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Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham attack Syrian villages
The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, has claimed that it and the Ahrar al Sham Islamic Movement attacked three Alawite villages in the province of Homs.
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Iran
Iranian President’s Speech and Online Army Video Point to Iran’s Dueling Interests in Syria
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Syria
The Al Nusrah Front said it and a rebel battalion attacked three villages in eastern Homs last week; 22 civilians were killed. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executed two Alawite men in Raqqah city. A rebel battalion in Raqqah city detained a rebel commander for publishing articles critical of the rebel forces. A regime helicopter that was dropping explosive barrels on an important rebel stronghold in Latakia near the Turkish border was shot down, possibly by a Turkish warplane; rebels are said to have captured one of the pilots and to be looking for the other. The…
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Islamists dominate Syrian insurgency
A recent study by a British defense consultancy estimates that nearly half of the Syrian opposition forces are aligned with extremists, and that only a small minority are affiliated with basically secular or nationalist groups.
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Iran
UN Syria warcrimes team checking 14 alleged chemical attacks
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Iran
Iranians Dial Up Presence in Syria
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Iran
Inside White House, a Reversal on Syrian Arms
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Iraq
Lessons from Iraq, Libya loom large as diplomats ponder Syrian weapons probe
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Syria
Regime forces stepped up attacks on rebel-held areas of Damascus following the US-Russian agreement on Syria’s chemical weapons; the rebels, disappointed with the recent deal, want the focus shifted to tilting the war in their favor. A recent study by a British defense consultancy estimates that nearly half of the Syrian rebels are now aligned with jihadist or hardline Islamist groups such as the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Kurdish fighters continued to clash with Al Nusrah, ISIL, and rebel forces in Hasakah. Two suicide bombers detonated in an ambulance parked at Kurdish…
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report
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Russia
Pentagon in Back Seat as Kerry Leads Charge
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Syria
The Syrian National Coalition elected “moderate Islamist” Ahmad Tumeh as the SNC’s provisional prime minister. Tumeh plans to run the SNC provisional government from northern Syria; its financing is expected to come primarily from the Gulf, and Saudi Arabia in particular. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed with regime forces on the perimeter of the 66th Division in Hama; yesterday ISIL claimed it took over a military base and arms depot in a major operation a few days earlier in the area. A Syrian jihadist media outlet released a video on behalf of the Jund al Sham…
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Syria
Maaloula’s cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria’s latest front-line fight takes its toll
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant overruns air defense base in Hama
The al Qaeda affiliate assaulted the 66th Brigade’s air defense base and ammunition depot in Hama.
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Russia
US, Russia strike deal on Syria chemical weapons
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Free Syrian Army
Syrian opposition to choose PM in push for credibility
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Syria
Al Nusrah Front fighters refused to surrender the body of a slain Palestinian fighter in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus because they were holding out for an exchange of bodies. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters detained a member of Aleppo’s sharia council. Al Nusrah and rebel groups clashed violently with regime forces outside Maaloula in Reef Dimashq. ISIL claimed a large operation against the 66th Brigade in Hama, and Al Nusrah claimed a suicide assault near Deir al-Zour airport on Sept. 11. The UN Secretary General said the forthcoming UN report will confirm that chemical weapons…
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Syria
Syrian weapons destruction may not take so long: US expert
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Syria
US also demands Syrian transparency on nuclear research
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Norway
Norway takes credit for Russia’s Syria solution
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IRGC
Videos show Iranian officers supervising Syrian soldiers
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Dining with Al Qaeda
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Israel
Elite Syrian Unit Scatters Chemical Arms Stockpile
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Russia
US public-relations firm helps Putin make his case to America
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Russia
Disarmament Talks Begin on Shaky Ground
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrian rebels face another foe: Al Qaeda-linked militants
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Syria
Syria submitted its application to the UN to join the global Chemical Weapons Convention. Opposition websites claimed that a new chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Jobar has resulted in casualties. Kurdish forces in Hasakah have killed some 35 fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and rebel factions in clashes over the past few days. President Assad indicated that Syria would not surrender its chemical weapons unless the US stops making military threats and arming the rebels. The rebel Supreme Military Council rejected the Russian proposal for the surrender of…
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria
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Syria
Americans Join Syrian Jihad, Sparking U.S. Intelligence Fears
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Free Syrian Army
Researcher fired: Think tank fires Syria researcher cited by Kerry, McCain
