... Moderate Strategy of Jabhat al-Nusra
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The long-term goal of Jabhat al-Nusra is the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate by building an Islamic state in Syria, which is a step towards the liberation of Jerusalem
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Its strategy boils down to integrating into local communities and winning the hearts and minds of its members. As prescribed by
the guidelines of al-Zawahiri
issued in July 2014, the organization ...
Russia’s bid for the world’s leadership in struggle against terrorism, primarily against Islamic State (IS) that the country announced at the United Nations General Assembly has been substantiated by actions after the Federation Council upper house of parliament approved the use of Russian Armed Forces in Syria, Chairman of the State Duma lower house committee for international affairs Alexey Pushkov told TASS on Wednesday.
"Evidently, the Russian president’s speech at the United Nations should be substantiated by concrete actions as it cannot ...
Broad coalition for fighting against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization is hardly possible now, and exchanging information and coordinating actions should be on top of the agenda at the current stage, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences ...
... fragmented into different zones of control — or chaos — and it is difficult now to imagine the reconstruction of the former state. That raises the question of which group or territory the international community can league with to stop the Islamic State from advancing.
Before deciding how to restructure and name the new system of authority in Syria and defining the power-sharing arrangement that the various parties must inevitably form, it is first necessary to clarify what part of the existing system will remain.
At present, Moscow has made the not so unreasonable call for the Syrian government ...
