Archive for the 'Jabhat al-Nusra' Category

Eastern Ghouta x 20, by Aron Lund

Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Civil Society in Jabal al-Summaq

Quwat Dir’ Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links

America’s Failure – and Russia and Iran’s Success – in Syria’s Cataclysmic Civil War – By Joshua Landis

Is Assad the Author of ISIS? Did Iran Blow Up Assef Shawkat? And Other Tall Tales – By Ehsani2

The Virtues of Sham: The Place of Syria in the Muslim Sacral Imagination

The Druze in the Syrian Conflict – By Talal El Atrache

The Life of al-Khal: First Leader of Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk

The Factions of North Latakia

Rijal al-Karama after Sheikh Abu Fahad Waheed al-Bal’ous’ Assassination

Abdallah al-Muhaysini, a Pivotal Figure in the Islamist Insurgency in Syria,” by Waleed Rikab

Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk: History and Analysis

“The inside Story of the British Suicide Bomber of Ramadi,” By Tam Hussein

The Syrian Southern Front: Why it Offers Better Justice and Hope than Northern Front” by Marika Sosnowski

The Massacre of Druze Villagers in Qalb Lawza, Idlib Province

“Abu Mohammed al-Golani’s Aljazeera Interview” by Aron Lund

How Far is Hezbollah Willing to Go in Syria?

Syrian Rebels Capture Idlib, by Aron Lund

Review of “ISIS: The State of Terror”

The Administration of the Local Council in Azaz

The Killing of Muhammad al-Assad, a.k.a. “Shaykh al-Jabal”

Video presents views of al-Qaida’s European jihadists in Syria

Book Review: ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Jabhat al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province

Jamaat Ansar al-Islam in Syria Joins The Islamic State?

Will the Revolutionary Command Council be Syria’s New Rebel Government?

The Islamic State (IS) and Pledges of Allegiance: The Case of Jamaat Ansar al-Islam

Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz: A Caucasus Emirate Group in Latakia

The Factions of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab)

The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra: A Looming Grand Jihadi Alliance?

Al-Qaeda’s Syrian Judiciary—is it really what al-Jolani makes it out to be?

Fareed Zakaria goes 1-on-1 with Syria expert Joshua Landis to discuss an innovative solution to the ongoing Syrian crisis

Nusra’s Offensive in Idlib & its Attempt to Destroy Washington’s Allies. November 2014

“Does the Truce Between ISIS and Suqour al-Sham Mean an End to Syria’s Inter-Rebel War?” By Daniel Abdallah

The Battle between ISIS and Syria’s Rebel Militias

Battle in East Ghouta, Damascus: Rebels Claim to kill 800 Syrian Army Soldiers

Zahran Alloush: His Ideology and Beliefs

“Al-Qaeda’s Governance Strategy in Raqqa,” by Chris Looney

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi: The Druze Militias of Southern Syria

Syria’s Top Five Insurgent Leaders

Islamist Groups Declare Opposition to National Coalition and US Strategy [updated]

Are the Islamic Courts of Aleppo run by al-Nusra? Aron Lund Answers

Jabhat al-Nusra and Other Islamists Briefly Capture Historic Christian Town of Ma’loula

Syria Consolidates into Three Cantons as the Opposition Pushes Back, Taking Mengh Airbase and other Strategic Points

Where Does Jabhat al-Nusra End, and the Islamic State of Iraq & ash-Sham Begin?

Ayman al-Zawahiri Rants about Syria

Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Interviewed by Syria Comment

Is Jabhat al-Nosra breaking apart?

Major salafi faction criticizes Jabhat al-Nosra

New Addition to the Syrian Islamic Front

Oil Wars—Nusra’s Expanding Reach—Syrian Taliban

Islamic State Declared in Syria

The Raqqa Story: Rebel Structure, Planning, and Possible War Crimes

Sorting out David Ignatius

Jabhat al-Nusra Shaikh Promises to Decapitate Every Oppressive Arab Leader

Dera’a is Falling

Moaz al-Khatib, Moderate Syrian Leader, Resigns, as Islamic Front and Nusra Move on Damascus. Will the US build a Counter-force?

“Jihad in Syria,” By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Lebanese Tension, Egyptian Chaos, Iraqi Memories… and all the news from Syria

“Syria’s Salafi Insurgents: The Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front” by Aron Lund

al-Nusra, al-Raqqa, Calls for Jihad, River of Death

The Islamist mess in Damascus

Syria’s Islamic Front Militias and How They Think about Minorities

Assad Does not Live Russian Ship; Islamists More Honest and Capable than FSA; Winter Misery

Swedes, jihadis & anti-air missiles in northern Syria

“Three Scenarios for Syria’s Future,” by Joshua Landis w. Lara Setrakian