The al-Nusra Front has split from al-Qaeda.
The group has also changed it's name in a rare video from the leader.
Now they want to be referred to as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, that is, the Front for the Conquest of Syria.
The leader says going forward, the group has no ties with foreign groups, and the U.S. and Russia should stop bombing Syria.
At the U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby says Washington is not changing it's opinion about whether it's a terrorist group.
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AT the U.S. State Department, spokesman John Kirby says the al-Nusra might just be re-branding.
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