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Nour Matraji

A member of the Nusra Front climbs a pole where the al-Qaeda-affiliate's flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern Syrian city of Ariha, in Idlib province, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area on May 29, 2015.

The other Islamic state: al-Qaeda is still fighting for an emirate of its own

Conflict

A woman who fled war in a Syrian city speaks about life under al-Qaeda’s strong Syria branch, Jabhat al-Nusra.