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Al-Nusra Front
Sign in to saveAlso known as al-Qaeda in Syria, al-Qaeda in the Levant, JN, JaN, al-Nusrah Front, Jabhah Fath Sham
Syrian islamist organization
Al-Nusra Front is a Syrian Islamist militant organization that emerged during Syria's civil war. It has been designated as a terrorist group by several countries and international organizations, making it a significant factor in Syria's ongoing conflict and regional security concerns.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- terrorist organization
- Part of
- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
- Official name
- جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام من مجاهدي الشام في ساحات الجهاد
- Country
- Syria
- Founded by
- Ahmed al-Sharaa
- Chairperson
- Ahmed al-Sharaa
- Conflict
- Syrian civil war
- Political ideology
- Salafi jihadism
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- inception
- 2012-01-23
- native label
- جبهة فتح الشام
- topic's main category
- Category:Al-Nusra Front
- operating area
- Lebanon
- designated as terrorist by
- Russia
- member count
- 5000
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2017-01-28
- Commons category
- Jabhat al-Nusra
- enemy
- Syrian Armed Forces
- merged into
- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
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Encyclopedic overview
Jabhat Al-Nusra, also referred to as Al-Nusra Front and later known as Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham was a Sunni Islamist organization that fought against Ba'athist regime forces in the Syrian Civil War. Its aim was to overthrow president Bashar Al-Assad and establish an Islamic state ruled by Sharia in Syria.
Formed in 2012, in November of that year The Washington Post described Al-Nusra as "the most aggressive and successful" of the rebel forces. While secular and pro-democratic rebel groups of the Syrian Revolution such as the Free Syrian Army were focused on ending the decades-long reign of the Assad family, Al-Nusra Front also sought the unification of Islamist forces in a post-Assad Syria, anticipating a new stage of the civil war. It denounced the international assistance in support of the Syrian opposition as "imperialism"; viewing it as a long-term threat to its Islamist goals in Syria.
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