Road to the Caliphate: January 3-15

Primary Sources:

“About the Recent Events in Aleppo Governorate”

“Important Appeal”

Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al ‘Adnānī: “The Scout Doesn’t Lie To His People”

“A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #41″

Abū al-Ḥasan al-Azdī: “Commander al-Jawlānī: Between Advice and Being Led Astray”

 “A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #42″

Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī: “About What Is Going On From the Fighting Between the [Islamic] State and the Mujāhidīn of al-Shām”

Jabhat al-Nuṣrah: “In Response to the Recognition of the [Islamic] State Killing Abū Sa’d al-Ḥaḍramī, Amīr in al-Raqqah”

Ahrar al Sham and ISIS have reached an agreement in Maskanah: Abu Khalid al Suri and Umar Shishani

Al-Bab – A demonstration calling for the departure of the Iraq and al-Sham organization from the city

Agreement between ISIS, Ahrar al-Sham and Suqur al-Sham in Idlib and Hama provinces

An Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham bulldozer demolishes a Sufi shrine in Aleppo province

ISIS public dawah in front of TOEFL courses in Raqqah

ISIS opens school for women in Wilayah Raqqah

ISIS training camp in Raqqah

You are now entering ISIS-controlled Jarabulus, 2014

Islamic State of Iraq and a-Sham key-rings now in mass production in Raqqa

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham publication distributed in Raqqa on appropriate hijab for women

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham establishes Qur’an memorization circles for students in Salwa, Idlib

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham street mural in Aleppo

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham banner on high over energy station in Deir al-Zour province

Car belonging to the men of Hisbah from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham

Entrance to Raqqa province by highway marked by a welcome sign from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham

Aftermath of an Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham car bomb at the site of tomb of Ammar bin Yasir in Raqqa

What Islamic Front did to the famous Sharia Court in al-Dana

Clans: al-‘Amur and the Mawali clans pledge allegiance to the Islamic State

Secondary Sources:

Rebel Infighting Spreads to an Eastern Syrian City – NYTimes

Pushing Back Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant_ The Syria Revolutionaries’ Front and the Mujahideen Army – Syria in Crisis

Al Qaeda affiliate pull out of northern Syria strongholds – Reuters

Pushing Back Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: The Islamic Front – Syria in Crisis – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Al Qaeda group fights back against Syria rebel assault – Reuters

New ISIS Leaks Reveal Particulars of al-Qaida Strategy – Syria Comment

Al Qaeda Syria unit executes dozens of rival Islamists -activists

BBC News – Syria rebels capture ISIS headquarters in Aleppo

Al-Qaida-Linked Group Secures Hold on Syrian City – NYTimes.com

Syria Rebels Turn Against Most Radical Group Tied to Al Qaeda – NYTimes

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