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Al-Nusra, ISIS jihadists entered Germany posing as refugees - report
Several dozen Syrian extremists linked to both al-Nusra Front and ISIS, who committed "numerous massacres" of civilians and captives, have sought asylum in Germany, Der Spiegel reports.
How did al-Qaeda capture Idlib?
Syrian lands across from Turkey's Cilvegözü border gate is being controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has roots in al-Qaeda.
How did this happen?
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Syrian rebels to pull out of Lebanon border enclave
Fighters from Saraya Ahl al-Sham, a Syrian rebel group, will start on Aug. 12 to pull out of an enclave in Lebanon on the border with Syria along with some civilians, the head of Lebanon's General Security said on Aug. 11.
Turkey takes extra measures on Syria border over Idlib
Turkey has been taking additional measures along 150 kilometers of the Syrian border following recent developments in Idlib, control of which has passed to extremist groups, amid concerns that a military operation by Russia and the Syrian regime targeting jihadists could cause further humanitarian and security difficulties for Turkey.
Turkey limiting crossings at southern border due to 'capture by terror group,' says minister
Turkey has limited cross-border movements at its Cilvegözü crossing on the Syrian border because the area "has been taken by a group that we consider a terrorist group," Customs Minister Bülent Tüfenkci stated on Aug. 10.
Heaviest clashes for months hit Syria's Hama province
The heaviest fighting and shelling for months hit Hama province in northern Syria on Aug. 4, a war monitor said, but there were diverging accounts of how the battle started.
US official warns of sitiaution in Idlib
The United States warned a takeover of rebel-held northwestern Idlib province by Syrian jihadists linked to a former al-Qaeda affiliate would have grave consequences and make it difficult to dissuade Russia from renewing bombing that recently stopped.
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Two NATO allies accusing each other of helping terrorists
Turkey and the U.S., Ankara's biggest ally in the Western defense organization NATO, are embroiled in a new row over the Syrian civil war and are publically accusing each other of helping terrorists.
169 killed in rebel infighting near Damascus, says monitor
A week of infighting killed nearly 169 people in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region outside Syria's capital Damascus before calm returned on May 5, a monitor said.
The clashes erupted on April 28 between the powerful Army of Islam faction and the former al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front, along with ally Faylaq al-Rahman.