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A damaged SUV left behind by members of al-Nusra Front in a position captured by Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters in the fields of the Syrian border town of Assal al-Ward, May 9, 2015. AP/Bassem Mroue

Moscow: Al-Nusra Leader ‘Critical’ after Russia Strike

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

Russia said on Wednesday it had killed 12 field commanders of al-Nusra Front in an air strike, adding the group’s top leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani had lost an arm and was in a “critical condition.’ Defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said...

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A Russian TU-22M3 long-range strategic bomber dropping bombs in Syria. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service)

Syria: Russian Missiles against Nusra Front in Idlib, Israeli Raids near Damascus

by Taha Abdul Wahed and Asharq Al Awsat | Sep 23, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow and Beirut – A submarine from the Russian Black Sea fleet launched Kalibr cruise missiles against al-Nusra Front positions in Idlib, Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday. The ministry said that the attack against terrorist targets came in...

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Syrian men and civil defense volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a building following airstrike on the northwestern city of Idlib. (AFP)

Washington Monitors 10,000 Qaeda Militants in Idlib

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Aug 22, 2017 | Middle East

London – Washington is currently monitoring the presence of around 10,000 Qaeda leaders and militants in Syria’s province of Idlib and Moscow has asked the US earlirt this year to halt airstrikes against leaders of the organization in the north and west of...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (Getty Images)

Lavrov Accuses Washington of ‘Protecting’ Nusra Front

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2017 | Middle East

London – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the United States is “remaining quite” over some of the foreign players on Syrian scene. He stated that Washington “is perhaps encouraging those who still support the al-Nusra Front in Syria.” “There...

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Lebanese Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel. (NNA)

Lebanese Politicians Strongly Criticize ‘Hezbollah,’ Nusra Swap Deal

by Youssef Diab | Aug 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The prisoner exchange deal between Lebanon’s “Hezbollah” and al-Nusra Front extremists was met with wide condemnation among Lebanese politicians, who said that the deal “undermined the sovereignty of the state. The deal saw terrorist fugitives wanted by the...