Road to the Caliphate: September 30-October 7, 2013

Primary Sources:

Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al ‘Adnānī al-Shāmī: “May God Be With You, Oh the Oppressed State”

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #13″

Photo of an Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham road sign in Raqqa

Photo of Syrian schoolgirls with Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham banner and famous ISIS schoolbag

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham opens a clinic in the town of Azaz

ISIS’ Maktab al-Ighatha is distributing ISIS-branded food boxes to civilians in Aleppo, Syria

Syria: Statement from ISIS local commander in Idlib on events in Hazano

Syria: Photo of an Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham public execution of an Alawite soldier

Entrance to al-Bab

Secondary Sources:

Syria: massacre reports emerge from Assad’s Alawite heartland – The Guardian

Qaeda tells Syria schoolgirls to wear Islamic clothes: NGO – Yahoo News

Qaeda Branch in Syria Pursues Its Own Agenda – NYTimes

Al Qaeda-linked group advances on Syrian rebels near Turkey _ Reuters

Al Qaeda’s affiliates continue joint operations in Syria – The Long War Journal

Rebel Feuding in Syria Affects Northern Border Town – NYTimes

Watching Syrian Rebels Fight Among Themselves for the City of Raqqa – VICE

‘Everyone Is Scared of ISIS.’ – Foreign Policy

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