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1 online resource (ix, 67 pages) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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text file PDF rda |
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"May 2014." |
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Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-56, 66-67). |
| Contents |
Background -- Al-Qaeda since 9/11 -- The wider dynamics of jihadi terrorism -- Al-Qaeda's resurgence in Iraq -- Al-Qaeda in Syria : ISIS and the Al Nusrah Front -- Al-Qaeda and popular governance -- Syria today -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Al-Qaeda in other parts of the world. Al-Qaeda in the Magreb (AQIM) -- The non-Al-Qaeda insurgents : Syria's Salafi jihadis. |
| Summary |
The Syrian civil war has allowed al-Qaeda to recover from its setbacks up to 2010. Its main affiliate in the region seems to be testing a new strategy of collaboration with other Salafist-Jihadist groups and a less brutal implementation of Sharia law in areas it controls. In combination, this might allow the Al Nusrah Front to carve out the sort of territorial control of a region (or state) that al-Qaeda has sought ever since its eviction from Afghanistan. On the other hand, Syria has also seen a civil war between two al-Qaeda inspired factions (Al Nusrah and the Iraq based Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIS]) and indicates there are limits to its ability to cooperate with other anti-Assad factions and gain popular appeal. The extent that the Syrian civil war offers the means for al-Qaeda to recover from its earlier defeats will determine whether the organization has a future, or if it will become simply an ideology and label adopted by various Islamist movements fighting their own separate struggles. |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed May 14, 2014). |
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Qaida (Organization)
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Qaida (Organization) (OCoLC)fst00763708
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Insurgency -- Syria.
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Insurgency -- Iraq.
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Islamic fundamentalism -- Syria.
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Islamic fundamentalism -- Iraq.
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Syria -- Politics and government.
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Insurgency. (OCoLC)fst00975461
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Islamic fundamentalism. (OCoLC)fst00979941
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
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Syria. (OCoLC)fst01208757
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eBooks (www)
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Ebook.
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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher.
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Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ibrahim, Azeem. Resurgence of al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq (OCoLC)966428400 |
| ISBN |
1584876263 |
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9781584876267 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 375545301 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0307-A--31 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 101.146:AL 7/3 |
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