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Turkey’s involvement in HTS’ ongoing presence in Afrin
[NPASyria] Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS, formerly al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front) announced a full retreat from Afrin, in northern Aleppo, after it took control of a number of towns in mid-October 2022 and forced out the Posted by: trailing wife 2023-03-19 |
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