al-Nusra Front جبهة النصرة |
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Flag of the al-Nusra Front |
Leaders | Abu Mohammad al-Julani[40] |
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Dates of operation | 23 January 2012 – present[2] |
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Headquarters |
- al-Shahil, Deir ez-Zor, (2012–14)[41][42]
- Harem, Idlib, (February–November 2014)[43]
- Salqin, Idlib, (November 2014–Present)[44]
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Active regions |
Syria (Primarily in Northwest Syria, around the Idlib and Aleppo Provinces)
Lebanon[45]
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Ideology |
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Part of | Al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council[52] Army of Conquest Battle of Victory[53] Ansar al-Sharia[54] Jaish al-Haramoun[55] Itisam bi Allah[56] Northern Homs Countryside Operations Room[57] |
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Allies |
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Opponents | State opponents
Syria
Lebanon
Non-state opponents
- Rojava (Primary opponent)
- Jaysh al-Islam (only in East Ghouta)
- Free Syrian Army (Outside of Aleppo)[27]
- Dawn of Freedom Brigades[64]
- Syria Revolutionaries Front[65]
- Hazzm Movement[66]
- Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army[27]
Shi'ite groups
ISIL and ISIL affiliates
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Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Aleppo
- 2013 Latakia offensive[23]
- Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
- 2014 Idlib offensive
- al-Nusra Front–Syria Revolutionaries Front conflict[73]
- 2015 Idlib offensive
- Second Battle of Idlib[38]
- Battle of Bosra (2015)[74]
- 2015 Jisr al-Shughur offensive
- Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)
- Qalamoun offensive (May 2015)
- Battle of Zabadani (2015)
- 2015 Hama Offensive
Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
Military intervention against ISIL
- American-led intervention in Syria
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