Syria's al-Nusra announces split from al-Qaeda
Syria-based Islamist military force al-Nusra's leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has confirmed in a video that the group has split from the al-Qaeda. The al-Nusra leader also declared that the organisation has changed its name to 'Jabhat Fath al-Sham'. This comes after reports that the al-Qaeda had approved of the split to allow al-Nusra to concentrate on fighting the Syrian government.