[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) is a pro-opposition monitoring group. A score of mainstream Western and Arabic media outlets rely on SOHR for on-site data. Although the monitoring group is pro-opposition, it tends to make a noticeable distinction between the Nusra Front and other rebel groups, and has acknowledged the group\u2019s links to al-Qaeda as far back as November 2012.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E Syria Rebels Take Swathe of East but Clash with Kurd Militia,\u201d Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, November 23, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/11\/Syria_rebels_take_swathe_of_east_but_clash_with_Kurd_militia\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/11\/Syria_rebels_take_swathe_of_east_but_clash_with_Kurd_militia\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E The group frequently uses descriptors like \u201cradical\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E \u201cFriends of Syria Heading to Morocco to Boost Opposition,\u201d Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, December 11, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/12\/Friends_of_Syria_heading_to_Morocco_to_boost_opposition\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/12\/Friends_of_Syria_heading_to_Morocco_to_boost_opposition\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E and \u201cextremist,\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cSyrian Sectarian Fighting Spills into Lebanon,\u201d Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, December 11, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/12\/Syrian_sectarian_fighting_spills_into_Lebanon\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/12\/Syrian_sectarian_fighting_spills_into_Lebanon\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E in addition to \u201cal-Qaeda-linked\u201d\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E \u201cSyria Rebels Hope Arms Will Flow to New Fighter Command,\u201d Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, December 11, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/12\/Syria_rebels_hope_arms_will_flow_to_new_fighter_command\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/12\/Syria_rebels_hope_arms_will_flow_to_new_fighter_command\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E and \u201cal-Qaeda loyalist,\u201d when describing the Nusra Front.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E \u201cSyria Rebels Take Swathe of East but Clash with Kurd Militia,\u201d Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, November 23, 2012,  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/11\/Syria_rebels_take_swathe_of_east_but_clash_with_Kurd_militia\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/syriahr.com\/en\/2012\/11\/Syria_rebels_take_swathe_of_east_but_clash_with_Kurd_militia\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on the Nusra Front"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]