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Al Nusrah Front emir issues ultimatum to ISIS
Muhammad al Julani gave the ISIS five days to come to an agreement or face a concerted effort to “banish it” from both Syria and Iraq.
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Free Syrian Army
Top Military Body Against Syria’s Assad Is in Chaos, Undermining Fight
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Al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria killed in suicide attack
Ayman al Zawahiri’s chief representative in Syria, a longtime al Qaeda operative known as Abu Khalid al Suri, has been reportedly killed in a suicide attack in Aleppo.
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Ahrar al Sham
Military escalation will add to Syrian catastrophe
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Al Nusrah Front
US left with no point man in Syria after ‘moderate’ rebels fire commander
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Whatever happened to the Western supplies stolen in Syria?
US officials said last month that the supplies stolen by Islamist rebels from Free Syrian Army warehouses had been returned. The Syrian opposition’s Supreme Military Council maintains that the materiel was never returned.
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Ajnad al-Sham
ISIS losing ground in Syria to Jabhat al-Nusra
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What’s wrong with this conflict map of Syria?
A FRONTLINE map of Syria mixes the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and the Islamic Front in with the “opposition.”
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Suqour al Sham, ISIS agree to ceasefire
The Islamic Front brigade signed a ceasefire with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham despite the latter’s recent isolation.
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Pro-al Qaeda Saudi cleric calls on ISIS members to defect
Influential al Qaeda-linked jihadists have denounced the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) in recent weeks and are now calling on its members to defect. They have supported Ayman al Zawahiri and al Qaeda’s senior leadership in their dispute with ISIS.
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Ahrar al Sham
The Dawn of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham
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Ahrar al Sham leader criticizes head of Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Hassan Abboud, a top official in Ahrar al Sham and the Islamic Front, has issued a stinging rebuke of ISIS emir Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Earlier this week, ISIS rejected a reconciliation effort that would have put an end to the infighting between jihadist groups in Syria.
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Saudi cleric’s reconciliation initiative for jihadists draws wide support, then a rejection
Saudi cleric Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini offered a reconciliation initiative for the jihadists in Syria to end their infighting. His proposal mirrored a message issued by Ayman al Zawahiri. Although the initiative garnered much support, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has rejected it.
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Ahrar al Sham
Islamic Front no answer for Syria conflict
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Statement from Zawahiri’s representative shows Syrian rebel group tied to al Qaeda
A statement posted by Abu Khalid al Suri, Ayman al Zawahiri’s main representative in Syria, criticizes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS). The statement was posted on Twitter. Al Suri is a senior leader in Ahrar al Sham, a Syrian rebel group that is directly linked to al Qaeda.
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Alleged message from Zawahiri’s Syrian representative posted online
A message allegedly written by Abu Khalid al Suri has been posted online. The message cannot be authenticated. It is directed at the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), which has been fighting with other jihadist groups inside Syria.
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Analysis: Shifting dynamics of rebel infighting in Syria
Recent infighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and other Islamist groups, including the Al Nusrah Front, has not yet risen to an all-out confrontation.
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Turkish counterterrorism raids target al Islamic charity, net al Qaeda operatives
Arrests and raids in seven Turkish provinces involving suspected al Qaeda leaders as well as the Islamist charity IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation suggest that the Erdogan government is determined to disprove allegations that it tacitly supports al Qaeda in Syria.
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Islamic Front
Syrian rebels, al Qaeda infighting escalates on Turkey’s doorstep
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Islamic Front
As Assad lingers, Turkey focuses on ISIS
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Ahrar al Sham
What does rebel infighting mean for Syria conflict?
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Ahrar al Sham
Pushing Back Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: The Islamic Front
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Islamic Front
Turkey declares vanishing truck to Syria ‘state secret’
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Islamic Front
Obama’s Failed Outreach to Syria’s Islamic Front
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Islamic Front joins al Qaeda suicide assault to take Syrian hospital
The Al Nusrah Front said it commanded units from the Islamic Front when it launched a suicide assault to take control of a hospital in Aleppo.
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian conflict said to fuel sectarian tensions in Persian Gulf
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The Islamic Front ‘will not fight the al Qaeda organization’
As the US courts the Islamic Front to be part of the “moderate opposition” to the Assad regime in Syria, the newly formed group said that because it was “founded to form a link for jihadists,” it would not fight al Qaeda.
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Syrian rebel leader was bin Laden’s courier, now Zawahiri’s representative
Abu Khalid al Suri, Ayman al Zawahiri’s representative in the Levant, also serves as a senior leader in Ahrar al Sham, a Syrian rebel group that often fights alongside al Qaeda’s two official branches. According to the Spanish government, al Suri was one of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted couriers and may have delivered surveillance tapes of the World Trade Center to al Qaeda senior leadership in Afghanistan prior to 9/11.
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Al Nusrah Front
Rise of Islamic Front a disaster for Syria
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US seeks to include ‘moderate’ Islamists in Syrian coalition
Despite the Islamic Front’s obvious ties to al Qaeda, the US government hopes the coalition of Islamist brigades will denounce the international terrorist organization.
