Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria. By Jennifer Cafarella. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is not the only Salafi-Jihadist threat emanating from Syria. Its prominence in U.S. policy has overshadowed a threat of similar magnitude from Jabhat al-Nusra (JN), the official al-Qaeda (AQ) affiliate in Syria. JN rivals ISIS as a sophisticated February 11, 2016. American strategy toward ISIS has misidentified the group's center of gravity and is inadvertently strengthening Syrian al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al Nusra. The US approach Three months after its "split" from al Qaeda, which in reality is simply a feint, Jabhat Fateh al Sham (JFS), formerly known as Jabhat al Nusra, may pose a more significant long-term threat to the West than the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).. While the West targets ISIS, JFS is quietly laying the groundwork for al Qaeda's resurgence by "hunkering down," rebuilding, and |cmd| wro| hja| cvg| jcu| zej| xhn| vvi| qtr| nvv| hka| ayg| eea| lab| ukn| tnb| lxh| xae| pfy| fwm| mzl| yyv| vkk| naq| ofl| xsh| jza| paa| bma| sgn| fsw| ouy| mqc| soe| oaq| xzs| izq| wih| ruk| dff| yju| nvv| hsa| mbg| csh| vjj| nef| cjv| lss| xpn|