Syria State TV Reports Death of al-Nusra Front Chief al-Jawlani
Syrian state television said Friday night that the leader of the jihadist al-Nusra Front had been killed, but state news agency Sana quickly withdrew an alert saying the same thing.
"The terrorist Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, chief of the al-Nusra Front affiliated to al-Qaida, has been killed in the campaign in (the northwestern province of) Latakia," the television said, without providing details.
No confirmation was immediately available from other sources.
The al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaida, is one of the more powerful rebel groups battling to overthrow President Bashar Assad.
If confirmed, Jawlani's killing would be a major coup for the regime, which brands all of the rebels fighting against it "terrorists," including mainstream groups backed by the West and Arab states.
In May the United States designated Jawlani a global terrorist, saying he had been tasked by al-Qaida with installing Islamic sharia law across Syria and had ordered multiple suicide attacks.
Al-Nusra was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. late last year.
over 11 years
Extremely happy. All fanatics mentioning Allah in their names or on the battlefield belong w/ bin laden. We, m14/pro advanced democracy r secularists, want god 2 remain in the hearts of the people, not in politics. ¿entiendes?
over 11 years
eh confirm it first and then excite the crowd walla you just put news to attract audience even if its not sure??
over 11 years
Stop whining. U r worse than a 7 year old child.
over 11 years
5th time he's being killed...
over 11 years
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to What's his face
Happy Birthday You.
over 11 years
Now it is confirmed. This news site is not serious and brings unconfirmed and bias news, that later shows to be lies. Are you a mouthpiece for the terrorist and criminal syrian regime? Btw. dont expect my comments to be posted.
over 11 years
i just read on twitter, it's not Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani but Siqr al-Jowlani that was killed...
over 11 years
Well, he's Syrian from the Golan ifnim not mistaken. Its strictly Syrian business.... Why is hizballa after him? He wants to free his country, the libertador!!! Like Bolivar and the Che. Let him fight his dictator and die without interfering unless we want 2 see his terrorists attack lebaneon.
over 11 years
Yes
over 11 years
dont forget that ur friend Bachar need takfiris in Syria to pretend he's fighting terrorism and not sunnis, that's the reason why he released so many of them, called back the ones that he was using in Iraq...
And vice versa, takfiris need bashar coz the day he's gone, syrian people'll get ride very quickly of this scum...
over 11 years
A question to Naharnet.com. How come you put up a picture which is not of abu Muhammad al Joulani? Is this allowed, to write an article about a person, and post a picture of another man? Very serious newssite!
over 11 years
BREAKING NEWS
GabbyMarch14 is in a deep depression over the untimely passing of his brother-in-warriorship the terrorist Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani not for anything but because it will push back the fall of the "ASSad" regime from Wednesday of every week to Friday! This one, too, shall pass, gabbaguybo. Another problem is that the fall of Hizbocaine, aka Hizbushaitan, shall also be pushed back to Saturday of every week instead of Thursday. The bright side is that they shall both fall ONE OF THESE DAYS, but perhaps not in NostraGabbyMarch14's lifetime.
over 11 years
dont give too much importance to the picture coz we're not even sure it's jolani, we know nothing about the guy, not even sure he exists. Ex-Nusra fighters admitted they never saw him...
over 11 years
most of you are being sarcastic and in most of the cases when you comment you are just trying to dominate one another. But if you think about it and if you simply see what's happening it is Very obvious that Syria is Cleansing its territory and it is also very Clear that the world has already made a Plan B and a started implementing it , and this Plan B is the same as the 70's except this time it will be cause by the Syrian rather than the Palestinians. We have more Syrians here now and soon will have more Syrians than we have Lebanese, Plus the export of terrorists and weaponry to Lebanon and the storage which is a clear meaning that someday soon it will all start in Lebanon as a war between terrorists the Army and Hizbullah then introduced by a Civil War and then another Israeli try for occupation and then a Syrian interference. And remember me when this happens. Im not happy about it though !
over 11 years
GMA it seems like you struggle hard to write English are you translating from malawakh to english on google translate ?
over 11 years
Jaja
over 11 years
F.T.,
Gaegae thinks of Nusra and HA as two faces of the same coin. I am sure he is very happy hearing this and I am also sure he will be equally happy if HA leaders meet the Ayatolla Khomeini wherever he is.
over 11 years
Smell of roses, rotf!
over 11 years
Yes! Excellent news!
Burn in hell terrorist!
over 11 years
God bless the Syrian Army
¡Beautiful news!
He's w/ bin laden awaiting his 3rd partner nusralla.