"According to Charles Lister, a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, the new group will include most al-Nusra forces, which are among the best trained and armed in the country. It also may be seen as a truly Syrian actor, not the offshoot of an organization based elsewhere that cares little about the fate of Syrians." So by splitting from Al-Qa`idah formally, it becomes a true Syrian actor representing Syrian people's interests? It seems Western media cheers have started.