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This Little-Known Terror Group Poses a Greater Threat Than ISIS in Syria

James Phillips / Austin Avery / November 30, 2018

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 But another al-Qaeda offshoot, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham—the “Organization for the Liberation of the Levant”—commands the loyalty of five times as many fighters in Idlib, where it controls more than half of the territory.

Although Western media remains focused on ISIS, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham remains a ticking time bomb that arguably poses a greater long-term threat to U.S. national security and Syria’s stability.

A Snake That Sheds Its Skin

Like ISIS, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has rapidly evolved in the crucible of Syria’s civil war.

Read more at: https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/30/this-little-known-terror-group-poses-a-greater-threat-than-isis-in-syria/

Okay, "in Syria" they are a greater threat. I think ISIS remains a threat worldwide to make rogue and lone-wolf attacks but this group which is what has always been the al Qaeda related "al nusra" in Syria is a bigger threat.  Still, good to know.