Islamic State Crisis: Al-Nusra Issues Threat Over Air Strikes -- BBC
Syrian militant group al-Nusra Front has denounced US-led air strikes as "a war against Islam".
In an online statement, the al-Qaeda-linked group called on jihadists around the world to target Western and Arab countries involved.
It comes as the US and other nations widened air strikes against Islamic State (IS) fighters in Iraq and Syria.
The Pentagon said jets hit the Syrian city of Raqqa on Saturday as well as IS positions near the Turkish border.
Kurdish fighters have been defending the Kurdish town of Kobane on the Syrian side of the border since an IS advance sent about 140,000 civilians fleeing to Turkey.
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