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Jihadist media unit confirms death of Israeli Arab in Syria
Reliable figures on the number of Israeli Arabs who are fighting or have fought in the ongoing Syria conflict are hard to come by. According to one report, the number is between 15 and 20.
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Al Nusrah Front official explains al Qaeda’s strategy, conflict with former branch
A video released by the Al Nusrah Front stars Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, a jihadist ideologue who serves as a sharia official in the group. Sulayman discusses al Qaeda’s organizational scheme and hierarchy, as well as the ongoing conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS).
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Syria
Syria war creeps towards Assad’s coastal heartland
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Syria
President Assad claimed that the Syrian conflict has reached a turning point in terms of the regime’s military achievements and national reconciliation. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Hama, Aleppo, and Reef Dimashq. The Islamic Front also battled regime forces in Deraa, Idlib, and Homs. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fought against Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour. ISIS controls al Bab city in Aleppo.
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Lebanon
Warily, Lebanon tackles violent spillover from Syria
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Al Nusrah Front fighter reportedly arrested for planning attacks in Egypt
It is unclear whether the suspected jihadist is linked to Ansar Jerusalem. At least four AJ fighters are known to have fought in Syria prior to returning to Egypt, where they died.
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Syria
Both state media and rebel sources claimed that a poison gas attack injured dozens of people in the village of Kfar Zeita in Hama, and blamed each other. State media said the attack involved chlorine gas and was carried out by the Al Nusrah Front, and warned that the group was planning other chemical attacks in Hama and in the Wadi Deif area of Idlib. Al Nusrah tried to take over a regime checkpoint in Idlib. Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters clashed with regime forces in Hama; in Reef Dimashq; in Latakia, where they were joined by the Junoud al…
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Al Nusrah Front
Hezbollah develops new tactics in Syrian civil war
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Al Nusrah Front
In Jordan Town, Syria War Inspires Jihadist Dreams
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Arming the ‘moderate’ rebels in the Syrian south
The Yarmouk Brigade, portrayed as a moderate rebel group in the south of Syria, is featured in an article in which rebels complain about the paltry flow of weapons from the US.
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Syria
In the town of Albu Kamal in Deir Izzour near the Iraqi border, 86 people were killed as the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front recaptured the border town from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front also battled regime forces in Deir Izzour, in Reef Dimashq, and in Idlib, where they were joined by the al Umma brigade. ISIS clashed with Islamic fighters and the Kurdish YPG in Raqqah, and with Islamic fighters and rebels in Aleppo. In a video, German jihadist Denis Mamadou Cuspert (a.k.a.Abu Talha al-Almani) stated his allegiance…
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah fighters say a ‘duty’ to help Syria’s Assad/a>
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Social Media Jihad: Tweeting a message to Zawahiri
Three prominent Al Nusrah Front officials have now tweeted a message to Ayman al Zawahiri. The message asks him to address specific hot button issues in the infighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and Al Nusrah.
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Jihadist ideologues call on Zawahiri to detail problems with former al Qaeda affiliate
A group of jihadist ideologues has published a message addressed to Ayman al Zawahiri. They call on Zawahiri to address the specific problems they have encountered with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), which has been disowned by al Qaeda.
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Al Qaeda shura council member addresses infighting in Syria
Abu Khalil al Madani has released an audio message calling on the jihadist groups in Syria to form a common sharia committee, as well as a security committee. Much of his message echoes the mediation efforts of the past.
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah fighters say a ‘duty’ to help Syria’s Assad
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Gamaa Islamiya
Lebanon – Future Movement, Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya re-examine ties
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Syria
Regime forces clashed violently with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Latakia; the military emir for Al Nusrah in Darkoush was killed. In Deir Izzour near the Iraq border the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fought against Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front, and at least 54 fighters are said to have been killed, of which 12 were from ISIS. In Aleppo, Al Nusrah, the Islamic Front, the al Muhajireen Army, and the al Ansar battalion clashed with regime forces; and Islamic fighters targeted ISIS in northeastern Reef Aleppo.
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Social Media Jihad: Banner dedicated to Zawahiri’s main representative in Syria
A banner dedicated to Abu Khalid al Suri is being posted on Twitter. The banner shows him both after his “martyrdom” and as a younger man.
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Al Qaeda
Moroccan jihadist leader dies in Syria
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Al Qaeda
Britain Increasingly Invokes Power to Disown Its Citizens
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Iran
Muslim Shrine Stands as a Crossroads in Syria’s Unrest
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Chechen ISIS leader slams Al Nusrah Front for killing Moroccan commander
Omar al Shishani said that Abu Usama al Maghrebi was killed by “a commander in the Front of Defeat; and it is not the Front of Victory [Al Nusrah Front] at all.”
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Syria
Regime forces backed by Hezbollah captured Rankous in Qalamoun near the Lebanese border, cutting off rebel supply lines and solidifying the regime’s hold in the area. The Al Nusrah Front, Islamic fighters, and rebels reportedly left Rankous after its inhabitants made a truce with the regime two days earlier. Two car bombs detonated in Alawite neighborhoods in the city of Homs, killing at least 25 people and injuring over 100. Islamic Front fighters clashed with regime forces in Latakia. The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic fighters battled regime forces in Aleppo, where they were joined by the al Muhajireen army,…
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Lebanon
Lebanese patriarch suggests housing Syrian refugees in Syria
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ISIS’ ‘Southern Division’ praises foreign suicide bombers
The suicide bombers, who conducted attacks just south of Baghdad, are from Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. The Southern Division is one of 16 administrative areas defined by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
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Al Nusrah Front
Turkey realizes its blunder in Kassab operation
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Syria
Jihadist attack on Latakia raises fear of deeper sectarian warfare
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic fighters clashed with regime forces in Idlib; in Deir Izzour; in Hama; in Reef Dimashq near Rankous and Ras al-Ma’arra; and in Latakia, where they were joined by Junoud al Sham, Ahrar al Sham, Sham al Islam, and Ansar al Sham. The UN human rights chief said the Assad regime’s abuses “far outweigh” those of the opposition. Al Nusrah claimed a joint attack with the Shield of Khan Shaykhoun in Idlib.
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Al Nusrah Front
US accused of supplying anti-tank weapons to Syrian rebels
