In the dead of night, it's time for the unit to go back to Irbil, 70-minute flight over northeast Syria and northwest Iraq. There are virtually no ISIS Daesh jihadis Idlib, except lots of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, as al-Qaeda Syria, known inside Beltway as..…
By motivated and battle, The reason why al-Nusra Front has been able to defeat Turkey-backed militants appears to be that the ranks of al-Nusra Front have now been swelled-hardened jihadist deserters from Islamic State after the fall of the latter's caliphate Mosul Iraq and Raqqa Syria.. The US..…
Syria in Last 24 Hours: Tahrir Al-Sham Heavily Defeated by Army in Failed Attempt to Take Back Lost Regions in Hama . . ... Hama: Tahrir Al-Sham Heavily Defeated by Syrian Army in Failed Attempt to Take Back Lost Regions . . ..…
Hayat Tahrir ash-Sha’m. At one time known as al-Qaeda in Syria,[44] Hayat Tahrir ash-Sha’m split off from ISIS (and also from al-Qaeda) and is, aside from the ambiguous case of the Syrian Kurds, probably the largest of the remaining non-ISIS, anti-Assad factions. ... Clarke, “The..…
The five entities recommended for EPC designation include the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Taliban Afghanistan, al-Shabab Somalia, and new to the list this year, Houthis Yemen and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Syria... ..…
Maldives is home to one of the largest capita contingents of individuals who have traveled to fight alongside IS, Jabhat al-Nusra, and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham among others in both Iraq and Syria. ..…