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Iraq
Syria says US-led strikes have not weakened Islamic State
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Ahrar al Sham
Opposition fighters to form joint military command in Aleppo: rebel commander
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Islamic State
Pope urges solidarity to stop aggressors in Syria and Iraq
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Lebanon
Long-awaited Bekaa Valley security plan implemented
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Afghanistan
US Adds Planes to Bolster Drive to Wipe Out ISIS
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Jihadists tout training camps for children in Iraq and Syria
The Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and Junud al Sham have been showcasing camps in Iraq and Syria that are used to indoctrinate and train children to wage jihad.
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Al Qaeda
ISIS gaining a toehold in Libya, experts say
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Al Nusrah Front
How a French truck driver became a target of the US air war in Syria
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Qatar
Qatar runs covert desert training camp for Syrian rebels
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Syria
The UN is pushing for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria for the delivery of aid. Regime airstrikes on the Islamic State’s de facto capital of Raqqah killed at least 90 people and injured approximately 125 more. The Islamic State stoned to death two men accused of being gay in Deir Ezzor; the group also beheaded an Ismaili man for “apostasy.” Western-backed rebels in Syria’s south are reorganizing; training by Western forces is not slated to begin until next spring.
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Iraq
No letup in flight of Iraqi Christians into Lebanon
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Chechnya
Syrian link suspected in Chechen murder in Ankara
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Iraq
Turkey, US ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain
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Austria
Nations Ponder How to Handle European Fighters Returning From Jihad
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More jihadist training camps identified in Iraq and Syria
Four new training camps in Iraq and Syria, three of them operated by the Islamic State, have been identified, including one used by a so-called jihadist “special forces” unit. The Long War Journal has identified 46 jihadist training camps in Iraq and Syria.
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Iraq
Combatting ISIS requires ground forces: Saudi Prince Miteb
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Tunisia
Tunisians Are Shaken as Young Women Turn to Extremism
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Syria
The US conducted another airstrike on the Al Nusrah Front, targeting a storage facility close to the town of Harem. A second French jihadist who took part in the Islamic State’s latest execution was identified; according to the French prime minister, about 1,000 French nationals are fighting in Syria and “close to 50” have been killed. The US is tracking 150 people who have traveled from the US to Syria, many of them with the intent to fight. Turkey is pressuring the US-led coalition to support and train the FSA and to enact a no-fly zone in northern Syria. SOHR…
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US airstrike hits al Qaeda’s local network in Syria
The latest attack “struck and destroyed a storage facility associated with the Khorasan Group.”
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Iran
Iranian Kurdish female fighters battle to fight IS group
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Iraq
Push in UN to Intercept Jihadists’ Oil
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Syria
A regime airstrike killed at least 13 people and wounded 20 in Aleppo, according to SOHR. Kurdish forces captured six buildings used by the Islamic State and significant weapons and ammunition near Kobane; the US-led coalition conducted seven airstrikes overnight near the embattled city. Jihadists and US-backed rebels have reportedly aligned in the battle for Aleppo; meanwhile “a ranking Turkish source” claims that the Free Syrian Army has abandoned its bid for Aleppo. Syrian rebels have made recent gains in southwestern Daraa province. A majority of the 1,500 people executed by the Islamic State in Syria over the past five…
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Boko Haram
Global terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says report
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Al Nusrah Front
IS executes nearly 1,500 people in Syria in 5 months: monitor
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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese support ISIS airstrikes: survey
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Malta
Syrian ‘hero boy’ video faked by Norwegian director
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Al Nusrah Front
Latest Islamic State horror masks a week of defeats
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Islamic State releases new execution video, purportedly kills American
The Islamic State has released a new execution video highlighting the mass beheadings of Syrian soldiers captured by the group. An Islamic State executioner also claims to have killed Peter Kassig, an American who was kidnapped in Syria late last year.
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Al Nusrah Front
ISIS tightens up its entry requirements
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US airstrike targets al Qaeda in Syria
The US military’s airstrikes in Syria show that there is no firm dividing line between al Qaeda’s so-called Khorasan Group and the Al Nusrah Front, which is al Qaeda’s official branch in the country.
