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Rebel Advance in Daraa Raises Jihadist Profile in Southern Syria
On October 10, the al-Qaida-affiliated jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra announced that it and allied rebels had taken over Daraa al-Balad, the “old town” section of the capital city of Daraa province in southern Syria. .