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Beirut (AFP) - A Syrian rebel group operating around Damascus has executed 18 alleged members of the Islamic State group in a video mimicking the extremist organisation's own productions. The video, which emerged overnight, shows fighters from Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) wearing the orange prison clothes that IS victims often sport. The IS prisoners however are wearing black clothes and chained together wearing ankle and hand shackles with metal balls attached.

A Northern Ireland man who says he fought against the Islamic State group in Syria appeared in court Saturday charged with terrorism offenses. Eamon Bradley of Londonderry is charged with possessing a grenade and receiving training in arms and explosives. A police officer told the court that the 25-year-old convert to Islam traveled to Syria earlier this year and joined the Army of Islam, a group fighting both the Syrian government and IS. He says he took part in two battles against the regime and one against the Islamic State group. …

Iraqi Salafi sources affirm that differences erupted last week in several areas of Al-Anbar province in western Iraq among groups belonging to Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia. These differences intervened after the Iraqi Jihadi groups had picked a new leader. The move confirmed previous reports that Iraqi militants of Al-Qaeda were still contesting the leadership of Abu Hamza Al-Muhajer or Egyptian-born Abu Ayyub Al-Masri. According to these reports, Iraqi Salafi groups, including Jaysh Al-Islam (Army of Al-Islam) support Abu Osama Al-Iraqi. Iraqi leaders of the tribes Al-Shammari, Al-Dulaimi and Al-Jibouri also support him. However, this will not be the end of the...