BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Syria's al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front said in his first televised interview that his group was not seeking to rule Syria, but future rule must be based on Islamic law.
"The Nusra Front does not seek to rule society on its own when we reach the stage of the liberation of Sham (Syria)," Abu Mohammed al-Golani told the pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera in the interview, part of which was aired on Wednesday evening. "At that point a legal council of academics and thinkers will meet ... and put in place an appropriate plan for running the country, which of course will be based on Islamic law."
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