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: Azawad
New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib: “Pictures From Azawad #3"
Click here for the second part in this video series.
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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib: "Pictures From Azawad #2"
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Ifrīqīyyah Media presents excerpts from the dialogue of Shaykh ‘Abd al ‘Azīz Ḥabīb with Zakarīā’ Būghrārah: “The Full Story of the Islamic Emirate of Azawad, Part 2"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy:Zakarīā’ Būghrārah — “The Full Story of the Islamic Emirate of Azawad, Part 2″
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Ifrīqīyyah Media presents excerpts from the dialogue of Shaykh 'Abd al 'Azīz Ḥabīb with Zakarīā' Būghrārah: "The Full Story of the Islamic Emirate of Azawad, Part 1"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Zakarīā’ Būghrārah — “The Full Story of the Islamic Emirate of Azawad, Part 1”
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New video message from Anṣār al-Dīn's Abū al-Faḍl Iyād Ghālī: "Statement To the Islamic Ummah"
UPDATE 8/17/14 5:33 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū al-Faḍl Iyād Ghālī — “Statement To the Islamic Ummah” (Ar)
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New statement from Ḥamād Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shinqīṭī: "Azawadi Support For the Islamic State"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥamād Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shinqīṭī — “Azawadi Support For the Islamic State”
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The Jihad Media Elite presents a new release from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib: "General Guidance For the Project of the Islamic Jihād in Azawad"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib — “General Guidance For the Project of the Islamic Jihād in Azawad”
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Azawad News Agency presents a new video message from Jamā’at at-Tawḥīd wa-l-Jihād Fī Gharb Ifrīqīyyā: “Eyes on Azawad #2″
NOTE: Click here for part one in this video series.
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