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France
Russia seeks UN ban on oil trade with ‘terrorists’ in Syria
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Syria
The Islamic State (formerly ISIS) took over Albu Kamal and clashed with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour near Al Shhih, said to be the home town of Al Nusrah’s emir; battled the Islamic Front and Jaysh al Islam in eastern Ghouta in Reef Dimashq; and was attacked by regime airstrikes in Raqqah and Hasakah. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front were attacked by regime airstrikes in Deraa, clashed with regime forces in Aleppo, and battled regime forces near Mleha in Reef Dimashq. The Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Latakia; in Homs;…
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Iraq
Patriarchs call on region’s Christians to hold on to their lands
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Iraq
ISIS militants outline chilling 5-year plan for global domination
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Islamic State
ISIS raises flag at Turkish border
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Iraq
Does the Islamic State have a Scud missile
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Al Qaeda
Iraq, Syria and the Middle East – An essay by Tony Blair
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The Islamic State’s rivals in Syria reject announced Caliphate
The Islamic State’s jihadist rivals in Syria have rejected its claim to have established a Caliphate. Leading ideologues in the Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, have rejected the Islamic State’s announcement as well.
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Syria
The Islamic State (formerly ISIS) killed Jaysh al Islam fighters in a car bombing in Ghouta, executed seven Jaysh al Islam fighters in Mid’a, and arrested 25 more. The IS also arrested three people in Raqqah for not fasting; clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters at a checkpoint in Hasakah; bombarded villages near Ektrin and fought against Al Nusrah, the Islamic Front, Al Akrad Front Brigade, and rebels in Aleppo; and clashed with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour after bringing in reinforcements from Iraq through al Qaim. The IS also battled Al…
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Al Nusrah Front
Is Lebanon at risk of becoming the next jihadi hub?
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Netherlands
Dutch Islamist radicals becoming elusive ‘swarm
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Al Nusrah Front
White House fears al Qaeda offshoot may be planning bomb plot on airliner flying to America
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Denmark
Removal of Syrian chemical arsenal was result of unprecedented collaboration
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Free Syrian Army
Sources: Jarba seeking to unseat Syrian opposition prime minister Tomeh
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Iraq
Morocco aims to be moderate Islamic model
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Al Qaeda
Obama voices concerns of threat to US posed by European jihadists
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham renamed itself the Islamic State. The IS released 15 of 140 detained Kurdish students. In Deir Izzour, the IS clashed with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Albu Kamal, and killed Al Nusrah’s military emir for Deir Izzour city; regime forces targeted the IS in Al Bsiri, and clashed with the Islamic Front near Al Hweqa. In Hasakah, Kurdish YPG fighters targeted two IS vehicles. In Reef Dimashq, the IS battled the Islamic Front’s Jaysh al Islam in eastern Ghouta; and Al Nusrah, the Islamic Front, and Jaysh al…
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Iraq
Allawi: US policy toward Iraq ‘without a compass’
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Iran
The Syria disconnect in US Iraq policy
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ISIS announces formation of Caliphate, rebrands as ‘Islamic State’
The Islamic State named Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as its caliph. Baghdadi is now to be referred as “khalifah Ibrahim.”
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Iran
Insight: Sectarian genie is out of the bottle from Syria to Iraq
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebels buckling in face of jihadists
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Iraq
Report: ISIS Selling Oil to Finance Terrorist Operations; Army, Security Forces Main Targets in Lebanon
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Iraq
ISIS fears in Lebanon on the rise
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Al Nusrah Front
Abu Qatada acquitted of conspiracy in Jordan
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Syria
A day after the Al Nusrah Front’s emir for Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour issued a statement explaining that he was relinquishing the town to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham to avoid jihadist bloodshed, other Al Nusrah fighters and allied Islamist fighters captured two ISIS positions in the strategic border town. A car bomb exploded near a checkpoint by the Al Nusrah and Islamic Front shura council in Deir Izzour, and warplanes targeted a building in Albu Kamal taken over by Al Nusrah from ISIS. A suspected ISIS car bombing of a market in Damascus killed at…
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Free Syrian Army
Syria: Dispute Unsettles Rebel Coalition
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Iraq
Obama Administration Deepens US Role in Syria and Iraq
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Desperately seeking moderate Syrian rebels
The White House’s proposal to invest $500 million in training and equipping “vetted” and “moderate” Syrian rebel forces rests on the feeble premise that such forces, if they indeed exist, will be able to operate independently of the al Qaeda-linked groups that dominate the battlefield.
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Free Syrian Army
Free Syrian Army’s Supreme Military Council ‘sacked’ over corruption claims
