BEIRUT — A Syrian rebel group's pledge of allegiance to
al-Qaeda's replacement for Osama bin Laden suggests that the terrorist group's
influence is not waning and that it may take a greater role in the
Western-backed fight to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The pledge of allegiance by Syrian Jabhat al Nusra Front
chief Abou Mohamad al-Joulani to al-Qaeda leader Sheik Ayman al-Zawahri was
coupled with an announcement by the al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq, the Islamic
State of Iraq, that it would work with al Nusra as well.
Lebanese Sheik Omar Bakri, a Salafist who says states
must be governed by Muslim religious law, says al-Qaeda has assisted al Nusra
for some time.
"They provided them early on with technical,
military and financial support , especially when it came to setting up networks
of foreign jihadis who were brought into Syria," Bakri says. "There
will certainly be greater coordination between the two groups."....To Read More....
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