Syria’s Qaeda Leader Is Interviewed By Al Jazeera: ' Our Goal Is To Take Damascus'

Screenshot of Al Jazeera interview

Al Jazeera: Nusra leader: Our mission is to defeat Syrian regime

Abu Mohammed al-Golani in exclusive interview to Al Jazeera says his group has no specific agenda to target West.

The leader of the Nusra Front, one of Syria's most powerful rebel groups, has said that his group's main mission is to dislodge the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and that it has no agenda to target the West unless provoked.

"We are only here to accomplish one mission, to fight the regime and its agents on the ground, including Hezbollah and others," Abu Mohammed al-Golani said in an exclusive interview aired on Al Jazeera on Wednesday.

WNU Editor: The Syrian government is not amused by this Al Jazeera interview .... Syria says Al Jazeera's Nusra interview promotes militant group (Reuters).

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