Helsinki Meeting Does Little to Clarify America’s Syria Policy – By Joshua Landis 

Fawj Maghawir al-Badiya: A Military Intelligence Branch Militia

Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa: History, Analysis & Interview

The Dawn of Freedom Brigades: Analysis and Interview

The Factions of Raqqa Province

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

“Al-Qaeda’s Governance Strategy in Raqqa,” by Chris Looney

Oil Wars—Nusra’s Expanding Reach—Syrian Taliban

Islamic State Declared in Syria