Gunning for Assad: Syrian rebel group with al-Qaeda links refuses to attend peace talks

The head of the al-Nusra Front has said the al-Qaeda affiliate will not accept the outcome of next month's talks between Syria's government and opposition. In his first television interview, Abu Mohammed al-Julani told al-Jazeera he would "not recognise any results that come out of the Geneva II conference". Julani also claimed that the rebels would "achieve victory soon" against President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Al-Nusra, which is designated a terrorist group by the US, is believed to have been created in mid-2011 with the help of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), a militant umbrella group that includes al-Qaeda.