eapons. Due to the uprising, different extremist military groups have been able to cross the border and enter Syria. One of the leading armed groups, Al-Nusra Front, an affiliate of the world's largest terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda, has been included by the US in the international terrorism blacklist. It is im

een the Syrian regime and a diverse opposition in Syria has spiraled into a much more complex conflict in which certain parties, notably the radical Al-Nusra Front, have now emerged as separate entities, fighting both regime and more mainstream rebel groups. This was epitomized in clashes between Kurdish and Al