Monday, September 29, 2014

Is President Obama's War Strategy Uniting Islamic Militant Groups Throughout The Middle East?

Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra members gesture while posing on a tank on Al-Khazan frontline of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province.( Reuters / Hamid Khatib)

Alliance From Hell: Al Nusra Fighters In Syria Want To Merge With ISIS – Creating United Army Of Fanatics -- Daily Mail

* Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria under pressure from members to merge with ISIS
* Demand for alliance comes after both groups were hit by U.S.-led air strikes
* But sources say it may not work without weaker Al Nusra merging with ISIS
* Groups share ideology but split during power struggle between 3 leaders

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria is facing mounting pressure from its members to form an ultra-alliance with the rival Islamic State to confront a common enemy after U.S.-led air strikes hit both groups this week.

Al Nusra, long one of the most effective forces fighting Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, was weakened this year by battles with Islamic State, an Al Qaeda splinter group that routinely employs ruthless methods such as beheadings and mass executions.

U.S.-led air and missile strikes, which have hit Al Nusra as well as Islamic State bases in Syria, have angered many Al Nusra members who say the West and its allies have joined forces in a 'crusader' campaign against Islam.

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More News On Militant Groups Uniting In The Middle East

Insight - U.S.-led strikes pressure al Qaeda's Syria group to join with Islamic State -- Reuters
Isis reconciles with al-Qaida group as Syria air strikes continue -- The Guardian
ISIS+Al-Nusra Front? Islamists reportedly join forces, new threat against West issued -- RT
Nusra threatens West and Arab nations -- Al Jazeera
Al Nusrah Front leader says Americans and Europeans will pay the 'tax' of war -- Long War Journal
US struggles to blunt Syria rebel anger at strikes -- Stars and Stripes/AP

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