Syria 90 - Day Strategic Forecast: Jabhat Al - Nusra (JN)
Sep 22, 2015 - Jennifer Cafarella![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/Regime-Iranian-Russian%20Posture%2017%20SEPT%202015_18.png?itok=1NW7bIWF)
Grand strategic objectives:
• Establish an Islamic Emirate in Syria that is a future component of the envisioned al-Qaeda Caliphate
• Unify the global jihadist movement
Strategic objectives:
• Destroy the Assad regime
• Transform Syrian society from secular nationalism to an Islamic theocracy
• Establish locally-accepted governance as a precursor to an eventual Islamic Emirate
• Build an army to protect the Islamic Emirate by partnering with Syrian rebel groups
• Resolve the fitna, or schism, with ISIS
• Counter U.S. influence in Syria