Al Nusrah Front

The Al Nusrah front claimed credit for a suicide attack in Idlib on June 1 that targeted a military base. Al Nusrah claimed it followed the suicide attack by ambushing Syrian troops who were attempting to conduct a rescue mission; the convoy was hit with seven IEDs.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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