The militants “Jabhat Fatah al-sham”
In the Syrian town of Azaz on the territory of the headquarters of the Islamist movement “Jabhat Fatah al-sham”, better known under the old name “Dzhabhat EN-Nusra”, an explosion. About it reports TV channel “al-Mayadin”.
In the attack, seven people were killed, there are wounded, but their exact number is unknown. It is assumed that it was made by the organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia): it sent the gunman entered the building, where is located the command post of the rival group, and detonated a suicide belt.
“Jabhat Fatah al-sham (the Front for the conquest of Syria”) is a branch of “al-Qaeda” in Syria and Lebanon. Originally founded in 2012 under the name “Jabhat al-Nusra”. Later changed name and became part of the Islamist coalition “Jaish-al-Fath”. The militants “Jabhat Fatah al-sham” has repeatedly committed war crimes, cracking down on prisoners by government soldiers and civilians. The organization is in conflict with the free Syrian army and ISIS. In Russia as terrorist.