Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the biggest jihadist groups in Syria, has cut its ties with al Qaeda, and changed its name – is it just a PR exercise or does it signal big news for the troubled country?

Jabhat al-Nusra benefits from marketing itself as a moderate opposition group fighting the Assad regime. That way, it has an easier time recruiting people whose primary goal is ousting Assad, ...

Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it would henceforth be known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham — or Front for the Conquest of Syria — and said it no longer owes allegiance to al-Qaeda.

T he Nusra Front announced its split from al-Qaeda on July 28, with the group renaming itself Jabhat Fatah al-Sham. The move is being seen as a shrewd attempt to hide their militant ideology and ...

Jabhat al Nusra, translated variously as the Victory Front or the Support Front for the Syrian People, was founded in January 2012, almost a year after the first demonstrations against the ...

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Changing its name will not save Jabhat al-Nusra from being bombed, it will continue to be regarded as a terrorist organisation. It is not just Russia that considers al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s ...

Jabhat al-Nusra shares the same, minority-within-a-minority Salafi-Jihadist interpretation of Islam as ISIL, despises any and all sectarian groups outside of Syria’s majority Sunni community and ...

Analysts say move by Jabhat al-Nusra is attempt to prove itself as indispensable force to align with against Assad regime, Islamic State. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the biggest jihadist groups in Syria, has cut its ties with al Qaeda, and changed its name – is it just a PR exercise or does it signal big news for the troubled country?

Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the biggest jihadist groups in Syria, has cut its ties with al Qaeda, and changed its name – is it just a PR exercise or does it signal big news for the troubled country?

Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the biggest jihadist groups in Syria, has cut its ties with al Qaeda, and changed its name – is it just a PR exercise or does it signal big news for the troubled country?