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https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/rebels-consolidating-strength-in-syria-the-islamic-front

Wikipedia Roadmap #2

Islamic Front (Syria)

Views and objectives

The Islamic Front (Syria) has not made any notions on establishing a caliphate. The Islamic Front is more interested in unifying the Muslims that are concerned with the same issues that they are concerned with. This means that the Islamic Front (Syria) has a much different view than other Jihadist have where normally Jihadist want to bring the world under Muslim rule. In the United States governments eyes they do not see this Islamic Front (Syria) as a danger to American lives and they do not class them as a terrorist organization like ISIS or Al Qaeda. However, many of the United States allies could back this group which politically could be an issue for the United States. With JN backing them and with silent investors like the Turkish President or with Saudi's money they could spell trouble for the United States in the future but that is if they change their ideals and want to establish a caliphate on a world wide scale.

'''IV. Claimed attacks/ Description of Attacks'''

The Islamic Front (Syria) has claimed for forty five attacks from 2012 to 2015. The country that the Islamic Front (Syria) has been active in has only been in Syria and only in the major cities. The most deadly attacks occurred on the same day on December 14, 2014 on two different military bases. The Islamic Front killed ninety soldiers at each location and took fifteen soldiers hostage and their where about are still unknown to this day. The majority of their attacks are assaults with explosives (thirty seven attacks) but they have used armed assaults as well in their attacks as well (three times). The Majority of their targets were military personnel (twenty three attacks) but a close second was private citizens (nineteen attacks); Forty three percent of the attacks were against military personnel, thirty five percent of the attacks were against private citizens, and all other attacks involved were around twenty percent of the attacks. The Islamic Front (Syria) also has targeted journalist and kidnapped them and held them hostage but in every instance the victim has not been harmed and had been released alive and no ransom was paid in either event as well. The Islamic Front (Syria) in one attack used fire rockets into the city of Damascus in response to recent airstrikes. The Islamic Front (Syria) claimed they were targeting government officials and visiting Russian officials. The Islamic Front (Syria) targeted police on multiple occasions killing over fifty police officers and injuring over twenty in the multiple attacks.

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International Recognition

The Islamic front (Syria) international support is centered around the middle east. There are reports that the Islamic Front military operations are being funded by the State of Saudi Arabia. There is also reports and sightings of Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah meeting with members of the Tawhid Brigade who is one of the seven groups that combined to create the Islamic Front (Syria). There also reports of a silent partner from Turkey. The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s has been linked to some members in the Islamic Front (Syria). Other Terrorist groups had supported the Islamic Front (Syria). The Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) have publicity supported the Islamic Front (Syria) as long as the Islamic Front does not create any western ties or leave out Arab regimes. Muhammad al-Mohaisany, a rising star in the jihadist community and a key financier of rebel efforts in northern Syria -- released a video message backing Islamic Front (Syria) on social media platforms. However, ISIS is feeling uneasy from the formation of the Islamic Front because they are competitors in Syria. The United States has not designated the Islamic Front (Syria) as aglobal jihadist group because they not want to establish a caliphate.

Views and objections

According to the Islamic Front they only want to unify muslims under one Islamic State. The group has also stated that they will not punish non muslims and will create a second class citizen system for non muslims like Christians and other religious followings. The Islamic Front (Syria) is very open to allowing other smaller rebellion groups join their movement as long as they believe in the one true God.

*************** Comments**********************

Hi Swat, I like your article and it is very interesting. The things that I have been looking at are pretty simple and just housekeeping items. In your first paragraph, there are no citations. I would specifically look at the part that talks about the Turkish president being involved in potentially shady activities. I was interested in the source in this part and I think others may want to know more about this topic. Another subject that I noticed was the designations that you gave your group as the "Islamic Front (Syria)". Is there another Front that is not based in Syria so this is a distinction? It may be helpful to make that differentiation more clear. In the first paragraph, you also lead with "The Islamic Front (Syria)" in the first two sentences. If this particular group has a nickname or another identification, it would make it flow a bit better. Another housekeeping subject would be the way that your numbers are formatted. In a few places, you have the numbers in numerical form and in others they are written out. I think the rule is writing out the number until ten or so then using number formatting after that. I am not 100% on this, so you might want to fact check me. Again, I enjoyed reading your article and those are just the small changes that I would suggest that you make. Please feel free to let me know if you disagree or make the changes. I hope this is somewhat helpful.

NoSeTampoco

(aka I do not either in Spanish)