Syrian Rebel chief who toppled Assad: How Abu Mohammed al-Jolani rebranded himself as a ‘moderate’ leader – Times of India
For years, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani was known as a shadowy figure leading Syria’s branch of Al-Qaeda. As the founder of the Al-Nusra Front (ANF), his group was synonymous with extremist ideology, brutal tactics, and a global terrorist entity by the United States in 2013. Yet today, Jolani is crafting a dramatically different image, one that…