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Al-Zawahiri calls on #ISIS leader to return to #Iraq
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-zawahiri-calls-isis-leader-return-iraq

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Rebel fighters from the Ansar al-Sham brigade hold a position on a ridge overlooking the Mediterranean sea reportedly in the village of Kasab, in the northwestern Syrian province of Latakia, on April 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Hass News/Ali Nasser) Rebel fighters from the Ansar al-Sham brigade hold a position on a ridge overlooking the Mediterranean sea reportedly in the village of Kasab, in the northwestern Syrian province of Latakia, on April 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Hass News/Ali Nasser)

#al-Qaeda leader #Ayman_al-Zawahiri called on the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and #syria (ISIS), #Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi, to stop fighting in Syria and return to Iraq. Zawahiri has blamed Baghdadi for the infighting amongst Islamist fighters (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Al-Nusra_Front #Articles

The beleaguered Armenians of Kessab: Once again, it’s #turkey
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/beleaguered-armenians-kessab-once-again-it%E2%80%99s-turkey

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Rebel fighters from the Ansar al-Sham brigade stand in front of an #Armenian church reportedly in the village of Kasab, in the northwestern Syrian province of Latakia, on April 4, 2014. Rebels launched a major offensive two weeks ago against several strategic positions in the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s clan and his Alawite sect. (Photo: AFP-Hass News/Ali Nasser) Rebel fighters from the Ansar al-Sham brigade stand in front of an Armenian church reportedly in the village of Kasab, in the northwestern Syrian province of Latakia, on April 4, 2014. Rebels launched a major offensive two weeks ago against several strategic positions in the heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s clan and his Alawite sect. (Photo: AFP-Hass News/Ali Nasser) (...)

#Culture_&_Society #Articles #Kassab #National_Defense_Forces #popular_committees #syria

#syria: Jihadist factions close to civil war
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syria-jihadist-factions-close-civil-war

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Rebel fighters make their way through a yard in the village of Morek, in the countryside of the Syrian city of Hama, on March 7, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Ali Nasser) Rebel fighters make their way through a yard in the village of Morek, in the countryside of the Syrian city of Hama, on March 7, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Ali Nasser)

Tensions continue to escalate between jihadist factions in Syria. Spokesman of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Mohammed al-Adnani released a threatening audio message yesterday, titled “We invoke Allah to curse the liars.” Meanwhile, #Al-Nusra_Front sources told Al-Akhbar that they will retaliate on the “battlefields of jihad.”

Suhaib Anjarini (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Aleppo #Articles #ISIS #Saudi_Arabia #united_states

#Al-Qaida surges back in Iraq, reviving old fears
▻http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaida-surges-back-iraq-reviving-old-fears-061740950.html

Iraqis, both Sunni and Shiite, say they are losing faith in the government’s ability to keep the country safe.

“Al-Qaida can blow up whatever number of car bombs they want whenever they choose,” said Ali Nasser, a Shiite government employee from Baghdad. “It seems like al-Qaida is running the country, not the government in Baghdad.”

Many Sunnis, meanwhile, are unwilling to trust a government they feel has sidelined and neglected their sect.

#Irak