Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate on Sunday set its conditions to stop battling the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, despite an order by the Al-Qaeda chief to quit fighting. Al-Nusra Front and ISIL have in recent months fought intense, bloody battles against each other, particularly in eastern Syria on the border with Iraq. "We will follow the orders of... Ayman al-Zawahiri... to stop any attack from our side against ISIL, while continuing to respond whenever they attack Muslims and all that is sacred to them," Al-Nusra said in a statement. While rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad initially welcomed both Al-Nusra Front and later ISIL in the Syrian war, widespread opposition to ISIL later emerged over its quest for dominance in opposition-held areas.
05-05-2014, 11:01 PM
Syria's Nusra sets conditions to stop fighting ISIL
Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate on Sunday set its conditions to stop battling the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, despite an order by the Al-Qaeda chief to quit fighting. Al-Nusra Front and ISIL have in recent months fought intense, bloody battles against each other, particularly in eastern Syria on the border with Iraq. "We will follow the orders of... Ayman al-Zawahiri... to stop any attack from our side against ISIL, while continuing to respond whenever they attack Muslims and all that is sacred to them," Al-Nusra said in a statement. While rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad initially welcomed both Al-Nusra Front and later ISIL in the Syrian war, widespread opposition to ISIL later emerged over its quest for dominance in opposition-held areas.
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