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October 3, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/world/middleeast/syria-qaeda-terrorism.html

U.S. Sees Rising Threat from Al-Qaeda in Syria

(New York Times) Eric Schmitt - American counterterrorism officials are voicing increased alarm about an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria - Hurras al-Din - that they say is plotting attacks against the West. With 1,500-2,000 fighters, half of whom are foreign terrorists, Hurras al-Din is operating in areas in northwest Syria where Russian air defenses largely shield them from American airstrikes. Al-Qaeda "let ISIS absorb the brunt of the world's counterterrorism efforts while patiently reconstituting itself," said Nathan A. Sales, the State Department's counterterrorism coordinator.

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