From AFP: "A previously unknown jihadist group has claimed responsibility for
suicide bombings in the Syrian capital and the second city Aleppo that
killed dozens earlier this year, in a video seen by AFP Wednesday.
The group calling itself Al-Nusra Front to Protect the Levant said it carried out the attacks in Damascus and Aleppo "to avenge the people of Homs," besieged by regime forces.
The 45-minute video posted on jihadist forums showed footage of the destruction caused by the 6 January car attack in Damascus that killed 26 people, and by a twin suicide car bombing in Aleppo on 10 February that killed 28 people.
A fighter, identified as Abu Al-Baraa Al-Shami and presented as the one who carried out the Damascus bombing, is heard saying he will carry out the attack to avenge a woman who was "raped" by Syrian security forces.
Shami urged Syrians to take part in jihad, or holy war.
"Brothers, hurry up and don't wait. Jihad is now in your country ... You don't need any fatwas," he said...
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The group calling itself Al-Nusra Front to Protect the Levant said it carried out the attacks in Damascus and Aleppo "to avenge the people of Homs," besieged by regime forces.
The 45-minute video posted on jihadist forums showed footage of the destruction caused by the 6 January car attack in Damascus that killed 26 people, and by a twin suicide car bombing in Aleppo on 10 February that killed 28 people.
A fighter, identified as Abu Al-Baraa Al-Shami and presented as the one who carried out the Damascus bombing, is heard saying he will carry out the attack to avenge a woman who was "raped" by Syrian security forces.
Shami urged Syrians to take part in jihad, or holy war.
"Brothers, hurry up and don't wait. Jihad is now in your country ... You don't need any fatwas," he said...
Read More.
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