Abstract:
The recent insurgency in Iraq has spawned fresh questions about what interests the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) represents and how exactly the organization relates to al-Qaeda. Indeed, although the groups have found tenuous common cause in military engagements such as Iraq, their relations have been characterized by distrust, open competition, and outright hostility. The final break came with ISIS’s recent expansion from Iraq into Syria, spurring al-Qaeda to disavow the group earlier this year. In the battle for global jihadist supremacy, ISIS now holds the upper hand, with al-Qaeda struggling just to fend off its own decline.
In this new Institute Research Note, Aaron Y. Zelin examines the history and evolution of relations between ISIS and al-Qaeda, detailing factors that could help or hinder each group in their battle for domination of the global Jihadi arena.
Click here to read the entire paper.
Month: June 2014
New video message from the Central Region of al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib's Shaykh Abū 'Abd Allah 'Uthmān al 'Āṣamī: "Advocating For the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām"
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al-Ghurabā’ Foundation for Media Production presents a new article from Shaykh Abū Humām Bakr Bin 'Abd al 'Azīz al-'Atharī: "God's Promise: Support For the Mujāhidīn Of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Abū Humām Bakr Bin ‘Abd al ‘Azīz al-‘Atharī — “God’s Promise- Support For the Mujāhidīn Of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām”
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New statement from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: "The First Raid In Lebanon"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām — “The First Raid In Lebanon”
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al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s al-Malāḥim Media presents: “Martyrs of the Arabian Peninsula #16 – Abū Yūsif ('Alī Muḥmmad Sufyān al 'Amārī)”
NOTE: Here is the first (English and Arabic), second (English and Arabic), third (English and Arabic), fourth (English and Arabic), fifth (Arabic and English), sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth editions in this martyrology series.
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Click the following link for safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’ — “Martyrs of the Arabian Peninsula #16 – Abū Yūsif (‘Alī Muḥmmad Sufyān al ‘Amārī)”
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New video message from Ibn Taymīyyah Center for Media: “Protectors of the Ascension #3"
UPDATE 6/28/14 6:09 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ibn Taymīyyah Center for Media — “Protectors of the Ascension #3″ (Ar)
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NOTE: For earlier parts in this video series see: #2 and #1.
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Masāma’ al-Khayr l-l-Inshād presents a new Nashīd from Abū Mālik al-Maqdisī: "Repentant to God"
Abū Mālik al-Maqdisī — “Repentant to God”
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al-Awzā’ī Foundation for Media Production presents a new video message from the ‘Abd Allah ‘Azzām Brigades' Sirāj al-Dīn Zurayqāt: "And For You: The Retribution of Life"
UPDATE 6/26/14 10:50 AM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Sirāj al-Dīn Zurayqāt — “And For You- The Retribution of Life” (Ar)
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Ṣawt al-Islām presents a new video message from Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī [Turkistan Islamic Party]: “Tourism of the Believers #9"
NOTE: To view earlier releases in this series, see: #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1. The title of Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī’s video is in reference to the following Ḥadīth from Kitāb al-Jihād (2480) in Sunan Abū Dāwūd: “Narrated by Abū Umāmah: A man said: Apostle of God, allow tourism for me. The Muslim Prophet said: The tourism of my people is striving in the path of God, the Exalted.”
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New video message from al-Batār Media Foundation: "Filipino Support For the Islamic State: Abū Sayyāf Group"
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