Year: 2013

New video message from Himam News Agency: “Report 46: Jabhat al-Nuṣrah Securing Some Dialysis Machines For the Hospital of Modern Medicine – Dayr al-Zūr"

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NOTE: For previous parts in this video series see: #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7,
 #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.
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Check out my new ‘Policy Watch’ for the Washington Institute: "Foreign Jihadists in Syria: Tracking Recruitment Networks"

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The clandestine nature of the various networks responsible for sending Sunni fighters into Syria makes it difficult to ascertain exactly how many foreigners have entered the war and from which countries. Yet social-media sources affiliated with jihadists often post death notices for slain fighters, providing a unique, though incomplete, picture of where they are being recruited and where in Syria they fought. Tracking and analyzing these notices can help broaden Washington’s understanding of foreign recruitment networks, the largest of which appear to operate in Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia.

HOW MANY HAVE BEEN KILLED?

Since the Syrian uprising turned into an armed rebellion, jihadists have announced the deaths of more than 1,100 fighters on their Twitter and Facebook accounts and, to a lesser extent, on password-protected forums. Although other foreigners have been killed in Syria, their deaths were reported by non-jihadist rebels, Western media, or Arabic media and are not included in this assessment. The figures below also exclude foreigners who have fought on the Assad regime’s side.
To be sure, the information gleaned from jihadist sources is self-reported, and some data might therefore be suppressed for political reasons, especially reports of Iraqi involvement. That said, it still offers a worthwhile snapshot of an otherwise murky world.
The most striking revelation in the latest data is the huge rise in overall death notices. Previously, jihadist sources had posted only 85 such notices as of February 2013, and only 280 as of June. In other words, the vast majority of the more than 1,100 notices have come in the past half year.
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New statement from Jabhat al-Nuṣrah in Lebanon: "Targeting the Strongholds of Ḥizb Irānī With Ten Grad Rockets in the Hermel Region of Lebanon"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Jabhat al-Nuṣrah in Lebanon — “Targeting the Strongholds of Ḥizb Irānī With Ten Grad Rockets in the Hermel Region of Lebanon”
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New statement from Jabhat al-Nuṣrah: "Storming and Liberating the Two Towers Bimo and Syriatel in the Neighborhood of al-Rushdīyyah in Dayr al-Zūr"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Jabhat al-Nuṣrah — Storming and Liberating the Two Towers Bimo and Syriatel in the Neighborhood of al-Rushdīyyah in Dayr al-Zūr
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New release from Shamūkh al-Islām Forum: "Letter from a Prisoner in Fataḥ al-Islām in the Depths of the Rūmīyyah Prison"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shamūkh al-Islām Forum — “Letter from a Prisoner in Fataḥ al-Islām in the Depths of the Rūmīyyah Prison”
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al-I’tiṣām Media presents a new video message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #36"

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NOTE: For prior parts in this series see: #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.
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Check out my new ‘Insight’ for the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation: "Up to 11,000 Foreign Fighters in Syria; Steep Rise Among Western Europeans"

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Since ICSR published its first estimate in April, the issue of foreign fighters in Syria has become a major concern for Western governments. More reports have emerged since, though few have accurately gauged the full extent and evolution of the phenomenon.
This ICSR Insight provides an update of our April estimate, offering the most comprehensive and richly resourced account of the Syrian foreign fighter phenomenon from open sources. Based on more than 1,500 sources, we estimate that up to 11,000 individuals from 74 nations have become opposition fighters in Syria – nearly double our previous estimate. Among Western Europeans, the number has more than tripled from (up to) 600 in April to 1,900 now.
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al-Ma’sadat Media Foundation presents a new article from Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al-Ṭaḥāwī: "Letter to the Mujāhidīn Brothers in al-Shām"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al-Ṭaḥāwī — “Letter to the Mujāhidīn Brothers in al-Shām”
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