Jabhat Al-Nusra, also referred to as Al-Nusra Front and later known as Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham was a Sunni Islamist political organization and paramilitary group that fought against Ba'athist regime forces in the Syrian civil war. Its aim was to overthrow Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and establish an Islamic state ruled by Sharia in Syria.
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| Subject | Al-Nusra Front |
| Category | Salafi jihadist organization in the Syrian civil war (2012–2017) |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
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