In response, Abu ‘Abdllah, the person responsible for the foreign relations of Al-Qaeda’s leadership, criticizes Atun’s statements and denies his accusations. For example, he claims that Al-Nusra Front itself was responsible for the leak of the contents of the correspondence between jihad fighters. At the same time, Abu ‘Abdllah reveals that Ayman al-Zawahiri had appealed to the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to keep in frequent contact in order to improve the speed of their correspondence, but this appeal was not answered.
This article is part of the RED-Alert project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme under grant agreement No 740688.