Al Arabiya
The leader of Syria’s Islamist militant group al-Nusra Front has
been killed in the country’s coastal province on Friday, said Syrian
state TV, although state news agency SANA quickly withdrew an alert
saying the same thing.“The terrorist Abu Mohammad al-Golani, chief of the al-Nusra Front affiliated to al-Qaeda, has been killed in the campaign in the northwestern province of Latakia,” television said, according to AFP.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which closely monitors the fighting in Syria, said senior Nusra Front leaders contacted by activists in Latakia and the eastern Deir el-Zour province denied al-Golani had been killed.
Other Nusra Front sources said they could not confirm or deny the report “because contact with al-Golani was cut,” the Observatory said in a statement. A rebel commander in a Damascus suburb contacted by The Associated Press said he believed al-Golani was “alive and well” based on his contacts with other fighters including those from Nusra Front. He declined to elaborate or be identified for security concerns.
The report comes as the fragmented rebels have suffered significant losses on the battlefield, according to Associated Press. Syrian troops killed at least 40 opposition fighters, including Nusra Front members, earlier Friday in an ambush near Damascus, the government said.
The assassination of al-Nusra front’s leader, if confirmed, is unlikely, however to deal a major blow the ragtag armed opposition groups, said Michael Ryan, a scholar from the Washington DC-based Middle East Institute.
“The way that al-Qaeda affiliates and groups organize themselves, it’s very much like a small corporation, and they always have very experienced people who can move up [to assume leadership],” Ryan told Al Arabiya, noting that other al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are still powerful forces in the conflict-stricken nation.
But Golani’s death could be a boost for the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which regards any armed opposition as “terrorists,” including the groups that receive support from the West and Arab states.
Earlier this year, the United States declared Golani to be a global terrorist, claiming al-Qaeda had tasked him with installing Islamic Sharia law across Syria and had also ordered numerous suicide bombings.
Al-Nusra was designated a terrorist organization by the United States last year.
(With AFP, AP)
(alarabiya.net)
26/10/13
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Καλά στην υγεία του ο ηγέτης του αλ-Νόσρα....
ReplyDeleteΟ ηγέτης του Μετώπου αλ-Νόσρα, ο Άμπου Μοχάμεντ Αλ Τζουλάνι, του οποίου ο θάνατος σε μάχες είχε ανακοινωθεί χθες βράδυ από τη δημόσια συριακή τηλεόραση, είναι καλά στην υγεία του, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα η οργάνωσή του.
«Αυτό που ανακοινώθηκε από ένα τηλεοπτικό δίκτυο μόνο, η δολοφονία του εμίρη του Μετώπου αλ-Νόσρα ήταν ψέμα», δήλωσε η εξτρεμιστική οργάνωση.
Τον Απρίλιο, ο 'Αμπου Μοχάμεντ αλ-Τζουλάνι είχε ανακοινώσει ότι ορκίζεται πίστη στον αρχηγό της Αλ Κάιντα, τον Αϊμάν αλ Ζαουάχρι, τονίζοντας ότι η οργάνωσή του διατηρεί την ταυτότητά της και δεν τίθεται υπό τον έλεγχο του τρομοκρατικού δικτύου, παρότι είχε παραδεχτεί τη στρατιωτική και οικονομική υποστήριξη που λαμβάνει από αυτό.
Το Μέτωπο αλ-Νόσρα που περιλαμβάνεται στον κατάλογο των τρομοκρατικών οργανώσεων της Ουάσινγκτον έγινε γνωστό στη Συρία διαπράττοντας επιθέσεις αυτοκτονίας πριν εξελιχθεί σε ισχυρή στρατιωτική δύναμη που πολεμά στο πλευρό των ανταρτών κατά του καθεστώτος του προέδρου Μπασάρ αλ-Ασαντ.
Η οργάνωση που συγκροτείται από σύρους εξτρεμιστές και ξένους εθελοντές, επιδιώκει την ίδρυση ισλαμικού κράτους στη Συρία, κάτι που απορρίπτει ο Ελεύθερος Συριακός Στρατός, η μεγαλύτερη συνιστώσα της συριακής εξέγερσης.
http://www.zougla.gr/kosmos/article/kala-stin-igia-tou-o-igetis-tou-al-nosra
26/10/13
Syria’s jihadist al-Nusra front says chief in good health...
DeleteAl Arabiya
The leader of Syria's jihadist al-Nusra Front is in good health, said a statement released by the group on Saturday, denying state television reports claiming his death.
“What was claimed by one channel alone, regarding what it claimed was the killing of the emir of al-Nusra Front, was a lie,” said the group.
The Syrian state television reported on Friday that Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani had been killed in coastal Latakia province.
But state news agency SANA quickly withdrew an alert saying the same thing.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which closely monitors the fighting in Syria, said senior Nusra Front leaders contacted by activists in Latakia and the eastern Deir el-Zour province denied al-Golani had been killed.
The al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda, is one of the more powerful rebel groups battling to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
Al-Nusra was designated a “terrorist” organization by the United States late last year.
(with AFP)
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/10/26/Syria-s-jihadist-al-Nusra-front-says-chief-in-good-health-.html
26/10/13
Συρία: Η τηλεόραση μετέδωσε ότι ο ηγέτης του Μετώπου αλ Νόρσα σκοτώθηκε στη Λαττάκεια...
ReplyDeleteΗ δημόσια τηλεόραση της Συρίας ανακοίνωσε απόψε ότι ο ηγέτης του Μετώπου Αλ Νόσρα, Άμπου Μοχάμεντ Αλ Τζουλάνι, σκοτώθηκε σε μάχες στη Λαττάκεια, μια πληροφορία που είχε μεταδοθεί και από το επίσημο πρακτορείο Sana το οποίο όμως στη συνέχεια την ακύρωσε.
"Ο τρομοκράτης Αλ Τζουλάνι, ο ηγέτης του Μετώπου Αλ Νόσρα που συνδέεται με την Αλ Κάιντα, σκοτώθηκε στην επαρχία της Λαττάκειας", γράφει στον ιστότοπό της η τηλεόραση, χωρίς να δίνει περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες ή διευκρινίσεις. Μέχρι στιγμής δεν υπάρχουν πληροφορίες για το θέμα αυτό από άλλες πηγές.
http://www.agelioforos.gr/default.asp?pid=7&ct=1&artid=191081
25/10/13
Al-Nusra Front Commits Massacre in Maan of Rural Hama....
ReplyDeleteAl-Nusra Front terrorist group operating in Syria against the national government has committed a massacre in the Syrian village of Maan of Hama countryside in central Syria, killing around 120 people, most of whom were women and children.
The Syrian news agency SANA pointed out that Maan massacre has been carried out on Sunday, citing the General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces.
In a statement, issued Monday, the General Command reported that dozens of armed Takfiri militants stormed the village, using various types of weapons, stealing and burning houses, demolishing homes and displacing the residents out of their town.
"This criminal act was carried out as the Syrian State is exerting tireless efforts to end the suffering of the Syrian people," the statement said, adding that the relationship between the terrorist groups operating in Syria and foreign players has become well known to everyone.
The General Command stressed that no such terrorist act will go without punishment, and that the massacre on 42 women and children and the destruction of the Maan village have merely increased the armed forces determination to eliminate terrorism and restore security and stability to the country.
The Syrian Minister of Social Affairs, Kinda al-Shamaat, stressed that most of the victims have been women and children.
"It is not the first massacre of this kind," she said....................http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=134979&cid=23&fromval=1
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