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Sam Heller, Daily Beast: Al-Qaeda’s Screwing up in Syria
Jabhat al-Nusra went to war with a popular Free Syrian Army faction in Idlib. Big mistake.
Tensions between Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra and the mainstream opposition in Syria’s rebel north are at an all-time high.
Eyes are on a standoff between al-Nusra and a popular rebel brigade in northwest Idlib province and, playing out in parallel, an ongoing anti-Nusra Twitter jeremiad by the son of the founder of modern international jihadism. Now Syrians in the liberated north are engaging in a newly open and critical debate over Nusra – what it wants, and what place, if any, it has in Syria’s opposition.
The latest flashpoint in Nusra-rebel tensions is the Idlib city of Ma’arat al-Nu’man. A nationwide ceasefire that went into effect last month has provided space for the resumption of peaceful protests in Ma’arat al-Nu’man and across Syria’s opposition-held areas. But this new opening for political speech has also highlighted splits between opposition Syrians – between those who want a free, democratic Syria and those who want justice through the rule of Islamic law.
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WNU Editor: Here is a good analysis on Al-Nusra/Al-Qaeda's long term plan for Syria .... Al Qaeda is revealing its long game in Syria (Pamela Engel, Business Insider).
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