Jisr ash-Shughur
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Jisr ash-Shughūr, known in antiquity as Seleucobelus, is a city in the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Situated at an altitude of 170 metres (560 ft) above sea level on the Orontes river, the city was inhabited by 44,322 people as of 2010. The inhabitants are mostly Sunni Muslims, with a significant Christian minority, mostly Greek Orthodox.
Covered market in the old town of Jisr ash-Shughūr (2009)
View of "Isser-Sjoor" (top) and view of the river and the bridge (bottom), by Corneille le Brun (Voyage au Levant, 1714)
Al-Nusra Front
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Al-Nusra Front, also known as Front for the Conquest of the Levant, was a Salafi jihadist organization fighting against Syrian government 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.
Al-Nusra Front fighters during the Syrian Civil War.
The scene at Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square after the attacks on 3 October 2012