Syria - Who are Jabhat al-Nusra? - Truthloader

A lot of the graphic footage coming out of Syria has been associated with extremist opposition groups but the name that has cropped up the most is Jabhat al-Nusra. But who are the secretive jihadists? Where do they come from and what links to they have with al Qaeda, Iraq and what have they got to do with The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham?

Here are some useful links if you want to find out more:

Brown Moses blog: http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/
Iraq and al-Sham: http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/201...
Jabhat al-Nusra: http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/wp/...
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi's guest blog: http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/201...
The Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra...

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