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Al-Qaeda in Syria Preparing For Possible Post Assad Era

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Al-Nusra front aka Jabhat Al-Nusra, the official branch of Al-Qaeda central in Syria is striving for strength, to make sure that Syria becomes a strong base of Al-Qaeda in the post-Assad era. Al-Nusra Front knows that ISIS is not the only competitor. The Al-Qaeda’s strategy in Syria shows they are more inclined towards propaganda, such as holding Shariah classes in Idlib and struggling hard to Islamize Free Syrian Army factions. Before launching attack on Jamal Marouf and his men, Al-Nusra Front remained silent for a long time and continued holding Shariah classes and distributing Islamic literature.</div>
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Al-Nusra Front strong relations with the rest of Islamist groups such as Ahrar Al-Sham, Sayfullah’s group, Jaish ul Muhajireen wal-Ansar (Chechens in Syria) and Jundul Aqsa sometimes show they are all ideologically one single Front. The groups who remained neutral in the battle between ISIS and non-ISIS Islamists are also joining Al-Nusra Front battle against ISIS especially after ISIS intensified their assault on Aleppo.</div>
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It’s more alarming for ISIS and the western world that Islamists from Afghanistan, East Turkestan, Maldives, and Turkey are joining Al-Nusra Front alliance. Fighters from Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) also fought side by side with Al-Nusra Front in the battle of Ariha (Idlib) and lost approx 20 of their fighters. The recent bombardments by US coalition on Al-Nusra bases also showed they too have a large number of non-Syrian fighters when it killed fighters from Turkey. Though Al-Nusra Front doesn’t show up their foreign fighters until they are killed and an eulogy video is needed.</div>
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Last days Al-Nusra Front and Jundul Aqsa raided FSA’s police station and shut it down for allegedly harassing locals of Idlib. Pro Al-Nusra sources said that locals filed many complaints to Al-Nusra Front against Free Syrian Police station. The silence of FSA on this matter also indicates they are not in a state of messing with Al-Nusra Front at this time when their relations with YPG are also disturbed.</div>
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Al-Nusra Front ‘ll take advantage of this quarrel between FSA and YPG. Twitter activist @archicivilians reported on 11 July 2015 that clashes took place between FSA and Kurd militias YPG in Aleppo and FSA was backed by Al-Nusra Front and Islamic Front factions. Another activist @IbnNabih1 said that the clashes were light ones and they’ve ended now. No YPG advances. In any such battle, Al-Nusra Front will gain benefit ideologically and on the ground as well. Though FSA and YPG fought together against ISIS in Tal abyad (Raqqah town bordering Turkey) and have good relations on many fronts but YPG alleged ethnic war crimes against the Arab population may dismantle any bond of alliance between YPG and FSA and can escalate war between the two anytime.</div>
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The analysts who predicted Al-Nusra Front possible defection from Al-Qaeda were also proved wrong after Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani (Leader of Al-Nusra Front) gave interview to Al-Jazeera. Thou he mentioned he would not use Syrian land to launch attacks on western powers but it might be considered that Al-Nusra Front is a wing of Al-Qaeda specified to work inside Syria exclusively and may have other units for the globalization of Jihad. Al-Nusra Front is now considered the second strongest branch of Al-Qaeda after AQAP of Yemen being on the top.  The possibility of Al-Nusra Front becoming the rulers of Syria in Post-Assad era is considered a serious threat by Alawaites, Hezbollah, and Iran. Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani said to Al-Jazeera, he would not attack Alawites who comes back to Islam, most likely it means if they don’t they would pay Jizya or Islamic tax to the possible Islamic authorities led by Al-Nusra Front. This is a critical situation for the minorities, especially the Shia sect and therefore Iran‘ll do its best to prevent any takeover of Islamists.</div>
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One can now say that Al-Nusra Front and other Islamist groups are the main players in Syrian unrest. The possibility of Al-Qaeda central (Afghanistan) additional assistance to Al-Nusra Front is also interesting, as some pro Al-Nusra twitters suggests that Ayman Al-Zawahiri might leave for Syria to lead the show by himself. On one side, Al-Nusra Front are striving hard for military power and at the same time spreading propaganda literature, holding Shariah classes and other Islamic activities, for a complete Islamization of Syria.<br />By: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PashtunBro" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ahmet Pashtun</a></div>

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Website of Senate Of Pakistan hacked by Tunisian hackers

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Tunisian hackers hacked the official Senate Of Pakistan website.Tunisian hackers also uploaded the anti-Western video on the website in which a young girl telling the story of cruelty helding on Palestine,Afghanistan and Iraq from the western side.This video also says that America wants economic power not democracy and for this purpose America is shedding the blood of innocent souls.America promotes justice but it neither provides justice nor peace in the world.<br />
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On the other hand,Pakistani Hackers Crew saved the website of Senate Of Pakistan and it will restored soon.

Website of Senate Of Pakistan hacked by Tunisian hackers

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Good news for selfie lovers;selfie shoes arrived

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<b>New York:</b>To make the capturing of selfie easy,new and modern selfie shoes instead of selfie stick has arrived in the markets.These shoes will work as wearing as well as to take selfies easily.The only thing you have to do first is that buy it,make a pose,put your smartphone in a specific place in these shoes and take the selfie and enjoy it!<br />
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These shoes are available in different colours with an introductory price of 200$.

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Cook your food and charge your mobile with modern stoves

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<b>New York:</b>America has prepared a modern stove by which you can cook food easily as well as you can charge your smartphone with this modern stove.This hand-sizes stove needs a gas to be used in making food.A device is installed with this stove which converts heat energy produced during cooking to electrical energy.This electrical energy then used to charge a smartphone.<br />
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People believes that this modern technology would be the great technology of the decade.Whether you have an android smartphone or an iPhone,you can charge your mobile whenever you want to cook anything with this modern stove.

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Clashes going on near Syrian military airport

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Intense clashes going on near Abu Zahoor military air base located in Idlib province in Syria.An ALQAEDA linked terrorist organisation named as Jabhat an Nusra,is trying to surround this air base with the help of many other militant groups.Another city named as Tal Samoo is also taken from SAA by JN before reaching this airbase.A day before Syrian aircraft also bombarded this city.No human losses were known till now<br />
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Islamic State 'recruiting Afghan fighters(Analysis from CNN)

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The first concrete evidence has emerged of attempts to recruit fighters in Afghanistan for the so-called Islamic State (IS).</div>
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A former Taliban commander in Helmand province, Mullah Abdul Rauf, has declared his allegiance to IS.</div>
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An elder from the Sangin district, Sayeduddin Sanginwal, told the BBC that the new group had fought with the Taliban after replacing white Taliban flags with the black flags of IS.</div>
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He said about 20 people from both sides had been killed and injured.</div>
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The deputy commander of the Afghan army unit responsible for the area, General Mahmood, confirmed that he had received reports of the new group within the past few days.</div>
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He said they were trying to win support for the IS cause, and they were "preparing to fight".</div>
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The leader of the new movement, Mullah Abdul Rauf, was a former senior Taliban commander who spent six years in Guantanamo Bay after being captured by US forces in 2001.</div>
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<img alt="The Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Omar" height="351" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80217000/jpg/_80217624_80217623.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">The Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, has not been seen in public in years</span></div>
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<img alt="The IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi" height="351" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80217000/jpg/_80217771_024668329-1.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Some of his followers have reportedly shifted allegiance to the IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</span></div>
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There had been reports that he had fallen out with the leader of the movement Mullah Omar.</div>
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Rauf is a distant relative of the Governor of Nimruz province, Amir Mohammed, who said that the commander had lost a leg before being taken to Guantanamo.</div>
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The governor said that IS had already attempted to recruit people in Farah, another south-western province, but had been driven out by local people with the help of the police.</div>
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He said they were all the same: "Once they fought under al-Qaeda name, then as Taliban, and now IS, they are the same people with the same programmes."</div>
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In another sign that the Taliban are facing internal challenges, a former spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban has appeared in a video online, saying that there were several IS commanders operating, and that the Pakistani Taliban were now allied to the movement.</div>
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There is no independent verification of this claim, but the video had images of several commanders across Afghanistan who were also said to be now backing IS.</div>
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In the video they claim to have shifted their allegiance from the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, to the IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.</div>
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This represents the first serious challenge to the coherence of the Taliban leadership for many years.</div>
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<img alt="Afghan tribal elders at a ceremony at Camp Bastion" height="351" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80214000/jpg/_80214750_afghantwo.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; position: relative;" width="624" /><span style="display: block; width: 624px;">Elders who have seen years of civil war are aghast to see the rise of Islamic State</span></div>
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Omar has not been seen in public since 2001.</div>
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His fighters have continued their assault on Afghan military targets, even after the end of foreign combat operations at the end of 2014. And despite sustaining very heavy casualties, particularly among the police, Afghan forces have held their ground.</div>
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A major ceremonial event has been held in the headquarters of the military garrison in Helmand province to tell political leaders that the Afghan forces are now in control.</div>
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Huge areas of the base, called Camp Bastion by British forces, are now deserted as Afghan forces occupy only a small part of it.</div>
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Commanders say that the fighting season has gone on through an unseasonably dry and mild winter in Afghanistan - but if IS does succeed in infiltrating Afghanistan, the nature of the war will change.</div>
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Elders who came into the base to witness the show of military strength said that they had seen the Russians come and go, and now the British and Americans, but they hoped that Islamic State would not come.</div>
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There are also accounts that a group called Khorasan has been attempting to recruit fighters in Wardak province.</div>
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Khorasan is an old name for Afghanistan, and is a word that carried mythical overtones for some Muslims after an ancient prophecy that black flags would once again fly in Khorasan before the end of the world.</div>
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The US said that an air strike near Aleppo in Syria last September was on a base used by a previously unknown group also called Khorasan.</div>
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This group was allied to Islamic State, but it is not clear if there is any connection with the attempts to win support for Khorasan in Afghanistan.</div>
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This all appears to mean that the Afghan conflict is entering a new and unstable phase.</div>
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There have been more direct suicide attacks recently on civilians - including a volleyball game - which had not been Taliban targets in the past.</div>
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If Mullah Omar is losing his grip and Islamic State has infiltrated the country, then it will represent the biggest challenge yet to the new government of President Ashraf Ghani, who has only now announced a cabinet after more than three months in office.</div>

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Suicide attack kills three Libyan soldiers

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BENGHAZI (AFP) - Three Libyan soldiers were killed and four others wounded Tuesday in a suicide car bomb attack on a road checkpoint west of the embattled city of Benghazi, a military official said.</div>
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The official said an attacker drove an explosives-laden car into the checkpoint, located about 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Benghazi on the road to Ajdabiya.</div>

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