Al-Nusra chief in Syria announces break with Qaeda
Source: AFP
Beirut (AFP) - The head of Al-Nusra Front in Syria said his jihadist group was breaking ties with Al-Qaeda and changing its name, in remarks broadcast Thursday by Al-Jazeera.
Abu Mohamad al-Jolani said Al-Nusra would change its name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Conquest of Syria in Arabic) and expressed his gratitude to the "commanders of Al-Qaeda for having understood the need to break ties".
In a rare televised message, Jolani said the new group "will have no links whatsoever with foreign parties".
The announcement came a week after US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said they had agreed on "concrete steps" to save a failing Syria truce and tackle jihadist groups like Al-Nusra and the Islamic State group.
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uawchild
(2,208 posts)"The head of Al-Nusra Front in Syria said his jihadist group was breaking ties with Al-Qaeda and changing its name, in remarks broadcast Thursday by Al-Jazeera."
lol
So they are no longer Islamist terrorists because they re-branded?
What are they now, NEW Al-Nusra front? The bad guys were CLASSIC Al-Nusra front?
Pardon me while I laugh.
lol
newthinking
(3,982 posts)newthinking
(3,982 posts)They are still a jihadist terrorist group. We should not fall for this.
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Nitram
(22,985 posts)People's Judean Front vs the Judean People's Front