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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Islamist Syrian rebels claim to capture crossing on Jordanian border
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Syria
Inspectors from obscure agency ready to destroy Syrian chemical weapons
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Syria
A Surface Calm, Punctured by Artillery and Weary Arguments
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Al Nusrah Front, Free Syrian Army seize border crossing to Jordan
Al Qaeda’s Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant teamed up with the Free Syrian Army’s Yarmouk Brigade to take control of the Daraa border crossing to Jordan.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Has Turkish Foreign Policy Created a ‘Syrian Taliban’?
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Syria
Some 43 Islamist groups joined together to form the Army of Islam (Jaysh al Islam) under the command of Sheikh Mohammed Zahran. Rebel forces are now said to control all of the Syrian border crossings into Iraq, as well as border crossings into Turkey and Jordan. Islamist brigades, including the Al Nusrah Front and Ahrar al Sham, helped take over the Jordan crossing. President Assad said Syria will abide by the UN resolution on the eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. An OPCW official said the group “has no reason to doubt” the chemical weapons information provided by the regime.…
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Syria
Syrian Conflict as Seen Through YouTube
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Syria
Syrian rebels, including al Qaeda-linked fighters, captured a military post near the Jordan border. The Free Syrian Army reported heavy regime shelling yesterday along the border, where some 69,000 refugees are said to be trapped. Western officials said US and Israeli intelligence agencies think that Syria’s chemical arms declaration may be incomplete, as Syria named some 30 sites but there are believed to be over 50. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ordered schoolchildren in a village in northern Syria to wear Islamic dress. Activists demonstrated against ISIL in Raqqah.
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Russia
Most of Syria’s toxins can be destroyed more easily than officials initially thought
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Syria
Syria’s ambassador to the UN said the Security Council resolution on Syrian chemical weapons addresses most of Damascus’ concerns, and said Syria plans to attend a November peace conference in Geneva. OPCW experts will begin inspecting Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal on Oct. 1. UN inspectors in Syria are investigating three alleged chemical attacks after the Aug. 21 sarin gas attack in Damascus, as well as four alleged attacks prior to Aug. 21. A car bomb detonated in front of a mosque in the Damascus suburb of Rankus, killing 37 people and injuring 100 more. The UN Human Rights Council sought…
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Syria
A senior member of the Syrian National Coalition condemned as inappropriate the announcement that 10 rebel groups and the Al Nusrah Front have joined together, repudiated the SNC, and called for sharia. Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacked and desecrated two churches in Raqqah, and flew the ISIL flag atop one of the churches. Kurdish YPG fighters clashed with ISIL in Aleppo; the ISIL emir of Aleppo, an Emirati, was killed. Regime forces clashed with the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and rebel units in Deraa. ISIL kidnapped two Kurdish men in Aleppo. Kurdish…
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi FM demands enhanced military support for Syrian opposition
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Russia
Most of Syria’s toxins can be destroyed more easily than officials initially thought
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Free Syrian Army units ally with al Qaeda, reject Syrian National Coalition, and call for sharia
Several large Free Syrian Army and Islamist brigades as well as the Al Nusrah Front called for the imposition of sharia in Syria and rejected the US-backed Syrian National Coalition.
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah gambles all in Syria
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Syria
In a statement issued yesterday, 13 Syrian rebel groups, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusrah Front, agreed to create an Islamist opposition force in Syria to be run only by groups fighting in Syria, rejecting the Syrian National Coalition and other groups “formed abroad.” The new coalition of powerful Islamist groups also includes members of the Free Syrian Army. The US-backed Free Syrian Army has not responded to the announcement. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with fighters from Al Nusrah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and rebel groups in Hasakah, and in Raqqah; and with ISIL fighters in…
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Free Syrian Army
Doubts rise about Syria’s chemical weapons disclosure
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Syria
Former rebel stronghold Homs a shadow of its old self
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al-Qaeda’s Latest Target: Syria’s Civilian Activists
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front, the Ahrar al Sham, and the Free Syrian Army’s Sahaba Battalions are leading a rebel offensive in southwest Damascus. A car bomb detonated in Damascus, killing at least seven civilians. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detained two teenagers in Raqqah. The ISIL, Al Nusrah, and rebels continued to clash with Kurdish YPG forces in Hasakah. Four armed battalions in Aleppo reportedly agreed to fight ISIL if it does not adhere to an agreement over Azaz city. A French jihadist was killed while fighting regime forces near Aleppo airport. A Spanish magazine confirmed that…
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Russia
Chemical Disarmament Won’t Be Easy
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Al Qaeda launches suicide assault on security forces in western Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraqi and the Levant killed nine policemen in Haditiha in a coordinated assault on police and military bases.
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Syria
UN Aid Official Demands Syria Access
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Ennahda
Tunisia’s Marzouki wants Iran to help stop Syria’s ‘nightmare’
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Syria
Chemical Disarmament Won’t Be Easy
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Syria
President Assad insisted that Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal is secure. A suicide car bomb blew up at a regime checkpoint in Hama. Regime aircraft attacked an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant camp in Deir Izzor. ISIL fighters seized radiological imaging equipment in Aleppo city. Kurdish YPG fighters killed an Al Nusrah Front leader in Idlib. ISIL released a Christian officer after he “declared his Islam” in Raqqah. YPG forces clashed with Al Nusrah, ISIL, and rebel forces in Hasakah. The leader of Hezbollah denied the Syrian National Coalition’s claim that Hezbollah has received chemical weapons from Syria.
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Syria
Reporter Denies Writing Article That Linked Syrian Rebels to Chemical Attack
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Syria
Syrian opposition group says it willing to attend Geneva talks
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Syria
Abu Abdullah al Libi, a Libyan local commander in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, was killed along with 12 ISIL fighters in a clash with a rebel group in Idlib; the Free Syrian Army denied culpability for his death. ISIL fighters attacked Al Nusrah Front headquarters in Hasaka yesterday and stole weapons and oil equipment; the clash will supposedly be mediated by a sharia council. ISIL and Nusrah have been fighting alongside each other against Kurdish YPG fighters in Hasakah and Raqqah. YPG fighters punctured a military tank belonging to ISIL and Nusrah in Hasakah. YPG fighters…
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Syria
Rebels View Coalition Leadership Outside Syria as Detached From the Suffering
