En Route to Useful Syria: Al-Qaeda Back in the Game?

... that the operation has also been meant to support the Syrian Arab Army of President Bashar Assad and stabilize the frontline. Meanwhile, restoring Damascus’s control... ... 2 ). The cleaning up of these areas and stabilization of the frontline against the Islamic State may be the real goals of the coalition which includes Russia, Iran, Iraq... ... Jabhat al-Nusra: the Inception Jabhat al-Nusra was originally connected to central al-Qaeda and emerged out of its Iraqi branch, the former al-Qaeda of Iraq in 2004, which...