Al-Nusra-Chef bietet drei Millionen Euro für Assads Ermordung

TAGES ANZEIGER: Auf den syrischen Präsidenten Baschar al-Assad hat die islamistische Al-Nusra-Front ein Kopfgeld ausgesetzt.

Die islamistische Al-Nusra-Front, syrischer Ableger des sunnitischen Al-Kaida-Netzwerks, hat auf die Tötung des syrischen Präsidenten Baschar al-Assad eine Belohnung von 3 Millionen Euro (rund 3,3 Millionen [Schweizer] Franken) ausgesetzt. » | Dienstag, 13. Oktober 2015

US-trained Syria Rebels Gave Weapons to Al-Nusra Islamists, Pentagon Confirms

The U.S. military has revealed that American -trained Syrian rebels surrendered equipment to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in exchange for safe passage. They handed over pick-up trucks and ammunition. A spokesman for the military described the move as "very concerning".

Senior Al-Qaeda Jihadist Speaks Out In Defence Of Peter Kassig

Peter Kassig had founded his own relief group, delivering
medical aid in conflict zones

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Abu Omar Aqidi, a prominent member of Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaeda linked Syria group, recalls being treated by Peter Kassig for a shrapnel wound

A senior al-Qaeda jihadist has spoken out in defence of a Western hostage slated as the next to be beheaded by the rival extremists Isil in Syria.

Abdul-Rahman Kassig, the American Muslim convert and aid worker formerly known as Peter, has been named by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as the next victim in their series of videoed murders of British and American captives.

Isil members warned on Twitter that Mr Kassig was to be killed on Wednesday, as a "deadline" passed for meeting their demands – that America call off its bombing campaign.

But the Isil threat to Mr Kassig has caused dissent from within the ranks of the jihadists' own community, with a number of Islamists speaking out in support of him, particularly because of his conversion.

Abu Omar Aqidi, a prominent member of al-Qaeda faction Jabhat al-Nusra, said in a public statement that he had been told Mr Kassig was the medic who treated him and other fellow jihadists. » | Ruth Sherlock in Istanbul and Richard Spencer | Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Muslim Brotherhood Is a Terrorist Group, Says Saudi Arabia

Pro-Morsi protestor flashes the four-finger sign for the Muslim
Brotherhood TV channel, Rabaa, during a rally in Istanbul.

THE GUARDIAN: Statement on Saudi TV also lists Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) as terrorist organisations

Saudi Arabia has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group in an official report on Saudi television.

Citing a statement by the interior ministry, the report added that the Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) – whose fighters are battling the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad – were also classed as terror organisations.

The move on Friday appeared to enforce last month's royal decree in which Riyadh said it would jail any citizen guilty of fighting in conflicts overseas for up to 20 years. The authorities want to deter Saudis from joining rebels in Syria, fearing they could pose a security risk when they return. » | Reuters in Riyadh | Friday, March 07, 2014

Kurdicide: Civilian Kurds Slaughtered as Al-Qaeda Seeks Control in Syria

The UN told RT that it's launched an investigation into the reported slaughter of Kurdish civilians by Al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria. 450 Kurds, most of them women, children and the elderly, were allegedly killed in the north-east of the country. The outgoing Deputy Director of the CIA warned that the spread of extremism in Syria poses a threat to US national security. For more analysis RT joined by Richard Becker, an anti-war activist from the Answer Coalition.

Horrific Video Shows Syrian Catholic Priest Being 'Beheaded by Jihadist Fighters in Front of Cheering Crowd'

MAIL ONLINE: Father Francois Murad's death was confirmed by Vatican news agency / Footage of 49-year-old's gruesome death was filmed on a camera phone / The Syrian priest was killed last 23 June in Gassanieh, northern Syria

A Syrian Catholic priest has been beheaded by jihadist fighters in Syria, it has been claimed.

The death of Franciscan Father Francois Murad has been confirmed by the official Vatican news agency.

The gruesome killing has raised further concerns about the West arming rebels in the fight against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Grainy footage purported to show the 49-year-old’s death has been posted on the internet.

Father Francois, was killed on 23 June in Gassanieh, in northern Syria. He had been staying in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land.

Catholic.org linked to the video and reported: 'Syrian terrorists have beheaded a Catholic priest who they accused of collaborating with the Assad regime. Those accusations have not yet been verified.'

Fides News Agency said: 'According to local sources, the monastery where Fr. Murad was staying was attacked by militants linked to the jihadi group Jabhat al-Nusra.'

Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the Front for the Protection of the Syrian People, is an Al Qaeda associated group, described as 'the most aggressive and successful arm of the rebel force.' Read on and comment » | Daily Mail Reporter | Monday, July 01, 2013

GRAPHIC VIDEO: Syria - Al-Qaeda's Nusra Front Beheads Christian Priest & Man in Idlib countryside »

Free Syrian Army Rebels Defect to Islamist Group Jabhat al-Nusra
THE GUARDIAN: The well-resourced organisation, which is linked to al-Qaida, is luring many anti-Assad fighters away, say brigade commanders

Syria's main armed opposition group, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), is losing fighters and capabilities to Jabhat al-Nusra, an Islamist organisation with links to al-Qaida that is emerging as the best-equipped, financed and motivated force fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Evidence of the growing strength of al-Nusra, gathered from Guardian interviews with FSA commanders across Syria, underlines the dilemma for the US, Britain and other governments as they ponder the question of arming anti-Assad rebels. » | Mona Mahmood and Ian Black | Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Syria Crisis: Al-Nusra Pledges Allegiance to Al-Qaeda
BBC: The leader of the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group fighting in Syria, has pledged allegiance to the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani said the group's behaviour in Syria would not change as a result.

Al-Nusra claims to have carried out many suicide bombings and guerrilla attacks against state targets.

On Tuesday, al-Qaeda in Iraq announced a merger with al-Nusra, but Mr Jawlani said he had not been consulted on this.

Al-Nusra has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the US.

Debates among Western leaders over whether to arm Syria's rebels have often raised the concern of weapons ending up in the hands of groups such as al-Nusra.

"The sons of al-Nusra Front pledge allegiance to Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri," Mr Jawlani said in a recording released on Wednesday. » | Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Syria: How Extremists Jabhat al-Nusra Are Taking Over Aleppo
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Aleppo has been plunged into despair. Riven with war, life in Syria's most populous city has become a dog-eat-dog existence: a battle for survival in a place where the strong devour the weak.

Its luxuriant history is lost beneath uncollected litter on its pavements and streets. Feral children play beside buildings shattered by shelling and air strikes. There is no electricity, no heating; gunmen prowl the streets as night falls. Some are rebels searching for government loyalists; others are criminals looking to kidnap for ransom. Looting is rife.

It is here, behind the front lines of the war against Bashar al-Assad that a new struggle is emerging. It is a clash of ideologies: a competition where rebel brigades vie to determine the shape of post-Assad Syria.

And in recent weeks it is Jabhat al-Nusra, a radical jihadist group blacklisted by the US as terrorists and a group that wants Syria to be an uncompromising Islamic state governed by sharia, that is holding sway.

The group is well funded – probably through established global jihadist networks – in comparison to moderates. Meanwhile pro-democracy rebel group commanders say money from foreign governments has all but dried up because of fears over radical Islamists.

The effect is changing the face of the Syrian revolution. » | Ruth Sherlock, Aleppo | Friday, February 08, 2013