Hurras al-Din

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Tanzim Hurras al-Din (Arabic: تنظيم حراس الدين, romanized: Tanẓīm Ḥurrās ad-Dīn, lit. 'Guardians of the Religion Organization'), sometimes referred to as Al-Qaeda in Syria, was a Salafi Jihadist organization that fought in the Syrian civil war. The group's former head, Abu Humam al-Shami, was the general military commander of the defunct Al-Nusra Front, and had fought for Al-Qaeda during the Third Afghan Civil War and the Iraqi insurgency. Hurras al-Din was established by the leaders of the AQ-affiliated Khorasan group and Al-Qaeda loyalists of Al-Nusra Front who opposed Al-Nusra's dissolution and merger with other Islamic groups to form Tahrir al-Sham. Al-Shami announced the formation of Hurras al-Din on 27 February 2018. It was the last Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. Abu Jilibib Tubasi and Abu Khadija al-Urduni, members of Hurras al-Din's shura council, left Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS) in 2016 due to its disassociation from Al-Qaeda and emphasis on local Syrian politics. In 2017, JFS officially...

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