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Syria
UN Says Syria Conflict Renders Weapons Sites Inaccessible
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ISIS video shows Zarqawi training camp in Syria
The Abu Musab al Zarqawi Taining Camp is operating in Eastern Ghouta, just outside of the Syrian capital.
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Islamic Front kills scores in bombing of Aleppo hotel
The Islamic Front, which frequently fights alongside al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front in Syria, tunneled under a historic hotel being used as a regime forces base and blew it up, leveling it and adjacent buildings in Old Aleppo. The Islamic Front carried out a similar attack on the hotel on Feb. 14.
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Syria
About 1,200 civilians and rebels, including fighters with the Al Nusrah Front and other Islamist groups, exited Homs in a deal with the Assad regime; each fighter was allowed to keep a rifle; and each of the buses evacuating them was allowed to take a rocket launcher and a machine gun. As part of the deal, the rebels agreed to allow aid into the pro-regime villages of Nubul and Zahra, which the rebels have besieged for over a year; and the Islamic Front released 45 hostages, including women and children, in Aleppo and Latakia who had been seized by the…
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Syria
Syria: bumper tourism season predicted
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Central Asian jihadist group joins ISIS
Sabiri’s Jamaat is led by a Dagestani and includes at least seventy fighters from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and the Russian Caucasus.
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia, Aleppo, Hama, Reef Dimashq, and Deir Izzour, where they also clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In Deraa, the Al Nusrah emir in Bosra Al Sham, Ali al-Nuaimi, was assassinated along with his wife in a bombing. Rebels from the Tabarak al-Rahman brigade posted a video claiming to have captured a presidential candidate on the Damascus-Deraa road. In Idlib, a car detonated outside a hospital emergency room, and yesterday the Islamic Front bombed a regime checkpoint by planting IEDs in a tunnel under…
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US-made missiles reportedly in hands of Islamist fighters in Syria
The al Qaeda-allied Islamic Front is using US TOW antitank missiles in clashes in Aleppo against the forces of President Bashar al Assad and allies.
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Latakia; Reef Dimashq; Damascus; and Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar, and the Islamic Front used US-made TOW missiles. In Deraa, Al Nusrah released a rebel commander detained yesterday; 52 rebel groups agreed to allow Al Nusrah to decide the fate of FSA commander Ahmad al Ne’ma and his comrades, who were seized yesterday, and agreed to allow Al Nusrah to set up checkpoints in their zones. Also in Deraa, the Ahrar al Sham, al-Mathna, Thuwar Souriya, Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar,…
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front said it would obey al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri’s directive to stop fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, unless the latter attacks first. About 60,000 Syrians are said to have fled towns in Homs since April 30 to escape clashes between Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters pitted against ISIS, in which 62 militants have died. Al Nusrah detained Ahmad al Na’ma, the rebel commander for Deraa, along with four other rebel commanders, on charges they surrendered the town of Kherbet Ghazala to regular forces; al Na’ma had recently claimed that a…
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FBI
FBI Director Says Syrian Civil War Poses Growing Threat
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Egypt
Islamic Jihad Gains New Traction in Gaza
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Al Nusrah Front says it will comply with Zawahiri’s orders
The Al Nusrah Front has issued a statement saying it will comply with Ayman al Zawahiri’s orders with respect to the ongoing dispute with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS).
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Syria
Aleppo Diary: Stories from the Front Lines
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Syria
Syrians, Pick Your Passports
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Syria
The emir of al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, told the Al Nusrah Front to stop fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and urged ISIS to concentrate its efforts in Iraq. ISIS clashed with Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour. Rebels led by the Islamic Front overran an abandoned chemical base at Khan Abu Shammal in Reef Dimashq and clashed with regime forces near Sayqal air base, where remaining Syrian chemical weapons are believed to be held. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama, Aleppo, Idlib, and Reef Dimashq, where, together…
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Syria
Former US diplomat warns of possible ‘grave mistake’ in Syria
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Iraq
In Iraq and Syria, a resurgence of foreign suicide bombers
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Southern Front tries to disassociate itself from Al Nusrah
The Southern Front, a new coalition of “moderate” fighting groups in the Syrian south, is seeking to present itself as untainted by links to extremist groups in Syria, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusrah Front. But evidence, including a recent claim by Al Nusrah itself, points to the contrary.
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‘Al Qaeda in Kurdistan’ breaks ranks with ISIS over Syria
The group reaffirmed its allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri and the Taliban’s Mullah Omar, and said it is willing to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
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CIA
CIA’s resolve to track weapons complicates push to arm Syria rebels
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Idlib; Hama; Latakia, where they were joined by Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, Ansar al Sham, and rebels; Reef Dimashq; and Aleppo. Al Nusrah claimed two car bombings in Homs that killed 51 people and injured 71, and threatened more attacks on Alawites. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with regime forces in Raqqah, where it imposed a tax on stores; battled Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters in Deir Izzour; and fought against Kurdish YPG forces in Aleppo. The Islamic Front and rebels, including…
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Jordan
Jordan opens new Syrian refugee camp
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Al Nusrah Front
Editorial: Support for radical Islamism on the rise in Turkey
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Al Nusrah Front
Pro-Assad Areas Are Attacked in Syria, Pointing to Election Trouble
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Abu Qatada provides jihadists with ideological guidance from a Jordanian prison
Prior to 9/11, Abu Qatada inspired numerous al Qaeda operatives. Now imprisoned in Jordan, he is providing ideological guidance to jihadists in Syria and North Africa.
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Islamic Group
Head of Lebanon’s Islamic Group opposes any intervention in Syria
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Syria
Two suicide car bombs in Alawite neighborhoods in Zahraa in Homs killed at least 51 civilians and injured more than 70. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq; in Latakia, where they were joined by Ahrar al Sham, Sham Al Islam, and rebels; in Hama; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Muhajireen wal Ansar. The Islamic Front also fired missiles at the Russian gas company in al Forklos in Homs, and clashed with regime forces in Damascus and Deraa. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham is…
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Israel
Israeli intelligence: Assad concealing chemical capability
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Al Nusrah Front
My perilous journey from Aleppo to Turkey
