The ISIS-Al Qaeda Rivalry

Jabhat al-Nusra, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, is “splitting” from the al Qaeda network. During a news conference earlier today, Nusra leader Abu-Muhammad al-Joulani appeared on television to announce his group’s severing of ties with al Qaeda and the formation of a new independent organization known as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. 

With Jabhat al-Nusra no longer boasting the al Qaeda brand, this will mark yet another segment in a growing line of radical jihadist groups who are casting away the al Qaeda label.

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