Syria\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s ambassador to the United Nations says the al-Nusra Front terrorist group has claimed responsibility for carrying out at least 600 acts of terror in the past year.\n<\/p>\n
In a Friday an address to a UN Security Council session, Bashar al-Jaafari slammed the al-Qaeda-linked group for attacking hospitals and schools, desecrating holy places, assassinating religious figures, and abducting UN personnel.\n<\/p>\n
Jafaari also strongly denounced a number of UN members for supporting armed groups in Syria.\n<\/p>\n
Diplomats have said the UN Security Council will add the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front to its sanctions blacklist next week.\n<\/p>\n
As a result, the group will be subject to a global asset freeze from Tuesday onwards.\n<\/p>\n
This comes as the Syrian government asked the Security Council to blacklist al-Nusra last month, but the request was blocked by Britain and France.\n<\/p>\n
Al-Nusra, which has been already designated as a terrorist organization in the US, has gained notoriety for bombings across the country.
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Al-Nusra’s chief Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani also has pledged his group\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s allegiance to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.\n<\/p>\n
The Syria crisis began in March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of soldiers and security personnel, have been killed in the violence.\n<\/p>\n
The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.\n<\/p>\n
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