Who is the leader of syria
Al-Qaeda leader in Syria speaks to Al Jazeera
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these men are members of a Nora Ephron
it's one of the most powerful groups
fighting against forces loyal to Syrian
President Bashar al-assad it was created
almost two years ago
it's an al Qaeda affiliated organization
that the US UK and UN considered a
terrorist group a Nostra wants to
establish a Syrian state that ruled
under Islamic law known as Sharia not
much is known about its leader abu
muhammad al Juhani he joined al qaeda to
fight US forces in Iraq and his first
ever interview al Jazeera stays here a
loonie scene he speaks to Jelani who
wanted his identity hidden he says his
fighters have the upper hand in Syria
the battle is almost over we have
covered about 70% of it and what is left
is small we will achieve victory soon we
pray to God to culminate these efforts
with victory it's only a matter of a few
days a new surah keep secret the number
of its fighters in Syria but estimates
suggest that it could be anywhere
between 5,000 up to 20,000 fighters most
of the fighters are said to be Syrian
who fought you as troops in Iraq they
used suicide attacks and have
strongholds in different parts of Syria
the UN accused Syrian rebel groups
including an aura of committing
atrocities against government forces and
civilians but when Al Jazeera visited it
live back in 2012 these people came out
in their hundreds to voice their support
for the group a nusra also suffered the
blow one hundreds of its foreign
fighters defected with their weapons to
join another Al qaeda-linked group known
as the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Nevada
but along with other powerful rebel
brigades and nusrah remains strong and
does not recognize the Syrian opposition
in exile its leader also reject the idea
of going to an international peace
conference in Geneva we will not
recognize the results of the Geneva 2
conference nor were the children or
women of Syria those taking part in the
conference have forgotten the sacrifices
and the bloodshed besides who has
authorized them to represent the people
above all they have no presence on the
ground we cannot allow the Geneva 2
farce to fool the nation or allow the
people to sink back into decades of
injustice oppression and dictatorship
and because the war in Syria has
polarized the region along ethnic and
sectarian lines
Jelani is now warning Arab States
against the improved relations between
the u.s. and Iran those regimes are now
running out of options as the
superpowers have turned against them the
ferocious tide of the Iranian Shias is
now coming and all of these states are
now in jeopardy the new Iranian Ally has
taken their place if the Assad regime
remained in power which is in the
interest of the superpowers and of the
Iranian Shias then the next target will
be the Arabian Peninsula the nature of
the conflict in Syria is sectarian
regional and international almost three
years of war have killed over 120,000
people and forced more than 7 million
out of their homes and country on
marsala Hal Jazeera
