Publication
7 Aug 2016
This Insight discusses why Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda affiliated group fighting in Syria, renamed itself Jabhat Fateh a-Sham (Front for the Conquest of Syria). The rebranding may or may not be attributable to the internal tensions generated by the group’s dual identity as an Islamic-Syrian resistance organization and a Salafi jihadist enterprise. In any case, the text’s author ultimately concludes that this Salafi-jihadist “leopard” inside Syria and elsewhere has most likely not changed its spots.
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Author | Yoram Schweitzer |
Series | INSS Insights |
Issue | 843 |
Publisher | Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) |
Copyright | © 2016 INSS |