Abu Jaber has released his first speech as the general commander of the newly formed Ha'yat Tahrir al Sham (“Assembly for the Liberation of Syria"). He calls on other factions to join his group, promises to wage jihad on Bashar al Assad's regime until the end and claims that losing the war would be catastrophic for Syria's Sunnis.
Three jihadist groups have formed Jund al Malahim ("Soldiers of the Epics"), a joint operations room opposed to the Assad regime and Russian forces in the Ghouta region of Damascus.
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