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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s Shaykh ‘Āṣim ‘Umar: “And Hold Firmly To the Rope of God All Together, Part 4: A Party Cannot Flourish Which Confines Itself To a School of Thought!”

Posted on June 6, 2023June 7, 2023 by Aaron Y. Zelin

For prior parts in this video series see: #3, #2 and #1.

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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s Shaykh ‘Āṣim ‘Umar: “And Hold Firmly To the Rope of God All Together, Part 3: There Should Be No Imprint of Any Particular Religion On the Da’wah of the Mujāhidīn”

Posted on June 3, 2023June 3, 2023 by Aaron Y. Zelin

For prior parts in this video series see: #2 and #1.

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Check out my new ‘Policy Watch’ for the Washington Institute: “Sanctioning a Syrian Jihadist Leader: Implications of a Joint U.S.-Turkish Designation”

Posted on June 2, 2023June 11, 2023 by Aaron Y. Zelin

On May 2, the U.S. and Turkish governments jointly designated Abu Ahmed Zakour (aka Omar Alsheak or Jihad Isa al-Sheikh), a senior leader with the Syrian jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The bilateral action with Ankara suggests that both countries are signaling their unhappiness with the group’s push into areas controlled by the Syrian National Army (SNA), a Turkish proxy militia. Zakour has been a key HTS liaison to those areas.

The designation also represented both good news and bad news for HTS on the sanctions front. On one hand, the announcement is the first U.S. government document to acknowledge that HTS broke with al-Qaeda years ago; all prior designations and reports claimed they were still together. On the other hand, this is the first U.S. designation of an HTS official since July 2021, indicating that group leader Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani’s various pleas for delisting have not gained traction in Washington.

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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s Shaykh ‘Āṣim ‘Umar: “And Hold Firmly To the Rope of God All Together, Part 1: Division Is a Problem!”

Posted on May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 by Aaron Y. Zelin

The first part of the title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 3:103. Here it is in full: “And hold firmly to the rope of God all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of God upon you – when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does God make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.”

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New video message from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn’s Shaykh Abū ‘Ubaydah (Aḥmad ‘Umar): “Sermon At the Second Session of the Consultative Meeting on Jihād Issues in East Africa: And If You Are Patient and Fear God, Their Plot Will Not Harm You At All”

Posted on May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 by Aaron Y. Zelin

The second half of the title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 3:120. Here it is in full: “If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear God, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, God is encompassing of what they do.”

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