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CBS/APSeptember 24, 2014, 3:59 PM
Nusra Front, other Syrian rebels, evacuating bases amid U.S. airstrikes
Supporters of al Qaeda's Syria affiliate al-Nusra Front hold placards calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a "terrorist" and denouncing Arab states that have joined anti-Islamic State group campaign, as they demonstrate in the northern city of Alepppo on September 24, 2014. Nusra has fought against ISIS in parts of Syria, and has also battled alongside moderate and Islamist rebels against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
The Nusra Front found itself the target of some the earliest airstrikes in a broader military campaign to take on extremists who have beenoperating in Syria during the country's three-year-old civil war. The Pentagon said the group was targeted because of a cell called Khorasan, a group of hardened al Qaeda veterans, was close to carrying out attacks on targets in Europe and the U.S.
"Heavy weapons have been moved out of the bases. We do not want civilians to be harmed because of us," one Nusra fighter said in an online message, according to Reuters.
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CBS/APSeptember 24, 2014, 3:59 PM
Nusra Front, other Syrian rebels, evacuating bases amid U.S. airstrikes
Supporters of al Qaeda's Syria affiliate al-Nusra Front hold placards calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a "terrorist" and denouncing Arab states that have joined anti-Islamic State group campaign, as they demonstrate in the northern city of Alepppo on September 24, 2014. Nusra has fought against ISIS in parts of Syria, and has also battled alongside moderate and Islamist rebels against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
- Al Qaeda's official affiliate in Syria evacuated its bases in populated areas in the northwest of the country after U.S.-led forces conducted airstrikes on the group, its leaders said Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
The Nusra Front found itself the target of some the earliest airstrikes in a broader military campaign to take on extremists who have beenoperating in Syria during the country's three-year-old civil war. The Pentagon said the group was targeted because of a cell called Khorasan, a group of hardened al Qaeda veterans, was close to carrying out attacks on targets in Europe and the U.S.
"Heavy weapons have been moved out of the bases. We do not want civilians to be harmed because of us," one Nusra fighter said in an online message, according to Reuters.
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