REPORT: Closer look at latest video statement of Nusra Front leader

Al Qaeda's powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, declared on Thursday it was cutting its relationship with the jihadist network founded by Osama bin Laden.

In the first known video statement ever to show his face, the leader of the Nusra Front, Mohamad al-Golani, announced on Thursday that the group would re-form under a new name, with "no ties with any foreign party".

 

This report will shed light on al-Golani’s latest video statement.

 

 

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