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Islamic Front rejects rival’s caliphate, as well as proposed emirate in Syria
The Islamic Front, a coalition of several leading insurgent groups in Syria, has issued a statement rejecting any attempt by its fellow insurgency groups to unilaterally create a new government.
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Al Nusrah Front
Gloves come off between Syrian regime, Islamic State
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Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State compete for foreign fighters
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UN grants aid convoys access to rebel-held areas in Syria
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid through four Syrian border crossings all controlled by rebel groups.
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Al Nusrah Front
Who controls Syria’s oil?
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Chechnya
Chechen in Syria a rising leader in extremist group
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Al Nusrah Front
Syria jihadists now using Humvees seized in Iraq: NGO
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Islamic Front
Syria Islamist factions in new push against rivals
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Ahrar al Sham
Harakat Hazm: America’s new favorite jihadist group
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Al Nusrah Front
Water war takes its toll on Aleppo
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ISIS suspected in car bombing at Syrian-Turkish border
A car bomb exploded near the Syrian-Turkish border, killing 43 people. Reports suggest that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham may have been behind the attack.
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Al Nusrah Front
ISIS continues advance on Deir Ezzor as FSA calls for support
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Jaysh al-Mujahedeen
Syrian moderates try to rebuild opposition force
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Al Nusrah Front
Latakia captives speak out about their ordeal, others still missing
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Islamic Front kills scores in bombing of Aleppo hotel
The Islamic Front, which frequently fights alongside al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front in Syria, tunneled under a historic hotel being used as a regime forces base and blew it up, leveling it and adjacent buildings in Old Aleppo. The Islamic Front carried out a similar attack on the hotel on Feb. 14.
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US-made missiles reportedly in hands of Islamist fighters in Syria
The al Qaeda-allied Islamic Front is using US TOW antitank missiles in clashes in Aleppo against the forces of President Bashar al Assad and allies.
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Southern Front tries to disassociate itself from Al Nusrah
The Southern Front, a new coalition of “moderate” fighting groups in the Syrian south, is seeking to present itself as untainted by links to extremist groups in Syria, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusrah Front. But evidence, including a recent claim by Al Nusrah itself, points to the contrary.
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Dagestan
Syria’s Dagestan ruled by the sword of ISIS
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Al Nusrah Front
Any hope for long-held civilian hostages in Syria?
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Arming the ‘moderate’ rebels in the Syrian south
The Yarmouk Brigade, portrayed as a moderate rebel group in the south of Syria, is featured in an article in which rebels complain about the paltry flow of weapons from the US.
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Al Nusrah Front
Turkey realizes its blunder in Kassab operation
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Al Nusrah Front
A journey through Syria’s Daraa
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Al Qaeda’s American propagandist notes death of terror group’s representative in Syria
Adam Gadahn, al Qaeda’s American propagandist, lamented the death of Abu Khalid al Suri, Zawahiri’s personal representative in Syria, and called for an investigation into the suicide attack that killed him.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Turkish tomb in Syria becomes flashpoint for conflict
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Ansar al Sham
The Ansar al-Sham Battalions
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Ahrar al Sham
Defying allies, Qatar unlikely to abandon Syria rebels
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LWJ’s prior warnings about 9/11 recruiter’s release
Twice during congressional hearings last year, The Long War Journal warned that jihadists were looking to secure Mohammed Zammar’s release in Syria. Zammar recruited the Hamburg cell, including the suicide hijack pilots for 9/11.
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Ahrar al Sham
Siege of Syrian arms depot in Tal Al Jabiyeh exposes chemical weapons fears
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebel force to receive Saudi arms has worked with al Qaeda group
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Syrian troops, Hezbollah fighters kill foreign jihadists in ambush
More than 170 Islamist fighters from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front are reported to have been killed in an ambush outside of Damascus. “Most of them [were] Saudis, Qataris and Chechens,” Syrian television claimed.
