US-backed Hazm Movement, Muhajireen Army working together in Aleppo
▻http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/10/us-backed_hazm_movement_muhaji.php
The U.S.-backed Harakat Hazm, or Hazm Movement, has joined several groups, including Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, a Chechen-led jihadist group, and the Islamist Jaish Mujahideen (Army of Mujahideen) in fighting the Assad regime in the Handarat District of Aleppo.
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Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar (the Army of the Emigrants and Helpers), also known as the Muhajireen Army, is an #al_Qaeda allied jihadist group...
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Underscoring the complexity of vetting Syrian rebel groups for US assistance, on September 23, the US-backed Hazm Movement released a statement condemning the recent coalition airstrikes in Syria:
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The Hazm Movement is also known to fight alongside the Al Nusrah Front. An LA Times article in early September quotes a Hazm fighter as saying, “Inside Syria we became labeled as secularists and feared Nusrah Front was going to battle us. But Nusrah doesn’t fight us, we actually fight alongside them. We like Nusrah.”
Les “#modérés” des #Etats-Unis en #Syrie