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Here's Why The US Just Took 'Rebranded' Al-Nusra Front Off Terror Watch-Lists

Here's Why The US Just Took 'Rebranded' Al-Nusra Front Off Terror Watch-Lists

Authored by Nauman Sadiq vioa OrientalReview.org,

According to a recent report by CBC Canada, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, which was formerly known as al-Nusra Front and then Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS) since July 2016, has been removed from the terror watch-lists of the US and Canada after it merged with fighters from Zenki Brigade and hardline jihadists from Ahrar al-Sham and rebranded itself as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in January this year.

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