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Jennifer Cafarella & Brian Fisher: Key Takeaway: ISIS
Jennifer Cafarella & Brian Fisher: Key Takeaway: ISIS Mobilizes in Northern and Central Syria: ISIS forces in northern and central Syria appe...

Jennifer Cafarella:Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria. The Islamic State
Jennifer Cafarella:Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is not the only Salafi-Jihadist threat emanating from Syria...

Dr. Kimberly Kagan President and Founder The Institute for the
Dr. Kimberly Kagan President and Founder The Institute for the Study of War American strategy in Iraq and Syria continues to suffer from a fatal flaw...

Coordination among the disparate anti-regime forces is more
Coordination among the disparate anti-regime forces is more effective in the Aleppo area thanks to control by the Islamic Front and the common threat ...

Increased Rebel Unity Threatens Assad in Damascus and Southern
Increased Rebel Unity Threatens Assad in Damascus and Southern Syria. By Theodore Bell Rebel gains in southern Syria and efforts to sever regime sup...

If ISIS conquers the border crossing, Aleppo is isolated, explains
If ISIS conquers the border crossing, Aleppo is isolated, explains Chapo Salah, the leader of the Kurdish Front. There would be no way out. In the Kur...

Journeyman Pictures. Battle for Syrias Courts:The escalating
Journeyman Pictures. Battle for Syrias Courts:The escalating struggle for control of Syrias legal system between moderate revolutionaries and Islamist...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sprang from a largely
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sprang from a largely self-funded, corporation-style prototype.Insurgent records suggest that the United States wi...

While the clandestine nature of IS’ leadership limits our
While the clandestine nature of IS’ leadership limits our ability to determine if it has the “right people,” at the helm, the fact they have ris...