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Iraq
Yazidi Girls Seized by ISIS Speak Out After Escape
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Al Nusrah Front
Jabhat al-Nusra eyes Idlib for Islamic emirate
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Islamic State
Tajikistan’s ‘Jihadist’ Village On The Defensive
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Islamic State
UN says Islamic State imposing rule of terror in Syria
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Islamic State
Hagel: Taking out Assad ‘won’t put ISIL back in the box’
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France
The Lost Children: France Takes Stock of Growing Jihadist Problem
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Germany
Bonn: former capital now a hive of Salafist activity
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Islamic State leader claims ‘caliphate’ has expanded in new audio message
The Islamic State has released a new audio message from its leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, who claims the group has expanded its “caliphate” into Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
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Syria
US and allied forces conducted 16 airstrikes in Syria since Nov. 10; 10 of them near Kobane. US President Barack Obama has requested a review of policy towards Syria and may be open to the deposition of the Assad regime, according to senior officials interviewed by CNN. The Kurdish YPG is angling for self-rule in Syria in return for cooperation with Western interests against the Islamic State; Kurdish volunteer units are patrolling the Turkish border to prevent the transit of jihadists and supplies. Moderate rebels in the south of the country are the last remnants of the West’s proxy strategy…
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Syria
A UN envoy to Syria claims that regime officials gave him “positive signals” regarding a proposal for a ceasefire in Aleppo. The SOHR has stated that more than 860 have been killed since the start of US and allied airstrikes in Syria, including 746 Islamic State fighters, 68 members of Nusrah and at least 50 civilians. An activist group claims that children in a jihadist training camp were compelled to behead captured Syrian soldiers on Aug. 28. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the assassination of five nuclear engineers on Nov. 10 in Damascus. The UN estimates that 7.2 million people have…
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Islamic State
UAE emerges as quiet, potent US ally
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Turkistan Islamic Party members photographed in Syria
A popular jihadist figure in Syria has posted a picture of fighters allegedly from the Turkistan Islamic Party, an al Qaeda-affiliated group that operates in China and in Central and South Asia.
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Al Nusrah Front showcases military parade in Idlib
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, has released pictures and a video showcasing a large military parade in the northwestern province of Idlib.
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Austria
Former US and Austrian soldiers join fight against Islamic State in Syria
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Islamic State
Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to ISIS reveals secrets of the jihadist leadership
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Syria
Unidentified gunmen killed five nuclear engineers, one of them Iranian, near Damascus, according to SOHR. The Lebanese Army arrested a Free Syrian Army commander attempting to enter the country with false paperwork. The president of the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition said that Western airstrikes are weakening support of non-extremists. At least 21 people were killed and about 100 injured after a Syrian regime airstrike near Aleppo. Bashar al Assad labeled a UN-proposed ceasefire in Aleppo “worth studying.” US and coalition forces conducted 23 airstrikes from Nov. 7-10; 13 conducted near Kobane struck an Islamic State vehicle, five small units, an…
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Iran
Congress lays groundwork for stepped-up US presence in Iraq
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Al Nusrah Front
Obstacles Limit Targets and Pace of Strikes on ISIS
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Iraq
Iraqi military reach Baiji; Baghdadi’s fate unclear
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Free Syrian Army
Why arming rebels will fuel Syria’s inferno
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Iran
Syrian official: negotiations with US blocked by Saudi Arabia
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Iraq
Central Command general to ISIS: We can hear you
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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese general: Negotiations with ISIS require more time
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Iraq
Peshmergas blunt, don’t break, Islamic State siege of Syria’s Kobane
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French defector David Drugeon, Ahrar al Sham allegedly targeted in Idlib strikes
Video surfaced late last night showing a destroyed car in Samarda, Idlib. Activists on the scene reported that the car belonged to Al Nusrah Front.
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Analysis: CENTCOM draws misleading line between Al Nusrah Front and Khorasan Group
CENTCOM denied that the five airstrikes on Nov. 5 targeted “the Nusrah Front as a whole” but instead were directed at the Khorasan Group. This is a distinction without difference, as the Khorasan Group is part of the Al Nusrah Front.
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3 new jihadist training camps identified in Syria
Training camps run by the Al Nusrah Front, the Khorasan Group, and a Chechen-led group, Khalifat Jamaat, were identified in Syria. The Long War Journal has identified 42 jihadist training camps in Iraq and Syria.
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Al Nusrah Front
‘You want to kill’: ISIS deserter recounts training, torture and terror
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Syria
The US widened airstrikes to target Ahrar al Sham and the Al Nusrah Front in Syria; highly-sought French bomb maker David Drugeon is reported to have been killed by a drone attack. Jihadists are using cruise lines to get to Syria. Iran is working to organize Shiite militias fighting in Syria. The Islamic State remains in a stalemate at Kobane. Eleven children were killed when mortar rounds struck a school in Damascus. The regime has requested expedited air defense capability from Russia in anticipation of potential US strikes after the midterm election.
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Islamic State propaganda video details battle of Kobane
In a new video released by the Islamic State titled “The Resolve of the Defiant,” the group attempts to justify the battle for Kobane.
