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A brief overview of the main groups and their leaders.
The authors described extremist organisations on multiple parameters, such as history, social base and numbers, activity region, leaders, ideology, financing, enemies and allies, stance on the Syrian ceasefire.
Project page:
http://russiancouncil.ru/en/syria-extremism
... ceasefire collapsing as there are always going to be groups trying to exploit this situation in their favor. As of now, there are only two organizations that everyone agrees to view as terrorists in Syria: the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Greater Syria (ISIS)
and Jabhat Fateh ash-Sham (former Jabhat an-Nusra).
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Maxim Suchkov:
A Subtle Approach: Lavrov
and Kerry’s Agreement
Besides, given recent rebranding of Jabhat an-Nusra which is now called Jabhat Fateh ash-Sham, it further complicates the situation. By publicly ...