Another reason to stay away from their civil war.

(AFP) — A previously unknown jihadist group has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in the Syrian capital and the second city Aleppo that killed dozens earlier this year, in a video seen by AFP yesterday.

The group calling itself Al Nusra Front to Protect the Levant said it carried out the attacks in Damascus and Aleppo “to avenge the people of Homs,” besieged by regime forces.
The 45-minute video posted on jihadist forums showed footage of the destruction caused by the January 6 car attack in Damascus that killed 26 people, and by a twin suicide car bombing in the northern city of Aleppo on February 10 that killed 28 people.

A fighter, identified as Abu al-Baraa al-Shami and presented as the one who carried out the Damascus bombing, is heard saying he will carry out the attack to avenge a woman who was “raped” by Syrian security forces.

Shami urged Syrians to take part in jihad, or holy war. “Brothers, hurry up and don’t wait. Jihad is now in your country … You don’t need any fatwas,” he said. Abu Mohamed al-Julani, identified as the group leader, accused the regime of President Bashar al-Assad of criminal activity in the rebel central city of Homs, also calling for jihad against the Syrian authorities.

“This regime will never stop except by the power of Allah and the power of weapons,” he said.