The leader of al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Nusra Front on Thursday said his rebel group had severed ties with the international terrorist organization in a bid to stop Russian and U.S. airstrikes on opposition-held areas of the country. Abu Mohammed al-Golani said in a video aired on Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera that he was disbanding Nusra Front and forming a new group called the Syria Conquest Front, which would have no...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 28, 2016 17:37 UTC