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Syria
Saudi youth fighting against Assad regime in Syria
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Tunisian ‘martyrs’ celebrated by Ansar al Sharia
The head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia has said that foreign jihads have “emptied Tunisia of its young,” but his group’s Facebook page openly celebrates the “martyrdom” of Tunisians killed while fighting in Syria.
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Al Nusrah Front poised to take over last major city on Euphrates River
The al Qaeda affiliate continues to push back government forces in Deir al Zour, and the group has also established the Sharia Committee for the Eastern Region to govern areas under its control.
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Syria
Syria, Bosnia, and the Old Mistakes
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Denmark
US criticises Denmark for letting former Guantanamo detainee “return to jihad”
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France
France, Germany at odds over lifting Syrian arms embargo
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Syria
Heavy fighting continued for a third day in the strategically important city of Homs in central Syria. Fighting renewed around Aleppo airport in northern Syria. A Ukrainian journalist held hostage by Syrian rebels escaped from her captors.
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Syria
Syria, pressed by war, deploys all-female unit
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Syria
Erosion of Syrian power accelerating, top US intelligence official says
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Syria
Whole generation of Syrian children could be lost, says UN
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Syria
Fighting fire with fire: Syria calls for jihad on jihadists
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Syria
Rebels broke through government lines, loosening a siege in central Homs. Government forces counterattacked with artillery and an airstrike. Both President Assad and rebel leaders vowed they would fight on until the other is defeated. However, neither side has been making major advances.
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Al Nusrah Front
Maghreb youth answer al-Qaeda call
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Syria
US-born former Army vet known as ‘The American’ fights alongside Al Qaeda
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Al Qaeda in Iraq claims ambush that killed Syrian, Iraqi troops
The Iraqi terror group said it killed the Syrian and Iraqi soldiers just one day after its affiliate, the Al Nusrah Front, seized a border crossing in Syria.
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Syria
Syria opposition’s quest to form councils beset by infighting
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Syria
Syria’s priceless heritage under attack
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Al Nusrah Front
Islamists move to take up administration of east Syria
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Syria
Rebels in eastern Syria, including the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front, set up a religious council to govern affairs. Attacks by government aircraft in Raqqa killed 14 people. Rebels attacked a key district in central Homs. The opposition Syrian National Coalition postponed a meeting to form a provisional government.
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Syria
The Sunni jihadist group Al Nusrah Front and Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah clashed for the first time near the Lebanese-Syrian border. The 21 UN peacekeepers seized by rebel forces in the Golan heights four days ago were released. Russia said it would not pressure President Assad to resign.
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Ahrar al Sham
US and Europe in ‘major airlift of arms to Syrian rebels through Zagreb’
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Britain
West training Syrian rebels in Jordan
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Syria
Syrian Kurdish Militia Takes Over Oil Fields
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Syria
Rebels consolidated their hold on the city of Raqqa. Government aircraft continued to bombard the city, sending thousands of refugees fleeing to Turkey. UN vehicles attempted to retrieve 21 UN peacekeepers seized by rebels near the Golan Heights but were stopped by Syrian army shelling.
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Syria
West training Syrian rebels in Jordan
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Al Nusrah Front seizes control of Syrian city of Raqqah
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria teamed up with the jihadist Ahrar al Sham Brigade to take control of the provincial capital. The jihadist alliance effectively controls most the Euphrates River Valley in Syria all the way to the Iraqi border. The Al Nusrah Front also carried out two suicide attacks in Homs.
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Syria
Civil war leaves Syrian minorities stuck between brutal regime and fears of rebel Islamism
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Syria
UN and Arab League officials began negotiating with Syrian rebels over their seizure of 21 UN peacekeeper in the Golan Heights. Government jets continued air raids against the city of Raqqa, captured by rebels two days ago.
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Syria
US General Mattis said the US and regional allies are planning for potential stability operations in Syria in case the Assad regime collapsed. Some 20 UN peacekeepers on the Golan Heights were detained by 30 rebel fighters. The UK said it would provide armored vehicles, body armor, and rescue equipment to Syrian rebels but no weapons.
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Jabhat al-Nusra
Kerry Says US Backs Mideast Efforts to Arm Syrian Rebels
