A Syrian rebel group which has proclaimed loyalty to al-Qaeda
posted an audio recording attributed to its leader on Monday in which he
promised a fightback.
In the recording, al-Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani also hit out at Lebanon's Hezbollah whose public intervention in the Syrian conflict since late April has been a major factor in recent rebel reverses.
Julani's speech, entitled: "The Coming Days are Better Than Those of the Past," were his first since April 10, SITE Intelligence, which monitored the posting, said.
In it, the Nusra leader warned Lebanese Shias not to allow Hezbollah to drag them into a proxy war in Syria on behalf of its Iranian backers.
"I say that abandoning Hezbollah and disowning it will save you from woes and disasters that you would do without," SITE quoted him as saying.
Julani also warned other rebel groups in Syria against the dangers of accepting support from Arab or Western governments.
In his last public intervention in April, Julani spoke out against the al-Qaeda leadership in neighbouring Iraq for its attempt to steamroller a merger between rebels in the two countries.
He made no reference in his latest speech to the controversy, which sparked a split among al-Qaeda loyalists inside Syria between al-Nusra and the rival al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria.
[AFP]
In the recording, al-Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani also hit out at Lebanon's Hezbollah whose public intervention in the Syrian conflict since late April has been a major factor in recent rebel reverses.
Julani's speech, entitled: "The Coming Days are Better Than Those of the Past," were his first since April 10, SITE Intelligence, which monitored the posting, said.
In it, the Nusra leader warned Lebanese Shias not to allow Hezbollah to drag them into a proxy war in Syria on behalf of its Iranian backers.
"I say that abandoning Hezbollah and disowning it will save you from woes and disasters that you would do without," SITE quoted him as saying.
Julani also warned other rebel groups in Syria against the dangers of accepting support from Arab or Western governments.
In his last public intervention in April, Julani spoke out against the al-Qaeda leadership in neighbouring Iraq for its attempt to steamroller a merger between rebels in the two countries.
He made no reference in his latest speech to the controversy, which sparked a split among al-Qaeda loyalists inside Syria between al-Nusra and the rival al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria.
[AFP]
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