The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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Al Qaeda front group claims success in key Syrian town Posted: 05 Nov 2015 05:29 AM PST Jund al Aqsa, an al Qaeda front group, claims to have seized all or parts of Morek, a key town that sits on a major highway connecting Aleppo and Hama. In October, Jund al Aqsa broke with the Jaysh al Fateh coalition, which was co-founded by Al Nusrah Front, but the organization remains loyal to al Qaeda.

Senior IRGC officers killed during fighting in Syria Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:23 AM PST A brigadier general and a colonel from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed while fighting jihadists and rebels. Nine other IRGC members, including two lower-level officers, were also killed in Syria over the past three weeks.