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After graduating from Wellesley College in 2003, Dania Akkad worked as a daily newspaper reporter at The Salinas Californian and The Monterey Country Herald, covering everything from crime to agribusiness. In 2008, she moved to Syria and worked as a staff writer for Syria Today before completing a Master’s in Near and Middle Eastern Studies with a focus on politics at The School of Oriental and African Studies. Tweets at @daniaakkad.
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The leader of the Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra), Abu Mohammed al-Joulani, has announced that the organization would split from al-Qaida and become the Levantine Conquest Front, aiming to “close the gap” between Syria’s fighting factions.
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