Joulani appeared on video to announce that his organization is breaking away from Al-Qaeda after fighting for more than four years under their banner in Syria.

Appearing alongside Jolani(Golani) in the video was the infamous "Al-Qaeda jihadist" Ahmad Salamah Mabrouk (AKA  “Abu Faraj Al Masri ”).

Salamah Mabrouk (AKA “Abu Faraj Al-Masri”) person in the left with white clothes

Following his release from an Egyptian prison in 2012, Mabrouk made his way to Syria in order to join the newest Al-Qaeda franchise: Jabhat Al-Nusra, Al-Masdar News reports.

Mabrouk is a key member of Joulani’s inner-circle and a former confidant of Al-Qaeda’s leader Aymen Zawahiri – both born in Egypt.

Jabhat Al-Nusra has been given Al-Qaeda’s blessing to breakaway from the latter; furthermore, they will remain close allies, despite the fact they are no longer flying under the same banner.

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