LC control no. | n 2018010369 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Jabhat al-Nuṣrah (Organization) |
Variant(s) | Al-Nusra Front (Organization) Qaeda in Syria (Organization) Jabhat Fatḥ al-Shām (Organization) Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Organization) جبهة النصرة جبهة فتح الشام |
Beginning date | 2012-01-23 |
Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
Found in | Jabhat al-Nuṣrah, min fiqh al-dam ilá jihād al-ghalabah, 2017: t.p. (جبهة النصرة = Jabhat al-Nuṣrah) Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 22, 2018 ( Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra ( جبهة النصرة), known as the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ( جبهة فتح الشام, Jabhat Fataḥ al-Šām; after July 2016, and also described as al-Qaeda in Syria or al-Qaeda in the Levant, is a Salafist jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War, with the aim of establishing an Islamic state in the country.The group announced its formation on 23 January 2012) |