Insight: Syria’s Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraq-based al Qaeda - Firstpost
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 22:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Al Qaeda’s Iraq-based wing has moved in and sidelined the organisation, Nusra sources and other rebels say. Al Qaeda in Iraq's ultimate goal is not toppling Assad but the anti-Western jihad of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. If the West were to intervene, it may …