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Al Nusrah Front tweets photos allegedly showing aftermath of coalition airstrikes
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has tweeted a series of photos purportedly showing the aftermath of the US-led coalition’s airstrikes in Idlib. Prior to today, the coalition had not announced any airstrikes against Al Nusrah since the first day of the bombing campaign in Syria.
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Hezbollah
Iranian general is said to mastermind Iraq ground war
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Syria
Mortar rounds crashed into a school in the rebel-held town of Qaboun, killing at least 11 children. Some ethnic Kurds are aiding the Islamic State near Kobane, according to Kurdish officials. Islamic State fighters have vowed to continue fighting in Kobane, as the outcome of the battle remains uncertain. US strategy in Syria is in doubt after the collapse of moderate rebel groups. The Al Nusrah Front threatened Lebanon over Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria. The US has not ruled out expanding airstrikes to target Al Nusrah in Syria.
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Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda Ally’s Advance Imperils Moderate Syrian Rebels
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Islamic State
Rights group: Child captives suffered ‘torture and abuse’ by Islamic State
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Free Syrian Army
Life in Raqqah under Islamic State
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Chechnya
Kadyrov: ‘Most Chechens In Syria Grew Up In Western Countries’
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Al Nusrah Front, Jund al Aqsa fighters photographed in Syrian Revolutionaries Front stronghold in Idlib
The photos purport to show the Al Nusrah Front and Jund al Aqsa, a group composed primarily of foreign jihadists, in the town formerly used by the western-backed Syrian Revolutionaries Front (SRF) as a base of operations. Also featured is a house that allegedly belonged to the SRF leader, Jamaal Maarouf.
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Syria
The members of several US-backed rebel groups, including Harakat Hazm and the Syrian Revolutionary Front, surrendered, fled, or defected over the weekend in the face of an offensive by the Al Nusrah Front in Idlib province. Bases and weapons, likely including US-supplied TOW missile systems, were seized by the jihadist group. The Islamic State has captured the Jahar gas field and large portions of the Shaer gas field in Homs over the past week. The Free Syrian Army “is coaxing Islamist opposition forces to leave the border area with Israel.” A diminished Syrian regime “carries on.” According to SOHR, the…
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Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda’s Nusrah lays out conditions to release captured Lebanese soldiers
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Islamic State captures large swaths of Shaer gas field in Homs
The Islamic State has been battling regime forces for the Shaer gas field in the desert east of the city of Palmyra. While the Syrian regime still controls parts of the field, the jihadist group has been able to seize large portions, including two natural gas plants.
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Al Nusrah Front
Qatar pares support for Islamists but careful to preserve ties
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Al Nusrah Front
Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria
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Al Nusrah Front forces Western-backed rebel group to flee base in Idlib
The Al Nusrah Front has forced the leader of the Western-backed Syrian Revolutionaries’ Front, Jamal Maarouf, to flee his base of operations in Idlib.
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Islamic State
New Alignments: The Kurds’ Lonely Fight against Islamic State Terror
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Al Nusrah Front
Waging the Information War on ISIS
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Iraq
ISIS gains halted, but defeat not on horizon
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Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda group seizes bastion of Western-backed rebels in Syria’s Idlib region
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Ahrar al Sham
Syria rebels deploy peacekeepers in Idlib
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Islamic State
The Child Soldiers Of Islamic State
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Iraq
Sunni Tribesmen Say ISIS Exacts Brutal Revenge
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Syria
Iraqi Peshmerga forces have begun to arrive in Kobane to reinforce Syrian Kurds; about 50 free Syrian Fighters have also joined the fight against the Islamic State. Ten of 12 US airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday were dropped near Kobane. Twenty to 30 former Guantanamo Bay detainees are suspected to have joined jihadist groups in Syria, according to Defense and intelligence officials. Ten to 40 civilians died after a regime helicopter dropped two barrel bombs on a displaced persons camp in northern Idlib province. A Syrian regime general states that there is no communication with the US about Western air…
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Syria
UN envoy proposes ‘freeze zones’ to ease Syria fighting
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Al Nusrah Front
Islamic State controls half of Kobane, says rebel leader
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Iraq
For Turkey and US, at odds over Syria, a 60-year alliance shows signs of crumbling
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Denmark
Dane in Lebanon arrested for being alleged IS fighter
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Al Nusrah Front
Al Qaeda still offering olive branch to renegade ISIL group
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Islamic State
Interview with an Islamic State Recruiter: ‘Democracy Is For Infidels’
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Iraq
Iraqi Peshmerga arrive in Turkey to head for Syria
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Australia
Australia trying to confirm death of IS militant Mohammad Ali Baryalei
