The head of the Syrian rebel group Al-Nusra Front, an offshoot of Al-Qaeda, on Monday urged insurgents to escalate attacks on the strongholds of President Bashar Al-Assad's minority Alawite sect, in retaliation for what he said was the “indiscriminate killing” of Sunnis by invading Russians, Reuters reports.
The audio message from Abu Mohammad al-Golani, posted on YouTube, said Russia's military intervention since last week was aimed at saving Assad's rule from collapse but was doomed to fail, as had previous Iranian and Hezbollah military support.
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