The Syrian jihad : Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the evolution of an insurgency
"Assesses and explains the emergence since 2011 of Sunni jihadist organizations in Syria's fledgling insurgency, charts their evolution and situates them within the global Islamist project. Unprecedented numbers of foreign fighters have joined such groups, who will almost certainly continue to host them. Thus, external factors in their emergence are scrutinized, including the strategic and tactical lessons learned from other jihadist conflict zones and the complex interplay between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State and how it has influenced the jihadist sphere in Syria. Tensions between and conflict within such groups also feature in this indispensable volume".--Source inconnue
Print Book, English, 2015
Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y., 2015
History
xiv, 500 pages : cartes ; 22 cm.
9780190462475, 0190462477
1018094113
Introduction
Part I. Setting the scene. Breaking down the barriers: protest
Underlying instability
Syria's flirtation with jihadism
Part II. First on the scene. March-December 2011: Jabhat Al-Nusra forms
January-August 2012: Jabhat Al-Nusra emerges
September 2012-March 2013: Jabhat Al-Nusra rises
Part III. Making a scene. April-June 2013: the Islamic State joins the conflict
July-December 2013: rising tensions
January-April 2014: turning against the Islamic State
Part IV. Caliphates, emirates and divergence. May-August 2014: declaring a caliphate
The Islamic State
September-December 2014: strikes and divisions
January-June 2015: tipping the scales
The Syrian jihad