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Muhajireen Army commander calls for Muslims to wage jihad in the Ukraine
Abdul Karim Krymsky, the deputy emir of Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, calls on Muslims in the Crimea and the Ukraine to “start on the path of jihad.”
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Russia
Russia says ‘Friends of Syria’ stance destructive
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Syria
“Friends of Syria” London meeting agrees to increase support for Syrian opposition
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Al Nusrah Front
Water war takes its toll on Aleppo
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ISIS suspected in car bombing at Syrian-Turkish border
A car bomb exploded near the Syrian-Turkish border, killing 43 people. Reports suggest that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham may have been behind the attack.
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Syria
A car bomb exploded near the Bab al Salama border crossing, controlled by the Islamic Front; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham is suspected in the attack, which killed 43 people and injured over 80. Two UK journalists who had been beaten and shot by rebels were freed by the Islamic Front and entered Turkey. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama; Deir Izzour; Latakia; Reef Dimashq; in Idlib, where an Al Nusrah suicide bomber detonated near a checkpoint in Khan Shekhon and a bomb killed Al Nusrah fighters at their office…
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Egypt
Text of Sisi interview with Reuters
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Jaysh al Mujahireen wal Ansar (Emigrants Army) continued to clash with regime forces near the air force intelligence building in Aleppo. The Islamic Front also battled regime forces in Idlib, Hama, and Reef Dimashq. The Islamic Front and rebels have agreed to a weeklong truce with regime forces in Damascus. The head of the Free Syrian Army’s military council in Deir Izzour called for arms and ammunition to repel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s advance on the provincial capital. Although Al Nusrah, the Islamic Front, the Jaish al…
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Al Nusrah Front
ISIS continues advance on Deir Ezzor as FSA calls for support
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Africa
Hezbollah cutting costs as Iranian aid dries up
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Treasury Department designates 2 ‘al Qaeda leaders’ in Syria
One of the two newly-designated jihadists, Abd Al Rahman Muhammad Zafir Al Dubaysi Al Juhni, has a lengthy al Qaeda pedigree and sat on al Qaeda’s elite Shura council in Pakistan before relocating to Syria. Treasury says Al Juhni is now part of an al Qaeda group in Syria that is planning attacks against Western targets.
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Iran
Hagel talks to Saudis about Syria, Iran
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Syria
In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed two rebel commanders, blew up a reservoir, and battled Islamic and Kurdish YPG fighters. ISIS’ H’isbah detachment issued new rules for Raqqah. A car bomb exploded near an ISIS checkpoint in Deir Izzour. Kurdish YPG forces attacked ISIS in Hasakah. Rebel and Islamic Front fighters clashed with ISIS in Hama. Ajnad al Sham carried out a suicide bombing against regime forces in Reef Dimashq. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front and other groups continued to battle regime forces in Latakia, Reef Dimashq, and Aleppo. The Islamic Front…
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Jaysh al-Mujahedeen
Syrian moderates try to rebuild opposition force
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Qatar
Qatar FM urges UN to ‘impose’ a Syria ceasefire
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s spokesman blamed al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri for the jihadist infighting in Syria, dismissed his order for ISIS to quit Syria, and said ISIS had refrained from attacking Iran at al Qaeda’s request. ISIS clashed with rebels in Raqqah. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia, Hama, and Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Mujahireen wal Ansar. After an eight-day shutoff by Islamist rebels, some water has begun to flow again in Aleppo city, but it is being diverted to neighborhoods controlled…
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Al Nusrah Front
ISIS: Al Qaeda urged militants not to attack Iran
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Al Nusrah Front
After Homs, southern front likely next test for rebels
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia and Reef Dimashq. The Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Hama, Idlib, Damascus, Homs, and Quneitra. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham battled Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour; executed one man and whipped two others in Hasakah; and battled regime forces in Raqqah.
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Al Nusrah Front
Latakia captives speak out about their ordeal, others still missing
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Al Nusrah Front
Ankara at crossroads on Syria policy
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Iran
Exclusive: Iran’s illicit procurement appears to slow amid nuclear talks – UN experts
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Iraqi army faces death, desertions as it struggles with Anbar offensive
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar. Al Nusrah has cut off the water supply to both rebel and regime-held areas of Aleppo for the past week. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front continued to clash with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Deir Izzour; over 100,000 residents of Reef Deir Izzour have fled since the clashes broke out on April 30. ISIS took over western Reef Deir Izzour; battled Islamic fighters and the Kurdish YPG in…
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Al Nusrah Front
Syria jihadists turn on each other
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Syria
Regime forces began sweeping Old Homs city for mines, and civilians returned, as the last 360 rebel fighters were evacuated. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham published photos of boys recruited as fighters in Aleppo. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama, Reef Dimashq, and Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Mujahireen wal Ansar and Fajr al Sham. The sharia council in Aleppo tampered with the main water pump, cutting off water to parts of the city and environs. Islamic fighters clashed with regime forces in Deraa, Damascus, Hama,…
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ISIS-Al Nusrah divide reaches Saudi Arabia
A statement by 20 Saudi women released on Twitter threatens to kill preachers who publicly support the Al Nusrah Front over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
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Egypt
Red Cross Says Far More Funds Needed for Syria
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Syria
The Islamic Front tunneled under a hotel in Old Aleppo that served as a regime base and blew it up with 20 tons of explosives, killing as many as 50 people; the regime asked the UN to designate the Islamic Front a terrorist organization. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq. In Homs, an Islamic Front battalion prevented aid from reaching two besieged Shiite towns, in violation of the recent deal that has seen the evacuation of rebel fighters from Old Homs; also, some 150 abductees taken from the two towns have not…
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Belgium
Belgium, Allies Try to Halt Flow of Young Islamist Fighters to Syria
