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The Nusra Front, Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate, is consolidating power in territory stretching from the Turkish border to central and southern Syria, crushing moderate opponents and forcibly converting minorities using tactics akin to its ultraconservative rival, the Islamic State group.

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During a key battle in the rugged mountains of a northern province earlier this month, US-backed Syrian rebels collapsed before an assault by al-Qaeda fighters. Some surrendered their weapons. Others outright defected to the militants.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-16 06:26:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267262 [AuthorName] => Diaa Hadid and Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391684 [Title] => IS, al-Qaida reach accord in Syria [Summary] =>

Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander have told The Associated Press.

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Fiji's military commander says Syrian rebels have issued three demands for the release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers they've held captive for five days.

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Responding to the growing terrorist threat in Iraq and Syria, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions yesterday on six men for recruiting or financing foreign fighters, and threatened additional sanctions against those supporting terrorist groups.

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The Syrian government evacuated some 5,000 people yesterday from an embattled industrial town near Damascus where al-Qaida-linked rebels have been battling government troops for more than two weeks, the state news agency said.

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BEIRUT — A slogan painted in small letters on a school wall reads, "We the people want Syria to be a civil, democratic state." Scrawled next to it in bigger letters is the response from an unknown Islamic hard-liner: "The laws of the civil state contradict the Islamic caliphate."

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-27 06:02:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796237 [AuthorName] => Zeina Karam [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 929070 [Title] => Iraqi al-Qaeda and Syria militants announce merger [Summary] =>

al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq said it has merged with Syria's extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, a move that shows the rising confidence of radicals within the Syrian rebel movement and is likely to trigger renewed fears among its international backers.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-10 05:22:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1294/mideastsyriaguti.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 912631 [Title] => Battle for Syria's Aleppo airport intensifies [Summary] =>

The battle for Syria's second-largest airport intensified on yesterday as government troops tried to reverse recent strategic gains the rebels have made in the northeast in their quest to topple President Bashar Assad.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-24 04:19:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 888161 [Title] => AP Interview: Syria rebels fear chemical weapons [Summary] =>

The new Syrian rebel military commander said he is "very afraid" a cornered Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons on his own people but the opposition does not have the means to seize and secure them.

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The Nusra Front, Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate, is consolidating power in territory stretching from the Turkish border to central and southern Syria, crushing moderate opponents and forcibly converting minorities using tactics akin to its ultraconservative rival, the Islamic State group.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-25 03:11:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163274 [AuthorName] => Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392424 [Title] => West-backed Syria rebels shaken on multiple fronts [Summary] =>

During a key battle in the rugged mountains of a northern province earlier this month, US-backed Syrian rebels collapsed before an assault by al-Qaeda fighters. Some surrendered their weapons. Others outright defected to the militants.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-16 06:26:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267262 [AuthorName] => Diaa Hadid and Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391684 [Title] => IS, al-Qaida reach accord in Syria [Summary] =>

Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander have told The Associated Press.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-14 07:00:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1250030 [AuthorName] => Deb Riechmann [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20141114/al-Qaida-Islamic-State-group-IS.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364589 [Title] => Fiji says Syrian rebels issue demands for captives [Summary] =>

Fiji's military commander says Syrian rebels have issued three demands for the release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers they've held captive for five days.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-02 09:35:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1358221 [Title] => UN approves measure to combat al-Qaeda fighters [Summary] =>

Responding to the growing terrorist threat in Iraq and Syria, the UN Security Council imposed sanctions yesterday on six men for recruiting or financing foreign fighters, and threatened additional sanctions against those supporting terrorist groups.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-16 07:06:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289604 [AuthorName] => Edith M. Lederer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1273436 [Title] => Syria evacuates 5,000 from town near Damascus [Summary] =>

The Syrian government evacuated some 5,000 people yesterday from an embattled industrial town near Damascus where al-Qaida-linked rebels have been battling government troops for more than two weeks, the state news agency said.

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BEIRUT — A slogan painted in small letters on a school wall reads, "We the people want Syria to be a civil, democratic state." Scrawled next to it in bigger letters is the response from an unknown Islamic hard-liner: "The laws of the civil state contradict the Islamic caliphate."

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al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq said it has merged with Syria's extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, a move that shows the rising confidence of radicals within the Syrian rebel movement and is likely to trigger renewed fears among its international backers.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-10 05:22:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1294/mideastsyriaguti.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 912631 [Title] => Battle for Syria's Aleppo airport intensifies [Summary] =>

The battle for Syria's second-largest airport intensified on yesterday as government troops tried to reverse recent strategic gains the rebels have made in the northeast in their quest to topple President Bashar Assad.

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The new Syrian rebel military commander said he is "very afraid" a cornered Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons on his own people but the opposition does not have the means to seize and secure them.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-20 02:16:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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