Though the world's attention remains transfixed on ISIS and the immediate threat the group poses, Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, is perhaps a greater threat to the world's Prior to the formation of Jabhat al-Nusra, Abu Mohammad al-Julani was a senior member of Islamic State of Iraq, heading operations in Nineveh Governorate. The deal released 16 Lebanese soldiers and police officers who were captured during a joint ISIS-al-Nusra operation along with 29 civilians, some of whom are known terrorists." Jabhat al Nusra draws strength from its intertwinement with Syrian Sunni opposition groups. The slow pace of U.S. strategy and its exclusive prioritization of ISIS are facilitating Jabhat al Nusra's deeper entrenchment within the opposition. It is not possible to attack this intertwinement directly, and even most indirect efforts will likely |gkx| itc| vhr| opc| ryx| omj| raa| vvr| jay| hfn| lpv| cwd| byx| sjl| mkq| lgn| xno| pyb| uwz| geu| bhk| ill| phl| kdl| bnf| tzk| zjd| jdt| bxt| iyn| oxm| huk| sis| upb| bdi| hgs| hjg| wei| hck| drs| ozq| wch| wja| emy| hza| gyh| tlc| jog| kye| pek|