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Turkey
A Syrian passenger left hand grenades in a bag on a bus bound for Istanbul. Turkey and Iran are planning to sign at least six new economic and political agreements. Turkey designated the Al Nusrah Front a terrorist organization on June 3.
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Al Nusrah Front
Turkey finally designates Al Nusrah a terrorist group
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Afghanistan
US says troop plan only guarantees NATO Afghan mission until end-2015
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Qatar
Syrian Rebels Describe US-Backed Training in Qatar
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Algeria
Tunisia in the Libyan tempest
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Ahrar al Sham
Harakat Hazm: America’s new favorite jihadist group
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Egypt
Brotherhood leadership struggles to regroup in exile
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Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan makes first oil sale amid exports row
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Turkey
Turkey’s wave of purges expands to reach governors
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Egypt
How the army is taking revenge against Islamists in Libya
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Al Nusrah Front
Syria rebels face setback in south
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Turkey
Authorities detonated a suspect package found outside the US Embassy in Ankara. The founder of a popular online forum was given a 10-month suspended sentence for blasphemy; he was among 40 members charged with insulting religion. “Smugglers” from Syria attacked a military border post at Hacıpaşa in Hatay province.
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ISIS suspected in car bombing at Syrian-Turkish border
A car bomb exploded near the Syrian-Turkish border, killing 43 people. Reports suggest that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham may have been behind the attack.
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Jaysh al-Mujahedeen
Syrian moderates try to rebuild opposition force
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Iraq
Kurds could opt out of Iraqi government
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Al Nusrah Front
Ankara at crossroads on Syria policy
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Turkey
The public prosecutor’s office in Adana is seeking life sentences for 13 gendarmes who on Jan. 19 stopped, searched, and filmed the contents of trucks that reportedly were carrying arms into Syria. A similar incident, allegedly involving the Humanitarian Aid Foundation (İHH), also occurred on Jan. 1 in Hatay. The government has already removed the prosecutor, police chiefs, and gendarmerie commander involved in the search of the cargo, which top officials at the time called a “state secret.” The İHH said Syrian warplanes hit two of its trucks in Aleppo today, killing a Syrian worker and injuring two others; the…
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Belgium
Belgium, Allies Try to Halt Flow of Young Islamist Fighters to Syria
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Turkey
Authorities claimed that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has kidnapped 331 children in the last six months. According to a National Police report, the Kurdistan Communities Union and the PKK have set up 48 training centers throughout 10 provinces, instructing 8,500 young people in tactics and ideology.
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Syria
Syrians, Pick Your Passports
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Al Nusrah Front
Editorial: Support for radical Islamism on the rise in Turkey
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Turkey
The day after reports emerged that Prime Minister Erdogan was seeking to extradite influential Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen from the US, sources in the Ankara Prosecutor’s office said no investigation has yet been launched against Gulen; his activities may be investigated, however, in relation to the leak of a conversation of top Turkish officials discussing a false-flag operation in Syria. The government ruled out the possibility of house arrest for PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
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Al Nusrah Front
My perilous journey from Aleppo to Turkey
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Turkey
Turkish Leader Signs Bill Expanding Spy Agency’s Power
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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon – Tripoli militia leaders abound despite crackdown
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
So the Turkish army is in Syria…
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Free Syrian Army
Syria’s Thousand Miles of Red Tape
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Turkey
Prime Minister Erdogan confirmed that Turkey sent a convoy to protect the tomb of Suleyman Shah, a tiny piece of Turkish territory inside Syria’s province of Aleppo. Turkey reportedly deployed six tanks and 12 armored vehicles within 200 meters of positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In late March, Turkish officials allegedly discussed staging an attack against ISIS near the tomb in order to justify military operations in Syria. Nearly 500 counterterrorism officers in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir were removed and demoted.
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France
Kidnapped French journalists: we were chained together in underground cells
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Al Qaeda
The Facebook jihadis seeking action in Syria
