Al-Nusra Front - Wikipedia
WEBAl-Nusra Front, [a] also known as Front for the Conquest of the Levant, [b] was a Salafi jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War. Its aim was to overthrow president Bashar al-Assad and establish an Islamic state ruled by Sharia law in Syria. [36]
National Counterterrorism Center | Groups - DNI
WEBAn al-Nusrah Front attack in May 2014—the first known suicide bombing by an American in Syria—targeted regime personnel, highlighting the involvement of US persons in the conflict.
Al-Nusra Front (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) - Counter Extremism …
WEBAl-Nusra Front is an internationally sanctioned terrorist group, one of the strongest insurgent groups in Syria, and a formerly open al-Qaeda affiliate that seeks to replace the Assad regime in Syria with an Islamic state.
Profile: Syria's al-Nusra Front - BBC News
WEBApr 10, 2013 · A profile of the shadowy al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda linked jihadist group in Syria which says it is behind many of the country's bombings.
Al Nusra Front: Syria’s Top Islamist Militia | Wilson Center
WEBJan 9, 2013 · On January 8, the Quilliam Foundation released a new strategic briefing on the Al Nusra Front (Jabhat al Nusra), a powerful rebel group fighting the Syrian regime. The report warned that the hard-line Islamist group is linked to al Qaeda, seeks to create a new jihadist umbrella movement in Syria and ultimately create a caliphate.
The Nusra Front: Al Qaeda’s Affiliate in Syria - Wilson Center
WEBJun 17, 2016 · The Nusra Front, which emerged in 2012, is a Sunni extremist movement based in Syria. It is the third iteration of al Qaeda’s branch in the Levant. Its ideology is rooted in the same doctrine; it has pledged allegiance to Ayman Zawahiri, the successor to Osama bin Laden.
What drove Syria's Nusra Front to detach itself from al-Qaeda?
WEBJul 29, 2016 · Syrian jihadists Jabhat al-Nusra's decision to detach itself from al-Qaeda could end up strengthening the group, says David Roberts of King's College, London.
Bombing kills co-founder of Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group, …
WEBApr 4, 2024 · Al-Qahtani co-founded the Nusra Front in Syria, a militant group that later renamed itself Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and claimed it had severed ties with al-Qaida. The conflicting accounts could not immediately be reconciled.
What's in a Name? The Rebranding of the Nusra Front | RAND
WEBAug 8, 2016 · One possible obstacle to this rebel coalition was the Nusra Front's link to al Qaeda, which other groups fear would make them targets of U.S. and Russian bombing and interfere with the funding they receive from Gulf nations.
WEBIn the 1980s and 1990s, following the Hama massacres in 1982, the Syrian regime succeeded in curbing the presence of activist Islamism and Jihadists, a feat attributed primarily to the oppressive and coercive measures taken against Islamists, especially the Muslim Brotherhood.
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