...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
border, activists and a monitor reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based war monitor, said on Sunday that the
Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham, commonly known as Tahrir al-Sham, is spearheaded by the former 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, which used to be al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.
In 2016, however, it changed its name and broke formal allegiance to the global movement founded by the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now beyond all cares and woe...Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Observatory, told Al Jazeera that the rebel alliance was sending reinforcements to the border area.
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Cross-border festivities
Speaking to Al Jazeera from Idlib, Musa Khaled, commander of the 13th division of the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
, confirmed that shells had been fired.
"Yes, there was heavy fire. Tahrir al-Sham hit a
Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste ...
residents of the border area and local rebels told Rooters news agency that