Tasnim The so-called Jabhat al-Islamiya extremist group, which is linked to al-Qaeda, is one of numerous foreign-backed terrorist groups operating across Syria.
Jabhat al-Islamiya was formed on November 22, 2013, by the merger of a number of separate groups, including Harakat Ahrar al-Sham, Suqour al-Sham, Ansar al-Sham, Jaish al-Islam and Kurdish ...