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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">17526</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2017-17-4-655-668</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">“JABHAT AL-NUSRA” - TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND PARTICIPANT OF SYRIAN CONFLICT</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>«ДЖАБХАТ АН-НУСРА» - ТЕРРОРИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ И УЧАСТНИК СИРИЙСКОГО КОНФЛИКТА</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Krylov</surname><given-names>A V</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Крылов</surname><given-names>А В</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Krylov Alexander Vladimirovich - Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Senior Researcher of the Middle East Studies Center of the Institute of International Studies at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Крылов Александр Владимирович - д-р ист. наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Центра ближневосточных исследований Института международных исследований МГИМО(У) МИД России, профессор кафедры востоковедения</p></bio><email>avkrylov2004@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State Institute of International Relations</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный институт международных отношений (Университет) Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2017-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Terrorism as a threat to international security</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Терроризм как угроза международной безопасности</issue-title><fpage>655</fpage><lpage>668</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2017-12-22"><day>22</day><month>12</month><year>2017</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2017, Krylov A.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2017, Крылов А.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Krylov A.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Крылов А.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/17526">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/17526</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article focuses on the history and evolution of the jihadist terrorist organization “Jab-hat al-Nusra” (“The Support Front for the People of the Levant”). It also reveals the ideological principals of the organization, its main goals and objectives and the methods used to achieve them. “Jabhat al-Nusra” was created as a branch of “Al Qaeda” in Syria. Subsequently, the organization changed its name twice. From July 2016 known as the “Jabhat Fateh al-Sham” (“The Liberation Front of the Levant”) and from January 2017 - as the “Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham” (“Organization for the Liberation of the Levant”. The replacement of the signboard was determined primarily by the fact that “Al-Nusra” had been designated as a terrorist organization in many countries around the world, including Russia. The main goals of “Jabhat al-Nusra” are follows: first - to overthrow the legitimate government of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad; second - to create a Muslim Sunni state governed by the laws of Sharia on the territory of Syria. The article shows that now the front “Al-Nusra” is the most powerful military and political force among all political organizations and military groups of the Syrian opposition. “Al-Nusra” is actively trying to become a more respectable movement and persistently seeks to get rid of the image of a terrorist organization. The article reflects the official position of the Russian Federation toward “Jabhat al-Nusra”.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье показана история и эволюция террористической джихадистской организации «Джаб-хат ан-нусра» («Фронт помощи», встречается также «Фронт поддержки»). Автор раскрывает идео-логические установки организации, ее основные цели, используемые для их достижения методы. «Джабхат ан-нусра» создавалась как филиал «Аль-Каиды» в Сирии. Впоследствии организация дважды меняла свое название на «Джабхат фатх аш-Шам» («Фронт завоевания Леванта») 29 июля 2016 г. и «Хайат тахрир аш-Шам» («Организация освобождения Леванта») 28 января 2017 г. Частые изменения вывески были вызваны, прежде всего, тем, что организация была признана террористи-ческой во многих странах мира, в том числе в России. «Джабхат ан-нусра» ставит перед собой две основные цели: первая - свержение легитим-ного сирийского правительства президента Башара Асада; вторая - создание на территории Си-рии суннитского мусульманского государства, управляемого в соответствии с законами шариата. В статье показано, что сейчас «Джабхат ан-нусра» является наиболее влиятельной военной и поли-тической силой среди всех политических организаций и военных формирований сирийской оп-позиции. Группировка активно старается стать более респектабельным движением и настойчиво стремится избавиться от ярлыка террористической организации. В статье отражена официальная позиция Российской Федерации в отношении «Джабхат ан-нусры».</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Syria</kwd><kwd>the Syrian conflict</kwd><kwd>the Syrian opposition</kwd><kwd>Islamism</kwd><kwd>Islamic radicalism</kwd><kwd>Salafism</kwd><kwd>Jihadism</kwd><kwd>Terrorism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Сирия</kwd><kwd>сирийский конфликт</kwd><kwd>сирийская оппозиция</kwd><kwd>исламизм</kwd><kwd>исламский радикализм</kwd><kwd>салафизм</kwd><kwd>джихадизм</kwd><kwd>терроризм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">At-Tamimi, A. (2017). The Formation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Wider Tensions in the Syrian Insurgency. 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