The US State Department’s official statement listing al-Nusra as a foreign terrorist organization, titled, " Terrorist Designations of the al-Nusrah Front as an Alias for al-Qa’ida in Iraq ," states: Since November 2011, al-Nusrah Front has claimed nearly 600 attacks – ranging from more than 40 suicide attacks to small arms and improvised explosive device operations – in major city centers including Damascus, Aleppo, Hamah, Dara, Homs, Idlib, and Dayr al-Zawr. During these attacks numerous innocent Syrians have been killed.