...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
and
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant...
(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) at the villages of Talbiseh, al-Ghajjar, and al-Rastan.
According to an al-Masdar correspondent in Damascus, the Russian Air Force inflicted heavy damage on the jihadist defenses, destroying at least 5 armored vehicles (3 technical vehicles and 2 BMPs) outside Jabhat Fateh al-Sham's headquarters in the village of al-Ghajjar.
The Russian Air Force conducted these
Despite these latest