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: A Hayat Tahrir al-Sham video release shows how the group defines and makes sense of Syria’s war in terms of its own jihadist frame of reference – and highlights the challenge of extricating the group from its Syrian context:

'Frogs' and 'Geckos': Syria's Jihadists Speak the Language of Rebellion

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Sam Heller

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2. ... al-Islamiyyah's internal debates before ultimately quitting the group; and where he also connected with key Egyptian jihadists, including the one who eventually convinced him to migrate from Sudan to Syria. He told Farghali: "The jihad needs you, and you need the jihad."

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Sam Heller

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1. Turkish magazine interview with Tahrir al-Sham's Abu al-Fateh al-Farghali (posted in Turkish and Arabic on his Telegram) highlights prison's formative influence: Farghali spent most of his adult life (1995-2011) in Egyptian prisons, where he participated in al-Gama'ah...