Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the biggest jihadist groups in Syria, has cut its ties with al Qaeda, and changed its name – is it just a PR exercise or does it signal big news for the troubled country?

Jabhat al-Nusra shares the same, minority-within-a-minority Salafi-Jihadist interpretation of Islam as ISIL, despises any and all sectarian groups outside of Syria’s majority Sunni community and ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will no longer be designated as a terrorist group, months after the group swept to power in Syria.

Jabhat al Nusra is a core component of the al Qaeda network and probably poses the most dangerous threat to the U.S. from al Qaeda in the coming years.

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Jabhat al-Nusra benefits from marketing itself as a moderate opposition group fighting the Assad regime. That way, it has an easier time recruiting people whose primary goal is ousting Assad, ...

One of the men behind a series of jihadist attacks inside Syria tells Ruth Sherlock about their battle to overthrow President Assad. Jabhat al-Nusra's car bomb attacks are reaching areas as Qazaz ...

Syria's Al Qaeda Gang Wars Between Jabhat Al-Nusra and ISIS. The power-hungry leader of a jihadists rebel group in Syria has riled up his fellow extremists—and they're turning their guns on each ...

Jordanian views of Jabhat al-Nusra, however, appear to have grown more positive. In December 2014, 37 percent of respondents felt the movement was a threat to regional security and stability.

November 30, 2015 Topic: Security Region: Middle East. Tags: Syria Al Qaeda Jabhat Al-Nusra Terrorism Syrian Civil War. Jabhat al-Nusra: Syria’s Other Menace.