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Hezbollah
Syrian government guerrilla fighters being sent to Iran for training
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Syria
Rebel forces seized a military base near Daraa after days of heavy fighting. The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate, claimed nine recent operations in Syria, including four assassinations of military officials and a rocket attack on a state TV station. Jordan and the US are considering the establishment of buffer zones for Syrian rebel forces. A British study estimates that some 2,000 to 5,500 foreigners have traveled to Syria to fight the regime.
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Jordan
US, Jordan stepping up training of Syrian opposition
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Iraq
Iraqi intelligence says Syrian and Iraqi Islamic extremist groups ramping up cooperation
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Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Turkey-PKK Peace Deal Gains Momentum With Regional Implications
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Syria
The regime is fortifying its headquarters in Damascus. Iraqi intelligence says al Qaeda in Iraq and the Al Nusrah Front are cooperating increasingly in Syria and that the two al Qaeda affiliates are operating from bases along the border between Iraq and Syria. March 2013 was the deadliest month yet in the conflict, with 6,005 deaths. Some 400,000 Syrians have fled to Lebanon since the war started.
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian Newspapers Emerge to Fill Out War Reporting
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Al Nusrah Front
What the Iraq war taught me about Syria
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Syria
Secularists fear an Islamist takeover in Tunisia
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Syria
State media said rebels had set three oil wells ablaze in Deir al-Zor province in a dispute over oil. The regime and the rebels blamed each other for the deaths of at least 10 people in the town of Tal Kalakh in Homs. A car bomb in in Reef Damashq killed five rebels, and the car of a Syrian customs official was bombed in Damascus. Fighting between regime and rebel forces continued in Homs, Raqqah, Idlib, Aleppo, Deraa, Hama, Reef Damashq, Hasakah, and Damascus.
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Syria
A Wary Easter Weekend for Christians in Syria
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Syria
Inside Obama’s Syria Debate
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Salafists
Al-Qaeda eyes Tunisia front
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Syria
Rebels abducted and killed a pro-regime imam from the eastern Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood of Aleppo, then mutilated his body and dragged it through the streets. Rebels claim that order is being maintained in Raqqa, but lawlessness is increasing in some rebel-held areas, and infighting is reported between secular and jihadist factions. The opposition claims that a ship with Iranian weapons and missiles is on its way to Syria.
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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.
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Syria
At least 20 people in the northern town of Hretaan were killed by what opposition activists claimed was a Scud missile. The Syrian Military Council claimed that a number of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commanders were killed yesterday when Free Syrian Army forces attacked a plane allegedly carrying arms from Iran as it landed at Damascus airport. Rebels seized Dael, a key town on the road between Daraa and Damascus. A loyalist MP from Daraa said the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front has taken over much of Daraa province, which borders Jordan.
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Israel
Turkey and Israel Feel the Effect as Syria’s Civil War Fuels Tensions at Borders
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Syria
NSC urged Obama to give body armor to Syrian rebels
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American who fought for Al Nusrah Front arrested in US
The FBI arrested Eric Harroun two days ago at Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC. Harroun admitted to fighting with al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria.
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Iran
UN arms treaty blocked by Iran, North Korea and Syria
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Syria
Rebel forces have encircled much of Damascus and are intensifying their attacks. Mortar rounds hit the architecture department at Damascus University, killing at least 15 civilians in what state media are calling a terrorist attack. Government forces are retaliating against rebel strongholds in the suburbs, resulting in civilian casualties. Fighters attacked a bus carrying Public Telecommunications workers, killing two civilians. Three fighters from the Palestinian Liberation army, including a lieutenant, were killed by rebels in A’dra.
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Iraq
Al-Nusra doubles as Syrians join from Iraq
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Chechen commander forms ‘Army of Emigrants,’ integrates Syrian groups
Omar al Chechen has formed Jaish al-Muhajireen wa Ansar, or Army of the Emigrants and Helpers, and merged his Muhajireen Brigade with several Syrian jihadist groups.
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Suicide attack reported in Damascus
Today’s suicide attack is the second in the Syrian capital in five days.
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Syria
Rebels warned citizens yesterday to leave Damascus due to planned strikes on government and military targets in the city. Today a car bomb near a military supply office in Damascus killed at least three people, and mortars hit two schools, a hospital, and an office of the government news agency. The UN is relocating most of its international staff from Damascus to Beirut and Cairo. Assad forces recaptured the Baba Amr district in Homs. Shite Syrian refugees in Lebanon reported “ethnic cleansing” by Sunnis among the Syrian rebel forces.
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Syria
Syria’s Shiites offer different picture of war
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Social Media Jihad: Tunisian ‘martyrs’ in Syria
The role of Tunisians in the Syrian war has become a hot topic in recent weeks. Ansar al Sharia Tunisia continues to lionize Tunisian “martyrs” and recently devoted a chant to them on its Facebook and YouTube pages.
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Syria
Backing up Obama’s warnings to Syria creates tough challenges on two fronts
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CIA
Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With CIA Aid
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Hezbollah
IDF turns attention to Lebanon as Syrian army falls apart
