Al-Nusra Front

Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra or Jabhat Al-Nusra Li Ahl Ash-Sham, also known as Front for the Conquest of the Levant, and also later known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham was a Salafi-jihadist organization that fought against Ba'athist regime forces in the Syrian Civil War. Its aim was to overthrow president Bashar al-Assad and establish an Islamic state ruled by Sharia law in Syria. (Wikipedia)