air defense base

The al Qaeda-linked group said it "had the command and the planning and the participation of the Al Fajr [Dawn] Islamic Movement and the field command of a group of Chechen emigrants" to execute last week's attack on a Scud and anti-aircraft missile base in Aleppo.


Al Nusrah Front seizes Syrian base in joint operation with Free Syrian Army

Al-Nusrah-Aleppo-airbase-seized.pngThe al Qaeda-linked group teamed up with the supposedly secular Free Syrian Army to capture an airbase outside Aleppo that houses Scud tactical ballistic missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.
 
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