Syrian Nusra Front gives #ISIS an ’ultimatum’
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Syria’s official Al-Qaeda affiliate on Tuesday gave rival jihadists a five-day ultimatum to submit to a joint Islamic court after a top operative was killed in a suicide bombing. The ultimatum issued by Al-Nusra Front to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) comes after the killing of Abu Khaled al-Suri, the commander of an Islamist brigade who was close to Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. Rival rebels accuse ISIS of being behind the fatal attack and Al-Nusra’s chief said his outfit would fight the group in Syria and neighboring Iraq if it refused joint arbitration. read more