Fact:
On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.
The 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’s links to al-Qaeda as far back as November 2012. Syria Rebels Take Swathe of East but Clash with Kurd Militia,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, November 23, 2012, http://syriahr.com/en/2012/11/Syria_rebels_take_swathe_of_east_but_clash_with_Kurd_militia/. The group frequently uses descriptors like “radical” “Friends of Syria Heading to Morocco to Boost Opposition,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, December 11, 2012, http://syriahr.com/en/2012/12/Friends_of_Syria_heading_to_Morocco_to_boost_opposition/. and “extremist,”“Syrian Sectarian Fighting Spills into Lebanon,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, December 11, 2012, http://syriahr.com/en/2012/12/Syrian_sectarian_fighting_spills_into_Lebanon/. in addition to “al-Qaeda-linked” “Syria Rebels Hope Arms Will Flow to New Fighter Command,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, December 11, 2012, http://syriahr.com/en/2012/12/Syria_rebels_hope_arms_will_flow_to_new_fighter_command/. and “al-Qaeda loyalist,” when describing the Nusra Front. “Syria Rebels Take Swathe of East but Clash with Kurd Militia,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, November 23, 2012, http://syriahr.com/en/2012/11/Syria_rebels_take_swathe_of_east_but_clash_with_Kurd_militia/.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.
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