DAMASCUS: The Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's Syrian franchise, has threatened reprisals against nations participating in air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) group, denouncing them as "a war against Islam."

Group spokesman Abu Firas al-Suri said in a video posted online on Saturday the states involved had "committed a horrible act that is going to put them on the list of jihadist targets throughout the world."

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