Al-Nusra Front
Monitor: Syria air strikes hit Nusra after attack on Western-backed rebels
Middle East
July 31, 2015
Monitor: Syria air strikes hit Nusra after attack on Western-backed rebels
Warplanes believed to be part of a US-led alliance struck Nusra Front positions in northern Syria on Friday following an…
Syrian group says Nusra abducts its leader, in blow to US plan
Middle East
July 30, 2015
Syrian group says Nusra abducts its leader, in blow to US plan
The Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has abducted the leader of a US-backed rebel group in north Syria, opposition sources and a…
Monitor: Syria rebels rain rockets on Shi’ite villages
Middle East
July 21, 2015
Monitor: Syria rebels rain rockets on Shi’ite villages
Syrian rebels, including Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters, have fired hundreds of rockets and mortar shells on two besieged Shi'ite-majority villages in the…
Two men sentenced to 5 years over Syria’s Nusra Front affiliation
Egypt
July 9, 2015
Two men sentenced to 5 years over Syria’s Nusra Front affiliation
The Mansoura Criminal Court in Daqahlia sentenced on Thursday two men to five years' imprisonment and acquitted a third one,…
Monitor group: Nusra Front fighters kill 20 Druze in Syrian village
Middle East
June 11, 2015
Monitor group: Nusra Front fighters kill 20 Druze in Syrian village
Members of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front Sunni militant group have killed 20 Druze villagers in northwestern Syria, a group…
Set to begin, US plan for Syrian rebels already mired in doubt
Middle East
April 27, 2015
Set to begin, US plan for Syrian rebels already mired in doubt
Hundreds of Syrian rebels are approaching the start of US training to battle Islamic State, without knowing whether or how…
Syrian TV says insurgents killed civilians after capturing town
Middle East
April 26, 2015
Syrian TV says insurgents killed civilians after capturing town
Syrian television said on Sunday that Islamist insurgents who seized a key northwestern town had since slaughtered civilians, but monitors…
Residents: Islamic State withdraws from Yarmouk camp, Nusra remains
Middle East
April 15, 2015
Residents: Islamic State withdraws from Yarmouk camp, Nusra remains
Islamic State fighters have largely withdrawn from a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus after expelling their main…
Syria jihadists seize Daraa rebel leader: monitor
World
May 4, 2014
Syria jihadists seize Daraa rebel leader: monitor
Beirut (AFP) - Al-Nusra Front, the Al-Qaeda franchise in Syria, has seized a moderate rebel commander in the southern province…
KSA declares Muslim Brotherhood, jihadist organizations ‘terrorists’
Egypt
March 7, 2014
KSA declares Muslim Brotherhood, jihadist organizations ‘terrorists’
The Saudi Interior Ministry declared in a statement on Friday the Muslim Brotherhood, the Saudi Hezbollah, the Islamic State of…