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Al Qaeda
Mainstream UK charities have donated thousands to Islamic group fronted by terror suspect
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has taken over the Halek district of Aleppo city after pulling out of Azaz following an ultimatum from the Al Nusrah Front. In Hasakah, Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front seized much of Markada after clashing with ISIS. In Deir Izzour, Al Nusrah and the Ahrar al Sham killed a number of ISIS fighters near al-Teref, and the Islamic Front fought against regime forces in Al-Sena’a, Al-Jafra, and near the military airport. Extremist cleric Abu Qatada indirectly blamed ISIS for the assassination of al Qaeda mediator Abu Khalid al Suri, and criticized…
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Abdullah Azzam Brigades
From fantastic to fanatic: Radicalized Lebanese pop star Fadel Shaker
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Saudi Arabia
From Riyadh to Beirut, fear of Syria blowback
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Syria
Tens of thousands under siege in Yarmouk ‘slowly dying’
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters as well as with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Hasakah. Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters battled regime forces in Hama, and in Deir Izzour, where the two Islamist groups also clashed with ISIS. In Reef Dimashq near Yabroud, the ISIS, Al Nusrah, and the Islamic Front fought against regime, NDF, and Hezbollah forces; ISIS also detonated a suicide car bomb by a regime checkpoint near Der-Ateya. In Raqqah, ISIS searched for hidden fighters who had tried to kill an ISIS emir. In Aleppo,…
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Iraq
Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkey
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Slow death of Derna, Libya
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Syria
Regime forces are preparing to launch a ground assault on Yabroud. In Hasakah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Kurdish YPG forces, kidnapped 15 civilians, and destroyed a Sufi shrine. In Aleppo, ISIS withdrew from Mayer, Jamal, Kafen, and Meneg airport, but kept fighters in Meneg city and Azaz. The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic battalions clashed with regime forces near Aleppo airport and Al-Shekh Najjar, and in Deir Izzour. Gunmen shot four ISIS fighters in Raqqah, including an Egyptian. In Reef Dimashq, NDF forces battled Al Nusrah, Islamic battalions, and ISIS in al-Ghouta al-Sharqiya. Yesterday…
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Al Nusrah Front
Alleged terror financier detained in Lebanon
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Ansar al Sharia Tunisia deputy leader reportedly in Syria
Kamel Zarrouk is said to have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham after fleeing security forces in Tunisia.
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Ansar al Sharia
Maghreb to tighten noose on Syria-bound jihadists
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
ISIS rules in Raqqa
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Syria
State media claimed that regime and Hezbollah forces killed over 170 fighters, including Saudis, Qataris, and Chechens, from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in an ambush outside Damascus. In the Damascus region, Islamist fighting groups, including the Islamic Front and the Suqour al Sham, are rejecting local truces. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham told Christians in Raqqah it would protect them so long as they observe a long list of conditions, including prohibitions against public worship and owning weapons. ISIS fighters in the town of Markada Hasakah agreed to a truce with Al Nusrah…
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Lebanon
Family of first female terror suspect in Lebanon stunned
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Hamas
Hezbollah reshaping battle strategy
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Syrian troops, Hezbollah fighters kill foreign jihadists in ambush
More than 170 Islamist fighters from the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front are reported to have been killed in an ambush outside of Damascus. “Most of them [were] Saudis, Qataris and Chechens,” Syrian television claimed.
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Social Media Jihad: Honoring al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria
The Ibn Taymiyya Media Center (ITMC) has published a banner honoring the “martyrdom” of Abu Khalid al Suri, who was one of al Qaeda’s top men in Syria. The ITMC is the propaganda arm for Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) and also publicizes propaganda on behalf of Ansar Jerusalem.
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Syria
The leader of the Al Nusrah Front told the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham that it had five days to stop attacking rebel and jihadist groups in Syria or they would jointly destroy ISIS in both Syria and Iraq. Al Nusrah also issued a statement of condolence for the death of Abu Khalid al Suri and blamed ISIS for his assassination. ISIS clashed with Al Nusrah and other jihadist groups in Aleppo. Regime forces, backed by NDF and Hezbollah fighters, advanced on rebel positions in Aleppo. Al Nusrah, rebels, and Islamic battalions clashed with regime forces in Quneitra,…
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Al Nusrah Front emir issues ultimatum to ISIS
Muhammad al Julani gave the ISIS five days to come to an agreement or face a concerted effort to “banish it” from both Syria and Iraq.
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Syria
Islamic battalions killed at least 15 regime soldiers in Quneitra. The Al Nusrah Front, Islamic Battalions, and Al-Mujahedin army clashed with regime forces in Aleppo, killing 18 soldiers and NDF fighters. In the city of Aleppo, Al Nusrah, Jaysh al Mujehidin, and Al Jabha Al Islameyya created a joint military operations room. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Al Nusrah and Islamic battalions in Deir Izzour. Islamic battalions, Al Nusrah, and ISIS battled regime and Hezbollah forces in Reef Dimashq. ISIS targeted the base of the 17th division in Raqqah, and released two female teachers and…
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NSA
Syrian Conflict Pries Open Internal Debate on Cyberwar
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Islamic Front official posts pictures of al Qaeda’s top representative in Syria
Hassan Abboud has posted a series of pictures of himself with Abu Khalid al Suri, al Qaeda’s top operative in Syria until his demise this past weekend. Al Suri was a founding member of Ahrar al Sham, which Abboud leads.
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Israel
IDF Military Intelligence expanding to cope with jihadi threat from Syria
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Free Syrian Army
Top Military Body Against Syria’s Assad Is in Chaos, Undermining Fight
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Al Nusrah Front
Syrian rebel, friend of al Qaeda leader, killed by rival Islamists
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Syria
Entrepreneurship Remains Alive in Syria
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Syria
Abu Khalid al Suri, al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria, was killed in Aleppo; the Islamic Front announced his death. An activist group said Suri was killed when at least one Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bomber detonated in an Aleppo office, killing six Ahrar al Sham fighters and injuring one of its emirs. A car bomb exploded by a field hospital in the rebel-held town of Atma near the Turkish border, killing at least 12 people and injuring 65; the hospital is owned by a TV station that has criticized the ISIS. In Deir Izzour, the…
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Syria
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling for cross-border aid access, the naming of besieged areas, and an end to barrel bombs. The Assad regime has increased bombardments in Deraa in advance of a rumored rebel assault. Regime forces clashed with Islamic battalions in Damascus, in Quneitra, and in Deraa; and battled the Al Nusrah Front and Islamic battalions near Aleppo Central Prison, and in Qalamoun in Reef Dimashq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took over houses occupied by fighters from Al Nusrah and Ahrar al Sham in Raqqah. Kurdish YPG fighters clashed with ISIS…
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Al Qaeda
In Yemen, a woman’s life entangled with al Qaeda
