Month: April 2023

Road to the Caliphate: April 12-14, 2013

Primary Sources:

Poem from Abū al-Ḥasan al-‘Azdī: “Oh Islamic State We Sacrifice For You”

The Syrian Coalition denounces all positions that stand in the way of Syrian freedom and that do not align with the will of the people

The future of Syria is drawn by the arms of the revolutionaries

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Syrian Rebels Break With Group Over Qaeda Wing Alliance – New York Times

Road to the Caliphate: April 11, 2013

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Secondary Sources:

Hassan Hassan: Pouring in: Responses from Syrian Islamist Rebels about Al Qaeda Merger

Condemnation of Zawahri’s statements regarding his intervention in the internal affairs of Syria | Syria Freedom Forever – سوريا الحرية للأبد

Confusion On Jihadi Forums, Twitter Following Unexpected Message By Leader Of Jabhat Al-Nusra Regarding The Group’s Merge With Al-Qaeda In Iraq

Syria’s Jihadists Dismay the Opposition – Al-Monitor

Road to the Caliphate: April 10, 2013

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Audio message from Jabhat al-Nuṣrah’s Abū Muḥammad al-Jawlānī: “About the Fields of al-Shām”

Ahmad Muaz al-Khatib (post 1 and post 2)

Secondary Sources:

In Syria, the Jihadist Campaign for Hearts and Minds | TIME.com

Al Nusrah Front leader renews allegiance to al Qaeda, rejects new name – The Long War Journal

Nusra Front members in Syria have never masked al Qaida ties | McClatchy

Jabhat al-Nusra Declares Allegiance to Al-Qaeda – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Road to the Caliphate: April 9, 2013

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Audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq’s Shaykh Abū Bakr al-Ḥussaynī al-Qurayshī al-Baghdādī: “Announcement of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām”

Statement from Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī: “On the Announcement of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām”

Secondary Sources:

Jihadists warn: Syria-Iraq Al Qaeda unification reflects badly on us by Hassan Hassan