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| Resilient insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham to play bigger role in Syria |
| 2015-09-23 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] When an kaboom killed almost all of its leaders in a single blow last year, many thought it was the end for Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... , a powerful Syrian holy warrior group founded by members loyal to al Qaeda. But the group immediately re-emerged stronger. It replaced its leader and chose new military commanders. A few months later, it joined a coalition of holy warrior groups that seized the city of Idlib with at least 2,000 fighters, making it the most influential group in the Fatah Army (Army of Conquest), which includes al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front. |
| Posted by:Fred |