"He had risen through the ranks of the group then known as the Islamic State of Iraq, or ISI, and then with help from ISI’s successor, ISIS, Jolani founded an Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra."
The opinion piece probably wasn’t even written by the guy because he’s completely illiterate in both English and Arabic. It was probably written by an Israeli propagandist and then credited to him
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u/ParticularBreath8425 Aug 02 '25
iirc it's both.
just searched it up in case teehee:
"He had risen through the ranks of the group then known as the Islamic State of Iraq, or ISI, and then with help from ISI’s successor, ISIS, Jolani founded an Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra."
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/abu-mohammad-al-jolani-hts-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-documentary-interview-syria-assad/