France wants UN to label Syria's al-Nusra Front a terrorist group
The United Nations should declare Syria's Islamist militant al-Nusra Front a terrorist organization, to differentiate it from other Syrian rebel groups, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday.
France wants to bolster the opposition Syrian National Coalition, while pushing it to expand, unify and guarantee that a new government in Damascus would respect rights of all, Fabius said in an interview with Le Monde daily.
The UN Security Council has already looked informally at whether to impose sanctions on al-Nusra, after it pledged allegiance last month to al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. (Reuters)
