Jabhat al-Nusra

E115605

Islamist armed group jihadist militant group non-state armed group

Jabhat al-Nusra is a jihadist militant group in Syria that served as al-Qaeda’s affiliate in the country and became one of the most powerful Islamist factions in the Syrian conflict.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Jabhat al-Nusra canonical	6
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham	4
al-Nusra Front	2
Jabhat Fatah al-Sham	1
Jabhat al-Nusra / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (at various times)	1
Jabhat al-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham	1
Jabhat al-Nusrah	1
Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin	1
The Nusra Front	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist armed group ⓘ jihadist militant group ⓘ non-state armed group ⓘ
activeSince	2011 ⓘ
affiliateOf	al-Qaeda ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: Jabhat al-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: Jabhat al-Nusrah Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: The Nusra Front Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: al-Nusra Front
announcedRebrandingAs	Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ⓘ surface form: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
areaOfOperation	Aleppo Governorate ⓘ Daraa Governorate ⓘ Hama Governorate ⓘ Idlib Governorate ⓘ
conflict	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
countryOfOperation	Syria ⓘ
designatedAs	terrorist organization ⓘ
designatedTerroristBy	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ Russia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formerAffiliateOf	al-Qaeda ⓘ
foundedIn	2011 ⓘ
goal	establishment of an Islamic state in Syria ⓘ overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad government ⓘ
ideology	Salafi jihadism ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
leader	Abu Mohammad al-Julani ⓘ
mergedInto	Jabhat al-Nusra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
opposed	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian government forces Syrian opposition factions aligned with Western states ⓘ
originatedAs	Syrian branch of al-Qaeda in Iraq networks ⓘ
partOf	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
rebrandingYear	2016 ⓘ
recruitmentBase	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Syrian Sunni Arabs foreign jihadist fighters ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
successor	Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ⓘ Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ⓘ surface form: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
usedTactics	car bombings ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ urban insurgency ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syrian Civil War → hasMainBelligerent → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

Syrian Civil War → hasTerroristDesignation → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

al-Qaeda → hasBranch → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

Operation Barkhane → target → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin

Syrian Arab Army → primaryOpponentInSyrianCivilWar → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

Syrian opposition → conflictWith → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabhat al-Nusra / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (at various times)

Battle of Aleppo → belligerent → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

Russian military intervention in Syria → targetedGroup → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

fall of Eastern Ghouta → combatant → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

Jabhat al-Nusra → alsoKnownAs → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabhat al-Nusrah

Jabhat al-Nusra → alsoKnownAs → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabhat al-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham

Jabhat al-Nusra → alsoKnownAs → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Nusra Front

Jabhat al-Nusra → alsoKnownAs → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Nusra Front

Jabhat al-Nusra → mergedInto → Jabhat al-Nusra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham

Syrian Democratic Council → opposes → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

Syrian Armed Forces → opposedBy → Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Nusra Front