Turkey has listed the al-Nusra Front, a branch of al-Qaeda operating in Syria and Lebanon, as a terrorist organization, in a sign that Ankara’s concerns are growing over the rise of radicals across the 900-kilometer border.
Al-Nusra was listed as a terrorist organization by the United States in December 2012. Several other countries, such as Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as the United Nations, also recognize it as a terrorist organization. Although other jihadist groups fighting in Syria’s civil war claim to be inspired by al-Qaeda, the al-Nusra Front is the only one to be officially sanctioned by the group’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Rights groups have accused the al-Nusra Front of committing war crimes against civilians in Syria, including executions and hostage taking.
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