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Syria: Al-Nusra Breaks from Al-Qaeda’s Global Leadership

HeadlineJul 29, 2016

Meanwhile, al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch has announced it has broken with al-Qaeda’s global leadership. The Nusra Front controls significant portions of northern Syria. It is listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S., but weapons funneled to rebels by the U.S. and its allies have routinely fallen into the hands of the group.

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