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Syria
A rebel claiming to speak for some 65 Free Syrian Army units said they were withdrawing from the Syrian National Coalition. Regime gunners attacked rebel and Al Nusrah Front forces clashing with regime troops outside Aleppo Central Prison. Two Al Nusrah suicide bombers detonated inside the gates of the prison, killing at least seven guards as well as themselves. ISIS clashed with a rebel battalion outside Azaz, and detained a rebel leader who controlled the Bustan al-Qasr crossing. Kurdish YPG fighters clashed with Al Nusrah and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Hasakah; 21 ISIS and Nusrah…
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Jihadists flooding into northern Syria put Turkey on edge
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syria – Rebels and activists fight sectarian strife in south
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Syria
Fighting continued throughout Syria despite the Eid al-Adha holiday. Rebel bombs targeted churches in Damascus suburbs, as well as areas of central Damascus. Regime aircraft bombed rebel-held areas south and east of Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with the rebel Northern Storm brigade at the Bab Salam post at the Turkish border; the two groups clashed last month in Azaz, another border town. ISIS released a video showing Kazakh jihadists and a suicide bombing in the Nabak area of Damascus. An opposition activist claimed last week that a Catholic priest kidnapped by ISIS in July…
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Denmark
Syrian refugees smuggled into Denmark
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Jihadists see Syria insurgency as just the beginning of a Middle East revolution
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Japanese reporter joins al Qaeda in Syria, jihadist claims
A Japanese man, who is now known as Abu Saskuki al Yabani, is pictured in front of an al Qaeda flag and shown firing a weapon. But the reporter denied he joined the ISIS.
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Syria
Syrian Rebels Urged to Let Inspectors See Arms Sites .
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Syria
UN frets over Syria deadlines as treaty takes effect
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham released four of the seven Red Cross aid workers recently kidnapped in Idlib; the group still holds three of them. A car bombing in Idlib killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens more. The Al Nusrah Front clashed with regime forces in Deir Azzour; rebels have reportedly taken over the military hospital there. Rebels shelled a judicial building in Aleppo and the Kweiris military airport. A jihadist claimed that a Japanese photographer converted to Islam and joined ISIS. A Kosovan fighter in Azaz appeared in an ISIL video promoting jihad. Another…
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Al Qaeda
US allies let funds flow to al Qaeda in Syria
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al-Qaida Surges Back in Iraq, Reviving Old Fears
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Iraqi Kurdistan’s chief ready to strike militants in Syria, Iraq
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Syria
Two suicide car bombs detonated outside the Syrian state TV headquarters in central Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham reportedly bombed a Sufi shrine in Deir Azzour; another shrine in the area was bombed on Sept. 24. Rebels reportedly downed a fighter jet in Deraa. ISIS fighters clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters in Raqqah. Gunmen kidnapped six Red Cross workers and a local volunteer in Idlib. The Syrian Red Crescent said it has evacuated at least 1,500 people from the Damascus rebel-held suburb of Moadamiyet al-Sham. The president of the Syrian National Council, the largest bloc in…
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Afghanistan
Govt to probe training to Syrian rebels: Karzai
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian Kurdish Leader Urges Turkey To End Support for Salafists
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Syria
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri issued a statement calling Muslims to fight for the establishment of a jihadi Islamic state in Syria, in order to bring back the Caliphate and “liberate” Jerusalem; he warned against dealing with secularists and American agents, and urged jihadists to rise above “organizational affiliations and partisan prejudices.” He issued a similar call in June. After three days of clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and the Free Syrian Army’s Abail brigade in Aleppo, ISIL has taken over several neighborhoods; some 50 fighters have been killed. Regime forces aided by NDF,…
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Al Nusrah Front
A Christian soldier in Syria: ‘We have to defend our community’
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Syria
Human Rights Watch reported that Syrian rebels led by al Qaeda affiliates the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham committed numerous atrocities in Latakia in August, including the taking of over 200 civilian hostages, mainly women and children, who still have not been released. The OPCW, which is undertaking the disposal of Syria’s chemical weapons, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Regime airstrikes targeted rebel-held areas in Safira controlled by the Al Nusrah Front and ISIS, in an effort to regain the town and retain control of the Safira military complex, which contains chemical…
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Report highlights al Qaeda affiliates’ role in Syrian atrocities
A new report by Human Rights Watch says that al Qaeda’s affiliates and their extremist allies committed atrocities in Latakia, Syria in August. The two al Qaeda affiliates in Syria and their close allies led the rebel offensive in Latakia as well.
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Arab League
Arab league, OIC call for Eid ceasefire in Syria
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Iran
Turkey’s Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
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Syria
A senior member of OPCW said the agency has been told that “most” of the sites and facilities it needs to inspect are under regime control. The head of the OPCW called for “temporary ceasefires” between regime and rebel forces so that the chemical weapons teams can have access to all sites. Scores were killed in clashes between rebels and regime forces south of Damascus. Rebels seized the Hajanah military post on the Jordanian border near Deraa after a two-month seige, and now control border territory from outside Deraa to the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Islamist forces recently…
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United States
British spy chief warns Snowden data is a ‘gift’ for terrorists
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Syria
US intelligence sources said up to 35 percent of the Syrian rebel force consists of al Qaeda and allies, and that as many as 500 foreign jihadists arrive in Syria every month. A member of the Supreme Military Council said most of the support from Arab and Western countries ends up going to the Al Nusrah Front. In Aleppo, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launched rockets at Efrin city and detained three citizens of Azaz, which it has taken over. ISIL clashed with a rebel group in Raqqah, seizing its base and several of its members. Regime…
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syria arms inspectors ‘face unprecedented danger’
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Al Qaeda
SPIEGEL Interview with Syrian President Bashar Assad
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Syria
100 Specialists to Carry Out Tricky Syria Disarmament
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Syria
Number of Syrian refugees rises above 2 million, UN agency says
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Syria
The opposition Syrian National Coalition said it would not participate in Geneva II peace talks unless Hezbollah leaves Syria and the talks are not mediated by Iran; the SNC also said it would not talk with the Assad regime. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed with a tribal group in Raqqah. The Al Nusrah Front, ISIL, and rebel fighters control al-Shdadi city in Hasakah. Rebels along with the largely Libyan al-Umma brigade are fighting regime forces in Idlib. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with ISIL and rebel fighters in Aleppo. ISIL claimed a three-man suicide attack on Sept.…
