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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
