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  • Free Syrian Army commander says al Qaeda is ‘welcome’

    Bill Roggio

    Threat Matrix
    Jul 14, 2013

    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.

    Free Syrian Army commander says al Qaeda is ‘welcome’
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Jul 14, 2013

    Syrian rebels fear ‘side war’ as infighting spirals

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Jul 14, 2013

    Syrian Rebel Infighting Undermines Anti-Assad Effort

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Jul 13, 2013

    NGO: Syria rebels, Qaeda affiliates fight in northwest

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Free Syrian Army issues ultimatum to al Qaeda over murder of commander

    Bill Roggio

    Threat Matrix
    Jul 13, 2013

    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.

    Free Syrian Army issues ultimatum to al Qaeda over murder of commander
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Jul 12, 2013

    New front opens in Syria as rebels say al Qaeda attack means war

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Jun 21, 2013

    Iraqi Militias Make Comeback Amid Surging Sectarian Violence

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Jun 20, 2013

    Special Report: How Syria’s Islamists govern with guile and guns

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Apr 13, 2013

    Syrian Rebels Break With Group Over Qaeda Wing Alliance

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Ahrar al Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Apr 11, 2013

    In Syria, some brace for the next war

    Ahrar al Sham
  • Al Nusrah Front leader renews allegiance to al Qaeda, rejects new name

    Thomas Joscelyn

    News
    Apr 10, 2013

    Abu Muhammad al Julani, the head of the Al Nusrah Front, has rejected a call by the head of al Qaeda in Iraq to change his organization’s branding. Al Julani also renews his organization’s oath of allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri.

    Al Nusrah Front leader renews allegiance to al Qaeda, rejects new name
  • Social Media Jihad: Cheerleading al Qaeda’s new ‘Islamic State’

    Thomas Joscelyn

    Threat Matrix
    Apr 9, 2013

    Jihadist groups, including the al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, are cheering on the announcement that al Qaeda’s affiliates in Iraq and Syria are henceforth to be known as the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.”

    Social Media Jihad: Cheerleading al Qaeda’s new ‘Islamic State’
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Apr 9, 2013

    Syria’s Jihadists face test of government in eastern city

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Al Qaeda in Iraq, Al Nusrah Front emerge as rebranded single entity

    Thomas Joscelyn

    News
    Apr 9, 2013

    Al Qaeda in Iraq’s emir announced a new brand for his organization’s efforts in Iraq and Syria: the “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.” The name replaces all previous names used by the group, including the Al Nusrah Front in Syria, which was a creation of AQI.

    Al Qaeda in Iraq, Al Nusrah Front emerge as rebranded single entity
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Aug 10, 2012

    Al-Qaeda Resurgent In Iraq On The Back Of Syrian Turmoil

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Jul 22, 2012

    Al-Qaida: We’re returning to old Iraq strongholds

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Mar 25, 2012

    Insight: Iraq war over? Not where Qaeda rules through fear

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Mar 10, 2012

    US troops gone, al Qaeda makes Iraq peace elusive

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Mar 3, 2012

    Al Qaeda moving from Iraq to Syria: Iraqi PM

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Feb 29, 2012

    Syria Crisis Highlights Paradoxes of Assad Support

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  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Dec 9, 2011

    The last days of a suicide bomber

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Sep 12, 2011

    Al Qaeda 2.0: What the next 10 years will bring

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Dec 30, 2010

    Christians are casualties of 10 Baghdad attacks

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Dec 22, 2010

    3 Iraqi cities cancel Christmas festivities

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Dec 16, 2010

    US tracking terror threats during holidays

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  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Dec 13, 2010

    Sweden – Stockholm bomber ‘acted on Al-Qaeda’s orders’

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Dec 5, 2010

    More foreign fighters seen slipping back into Iraq

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Dec 2, 2010

    Iraq parades 39 al-Qaeda members amid execution calls

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Nov 4, 2010

    Iraq – Al-Qaeda prompts Christians to flee

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham

    Lisa Lundquist

    News
    Nov 1, 2010

    Iraqi Christians mourn after church siege kills 52

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