Ahrar al-Sham - the "Syrian Taliban": Al-Nusra ally seeks partnership with West

Abstract: President Bashar al-Assad’s refusal to step down and open the door to compromise is not the only obstacle to a resolution of the Syrian conflict. Various Islamist groups focused on outright military victory also play a major role. Since 2012 they have come to dominate the uprising. The international community agrees that there can be no negotiations with the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), nor with the al Nusra Front, which is close to al-Qaeda. The open question is how to treat Ahrar al-Sham, as the largest rebel group alongside ISIS. Its militant Salafist orientation, which makes it the al-Nusra Front’s closest ally, speaks against involving it in talks. Although Ahrar has been seeking since 2015 to position itself as a partner for the United States and its allies, there is no sign that it intends to abandon its alliance with the jihadists. (author's abstract)

Alternative title
Ahrar ash-Sham - die "syrischen Taliban": die Verbündeten der Nusra-Front bieten sich dem Westen als Partner an
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 7 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP-Aktuell ; Bd. 27/2016

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2016
Creator
Steinberg, Guido
Contributor
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-46961-0
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Steinberg, Guido
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Time of origin

  • 2016

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