Syria: Al-Nusra Front militants seize stronghold of Syria Revolutionaries Front rebels in Idlib region
Islamist militants affiliated to Al Qaeda seized the last remaining stronghold of Western-backed rebels in Syria’s northwest province of Idlib yesterday after days of fighting, rebels and a monitoring group said.
Backed by other hardline Islamist groups, the Nusra Front are waging a major military campaign against the Syria Revolutionaries’ Front led by Jamal Maarouf, a key figure in the armed opposition to President Bashar Al Assad, after accusing him of being corrupt and working for the West against them.
The Nusra Front is Al Qaeda’s official affiliate in the Syrian civil war and was once one of the strongest insurgent groups fighting to topple Assad. But it has been overshadowed by the Islamic State, which has seized swathes of northern and eastern Syria and is now being targeted by US-led air strikes.
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