Over the past eight years, al-Qaeda’s fortunes have ebbed and flowed. Drones, uprisings, and a challenge from the Islamic State have forced the core al-Qaeda organization—historically based in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region—and its various branches to adapt and migrate outward.
In this new Policy Focus, Washington Institute fellow Aaron Y. Zelin compiles case studies demonstrating how each part of al-Qaeda’s network has evolved and survived the various challenges it has faced roughly since the Obama administration took office. Written by eminent scholars, practitioners, and government officials from the United States and abroad, the chapters are informed by a recent workshop in which the participants gave candid, off-the-record assessments of numerous key issues, including al-Qaeda’s current strategic outlook, a close examination of its branch in Syria, its branches outside of Syria (AQAP, AQIM, al-Shabab, and AQIS), and its current financial situation.
Contributors include: myself, Bruce Hoffman, Charles Lister, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Heller, Katherine Zimmerman, Andrew Lebovich, Christopher Anzalone, Don Rassler, Hans-Jakob Schindler, Katherine Bauer, and Matthew Levitt.
Click here to read the full publication (124 pages).
Category: Jordan
New video message from The Islamic State: "Loyalty [to the Muslims] and Disavowal [of the Unbelievers] – Wilāyat al-Ānbār"
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New video message from The Islamic State: "Charge Upon the Safavid Army Outpost Along the Imaginary Border With Jordan – Wilāyat al-Ānbār"
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New video message from Jabhat al-Nuṣrah: "Shortly Before Going Inside the Naṣīb Border Crossing, Word From One Mujāhid of Jabhat al-Nuṣrah"
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al-I’tiṣām Media presents a new video message from The Islamic State: "Message to Jordan"
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New video message from The Islamic State: "Views of the Muslims on the Burning of the Jordanian Pilot – Wilāyat Ḥomṣ"
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Minbar al-Tawḥīd wa-l-Jihād presents a new audio message from Dr. Iyād Qunaybī: "Is Anyone Interested in Real Sharī'ah Rule? Burning of the Pilot and Burning Dūmā As the Same"
Dr. Iyād Qunaybī — “Is Anyone Interested in Real Sharī’ah Rule? Burning of the Pilot and Burning Dūmā As the Same”
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Minbar al-Tawḥīd wa-l-Jihād presents a new article from Shaykh Abū al ‘Izz al-Najdī: "The Insincere Organization With Its Lies That Reached the World"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū al ‘Izz al-Najdī — “The Insincere Organization With Its Lies That Reached the World”
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New video message from The Islamic State: "Believers’ Chest Healed – Wilāyat Ḥalab"
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New video message from The Islamic State: "Joy of the Muslims With the Retribution From the Jordanian Pilot – Wilāyat Nīnawā"
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