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A group of Takfiri militants in Syria looking to join forces, unable to come to terms.
A group of Takfiri militants in Syria looking to join forces, unable to come to terms.
According to the report, Abu Mohamad al-Golani, the head of al-Nusra Front, tried to convince other Takfiri groups to join forces with the al-Qaeda wing in Syria but the effort fell flat. The militant leader even said he would change his group's name if Ahrar al-Sham agreed to reunite with them, but stressed that he would not renounce ties with the al-Qaeda terror organization. The two extremist groups had briefly formed an alliance against the Syrian government along with a number of other militants last year, but they later split.
During the tense atmosphere of the meeting, which was held around 10 days ago, Golani accused Ahrar of spearheading "the agenda of Ankara in order to be part of a future political deal to rule Syria," the report said. The leaders left without an agreement, with Nusra blaming Ahrar al-Sham for the failure. A few days later, members of the two groups clashed in the towns of Salqin and Harem in Idlib province, near the border with Turkey. Several militants were killed on both sides.
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