Is al-Qaeda Poised to Declare Its First Emirate in the Middle East?
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On May 7, Ayman al-Zawahiri, the head of al-Qaeda, released an audio recording in which he announced that he had given his permission for the al-Qaeda affiliated Syrian jihadist group, al-Nusra Front, to create "a new emirate" in Syria.
By Joseph V. Micallef, ContributorBest Selling Military History and World Affairs Author and Key..., 2016-05-15