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Al-Nusra Front Remains on UN List of Al Qaeda’s Associates

© AFP 2023 / Fadi al-Halabi / AMCFighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front. (File)
Fighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front. (File) - Sputnik International
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Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said that al-Nusra Front terrorist organization which earlier claimed its separation from al-Qaeda and the change of its name, is still on the UN "ISIL (Daesh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List".

A still image taken on July 29, 2016 from an undated video shows Abu Mohamad al-Golani (C), the leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formely known as Nusra Front, delivering a statemtent at an unknown location - Sputnik International
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Al-Nusra Front terrorist organization which earlier claimed its separation from al-Qaeda and the change of its name, is still on the UN "ISIL (Daesh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List," Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said on Friday.

In a Thursday video, al-Nusra Front leader Mohammed Jolani said the group had split from al-Qaeda and changed its name to Jabhat Fath al Sham, or "The Front for Conquest of Levant."

"In terms of how the UN system views them, there’s consolidated list of all of the individuals and entities associated with al-Qaeda. And al-Nusra continues to be on that list," Haq told journalists.

Earlier on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the any attempt by a terrorist organization to change its image is futile.

Al-Nusra Front, banned in Russia, as well as other extremist groups, has been fighting in Syria against government forces since the outbreak of a civil war in the country in 2011.

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