Al-Qaeda is moving to Syria

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«Аль-Каида» переезжает в СириюIn Syria al-Qaeda plans to place its headquarters, together with the group “Frente al-Nusra”.

The leadership of the terrorist group al-Qaeda has decided to move to Syria. This writes The New York Times, citing sources among senior American and European intelligence agencies.

In Syria al-Qaeda plans to place its headquarters, together with the group “front an-Nusra”, which is separated from the “Islamic state”.

According to The New York Times, the transfer of the headquarters of “al-Qaeda” from Pakistan to Syria gives militants new opportunities. In Syria, they will be easier to recruit and maintain fighters from neighboring Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. In addition, here is the “al-Qaeda” will be more convenient to apply the terrorist strikes against European countries. Finally, al-Qaida, in contrast to the “Islamic state” is more approximate to the daily life of Sunni ideology, and thus be able to show themselves as “intelligent, methodical and consistent jihadist movement”.

The relocation of leaders of “al-Qaeda” reflects the increased importance of Syria for the terrorist organization. Very likely that it marks a strengthening of the bloody rivalry between the group and Islamic state, say Western officials.

The militants of al-Qaida visited Syria for several years. In 2013, the group’s leader in Pakistan, Ayman al-Zawahiri sent their representatives to Syria to support the “Front EN-Nusra”. While al-Qaeda have consistently rejected the idea to declare Syria the country; this was due to the desire to create conditions in the new country.

In Syria, there are 5-10 thousand fighters of the “Front EN-Nusra” and from 19 to 25 thousand fighters of the “Islamic state”.

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