Extremist Syrian faction touts training camp for boys

Syrian Kurds jockey for seat at Geneva talks

Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has conducted eight suicide attacks, including six suicide assaults, inside Iraq so far this month.

Syrian fighter defects to Qaeda-linked group

Rise of Islamic Front a disaster for Syria

Since arriving in Syria in early October, Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini has attempted to mediate disputes between jihadist groups. He has said that Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar should serve as models for the Syrian opposition. His efforts and fundraising have been praised by an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb official.

Jabhat al-Nusra, Ghassan Hitto Divide Syrian Opposition

Syrian war revitalises al-Qaeda in Iraq

The answer is no, as the Islamic Front has far more in common with al Qaeda than many want to admit.

In addition to conducting operations with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, Ahrar al Sham was involved in the recent takeover of a large cache of weapons and munitions owned by the Free Syrian Army.

Al Qaeda tightens grip on western Iraq in bid for Islamic state

Syria’s ‘bride of the revolution’ mourns freedom in Qaeda’s grip

The Islamic Front took control of Free Syrian Army warehouses that are stocked with Western supplies and that were raided by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham late last month.

Beheadings and spies help al Qaeda gain ground in Syria

A jihadist spark that could ignite the Israeli-Syrian border

Al Qaeda emerges amid Egypt’s turmoil

Tracking Central Asians’ Trails To Jihad In Syria

Beheadings and spies help al Qaeda gain ground in Syria

The four battalions broke from the Ahfad al Rasoul Brigade after one of the group’s top leaders defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.

Jihadists Returning Home to Europe from Syria Pose New Terror Threat

Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has had no difficulty in deploying suicide bombers individually or in teams against Iraqi military and government targets.

Senior Member Of The SMC Defects To ISIS And Details Foreign Involvement In the Oppostion

Europe could feel the backlash from jihadist conflicts

Aleppo braces for major regime offensive

The charter of the newly formed Islamic Front indicates that the group is willing to work with al Qaeda’s two branches inside Syria.

Number of foreign fighters from Europe in Syria is historically unprecedented

Inside Syria: Al-Qaeda Was Here

The Chechen-led Army of the Emigrants and Helpers in Syria has sworn allegiance to the head of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. The group is awaiting approval from the head of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Caucasus Emirate.

Abu Abdullah al Libi fought against US forces in Iraq, the Ghaddafi regime in Libya, and against Bashir al Assad’s regime before being killed in Syria in September.
