al-nusra

In other news in May 30th Al-Qaeda's Jabhat Al-Nusra members were arrested in Turkey possessing Sarin Gas.

He also mentioned that al-Nusra would not target the country's Alawite minority, despite their support for the Assad regime.

The rebels are led by a rebranding of al-Nusra Front which is widely designated as an islamist terrorist organization.

No amount of perception will let you see the financing of Al-Quida or Al-Nusra soldiers.

He formally broke his affiliation with Al Qaeda when Ayman al-Zawahiri condemned ISI wanting to merge with groups in Syria (Jabhat al-Nusra in particular).

And look at Syria: the current president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (better known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani), used to lead HTS and before that Jabhat al-Nusra—both tied to al-Qaeda.

Above: Syria's Al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra.

The Daraya Massacre is what ended the prospect of a negotiated end to the Syrian Civil War, and radicalized a significant wave of Sunni FSA fighters to join Jabhat al-Nusra and the then fledgling Daesh.

In this conflict Qatar isn't supporting the genocidal and unrepentant RSF, but previously in Syria it was Qatar that backed the hardliners in Jabhat al-Nusra who committed similar atrocities that the RSF are doing except on Druze, Alawites, and Shia.

Iran's continued support for Assad, the Houthis, Hezbollah (especially after their massacre of Syrian Sunnis in 2013 which lead to Jabhat Al-Nusra), and their backing of Nouri Al-Maliki's sectarian government leading to Iraq collapsing into civil war again showed Iran was negotiating with the Obama administration in bad faith.

"JN" here stands for "Jabhat al-Nusra", an al-Qaeda-affiliated organization operating in Syria.

- "He also mentioned that al-Nusra would not target the country's Alawite minority, despite their support for the Assad regime" In the past, al-Julani (or al-Golani) has explicitly demanded Alawites convert to Sunni Islam, - "But any Allawite considering taking advantage of Golami’s kind offer must meet certain conditions.