Al-Nusra Front
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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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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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