Road to the Caliphate: December 15-January 2

Primary Sources:

Jabhah al-Nuṣrah’s Dr. Sāmī al ‘Arīdī: “Wait Oh Dividers of the Mujāhidīn, Wait Oh Dividers of the Lovers”

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #35″

“Messages from the Land of Epic Battles #15″

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #36″

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #37″

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #38″

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #39″

“Series of the Life From the Words of the ‘Ulamā’ on the Project of the Islamic State #2: Usāmah Bin Lādin”

“Messages from the Land of Epic Battles #16″

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #40″

Account of the clashes between ISIS and Musab Bin Umayr Brigade (of Ahrar Al Sham) In Maskanah

Syria: Martyrs’ Square in Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham stronghold of Jarabulus, covered in snow

Islamic State Iraq and al-Sham running bus services from Raqqa to Ma’adan (Raqqa province) to al-Tabni (Deir az-Zor)

Secondary Sources:

Brown Moses Blog: The Factions of Abu Kamal

Syrian fighter defects to Qaeda-linked group – Features – Al Jazeera English

BBC News – Amnesty: Abuse rife in secret al-Qaeda jails in Syria

Supporters of ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Shaam’ run ironic Facebook group – emmejihad

How al-Qaeda Changed the Syrian War by Sarah Birke – The New York Review of Books