The reformed jihadi? Al-Jolani, the new most powerful man in Syria

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🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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International security correspondent Jason Burke explores the life of Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and asks whether he has genuinely reformed from his hardline al-Qaida past. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:09.0	Today, the story of a jihadi with a $10 million bounty on his head and how he became the
0:15.8	most powerful man in Syria.
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1:21.6	After the most of the years of age He first emerged in a video
1:30.3	in the world of the Sharm, and what you're
1:33.3	to have him from a jane shawahsha,
1:37.3	he first emerged in a video message in 2012.
1:41.3	His voice was distorted.
1:43.3	Nobody knew who he was, if he was Syrian or Iraqi.
1:47.0	He went by a nom de guerre, Abu Muhammad al-Jalani.
1:56.0	He was announcing a new jihadi group in Syria, where a revolution was getting underway
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