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'''Al-Nusra Front''' (ANF), also known as '''Jabhat al-Nusra''' (JN), is the [[al-Qaeda]] franchise in [[Syria]] and one of the country's most powerful jihadi groups. | '''Al-Nusra Front''' (ANF), also known as '''Jabhat al-Nusra''' (JN), is the [[al-Qaeda]] franchise in [[Syria]] and one of the country's most powerful jihadi groups. | ||
| − | At the beginning of 2012, ANF was one amongst many Syrian jihadi groups fighting against the regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]] and striving to eventually establish a [[Sunni]] [[Islamic State]] in Syria. However, the impact of ISIS' Caliphate declaration in June 2014, a divisive move in the global jihadi community, cannot be underestimated in its effect on the tactics, organisation and rhetoric of its former ally [[Jabhat al-Nusra]]. | + | At the beginning of 2012, [[ANF]] was one amongst many Syrian jihadi groups fighting against the regime of [[Bashar al-Assad]] and striving to eventually establish a [[Sunni]] [[Islamic State]] in Syria. However, the impact of ISIS' Caliphate declaration in June 2014, a divisive move in the global jihadi community, cannot be underestimated in its effect on the tactics, organisation and rhetoric of its former ally [[Jabhat al-Nusra]]. |
[[JN]] was formed in 2011 as a Syrian vanguard of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI, formerly al-Qaeda in Iraq), when the group's emir [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], now leader of [[ISIS]], sent [[Abu Mohammad al-Julani]] to manage and bring together disparate jihadi groups in the region. The Syrian al-Julani, whose ''nom de guerre'' is a reference to the [[Golan Heights]], was at one point held at Camp Bucca in [[Iraq]] by the US military.<ref>[http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/religion-geopolitics/commentaries/backgrounder/what-jabhat-al-nusra "What is Jabhat al-Nusra?"]</ref> | [[JN]] was formed in 2011 as a Syrian vanguard of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI, formerly al-Qaeda in Iraq), when the group's emir [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], now leader of [[ISIS]], sent [[Abu Mohammad al-Julani]] to manage and bring together disparate jihadi groups in the region. The Syrian al-Julani, whose ''nom de guerre'' is a reference to the [[Golan Heights]], was at one point held at Camp Bucca in [[Iraq]] by the US military.<ref>[http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/religion-geopolitics/commentaries/backgrounder/what-jabhat-al-nusra "What is Jabhat al-Nusra?"]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 30 November 2015
Al-Nusra Front (ANF), also known as Jabhat al-Nusra (JN), is the al-Qaeda franchise in Syria and one of the country's most powerful jihadi groups.
At the beginning of 2012, ANF was one amongst many Syrian jihadi groups fighting against the regime of Bashar al-Assad and striving to eventually establish a Sunni Islamic State in Syria. However, the impact of ISIS' Caliphate declaration in June 2014, a divisive move in the global jihadi community, cannot be underestimated in its effect on the tactics, organisation and rhetoric of its former ally Jabhat al-Nusra.
JN was formed in 2011 as a Syrian vanguard of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI, formerly al-Qaeda in Iraq), when the group's emir Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, now leader of ISIS, sent Abu Mohammad al-Julani to manage and bring together disparate jihadi groups in the region. The Syrian al-Julani, whose nom de guerre is a reference to the Golan Heights, was at one point held at Camp Bucca in Iraq by the US military.[1]
