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The Campaign West of the Euphrates: Analysis of Turkish Army and Rebel Organizations’ Capture of Jarabulus (Initial assessment, morning of August 25, 2016)

On August 24, 2016, the city Jarabulus, located near the Turkish border, was captured from ISIS by Turkish army armored and special forces along with Syrian rebel organizations. From the Turkish perspective, the objective of the so-called Operation Euphrates Shield was to repel ISIS from proximity to its border and prevent the Kurdish forces from
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 18-24, 2016)

This week, the fighting in Syria was concentrated in and around the city of Aleppo and in the area west of the Euphrates River, near the Syrian-Turkish border In Aleppo, the rebel organizations (led by the Fateh al-Sham Front) managed to fend off attacks by the Syrian Army and maintain the logistical corridor in the
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 11-17, 2016)

The main event of the week was the liberation of the city of Manbij, west of the Euphrates River, near the Syrian-Turkish border. In the Aleppo region, the Syrian forces, with Russian air support, failed in their attempt to retake the logistics corridor that the rebel organizations had managed to open in the southern part
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Spotlight on Iran* (July 31 – August 14, 2016)

At least six Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) fighters and one regular army officer were killed during the past two weeks battling Syrian rebels in the Aleppo region. Qasem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC’s Qods Force praised the brigade, which so far has lost about 400 of its fighters in combat in Syria. A delegation
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 4-10, 2016)

The main event of the week was the successful lifting of the siege on the city of Aleppo by the rebel organizations with which the Fateh al-Sham Front (formerly the Al-Nusra Front) collaborates. The Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are gradually completing the takeover of the city of Manbij, west of the Euphrates River, near
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The establishment of the Fateh al-Sham Front in place of the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria: reasons and implications

On July 28, 2016, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, leader of the Al-Nusra Front (Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria), appeared on Al-Jazeera TV and announced the establishment of a new framework called the Fateh al-Sham Front (the Victory in Al-Sham Front). The newly established framework will replace the Al-Nusra Front. Al-Julani’s announcement was preceded by an announcement of
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