Internal disagreements could lead to al-Qaeda split - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)

Nov 11, 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE: REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY CONTENT THE VIDEO FROM WHICH THIS STILL IMAGE WAS TAKEN.
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri speaks from an unknown location, in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website June 8, 2011. Osama bin Laden's longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, said the United States faces rebellion throughout the Muslim world after killing the al Qaeda leader, according to a 28-minute YouTube recording posted on Wednesday. In what a — Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahri speaks from an unknown location, in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website, June 8, 2011. — REUTERS

Fighters of al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant carry their weapons during a parade at the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the border with Turkey January 2, 2014. Picture taken January 2, 2014. REUTERS/Yaser Al-Khodor (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTX170U3

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi proves formidable enemy

Mushreq Abbas

A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. There had previously been reports on social media that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would make his first public appearance since his Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) changed its name to the Islamic S

The many names of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

Masked Sunni Muslim gunmen patrol in the city of Falluja, 70 km (44 miles) west of Baghdad, February 8, 2014. ISIL militants and other Sunni groups angered by the Shi'ite-led government overran Falluja and parts of the nearby city of Ramadi in the western province of Anbar on Jan. 1. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTX18FGA

ISIS, al-Qaeda compete for supremacy in global jihad

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING IDENTIFICATION IN HEADLINE

Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahiri, an
Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with
Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by
the respected Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. In the article, which
was published on Saturday in Karachi, bin Laden said he had nuclear and
chemical weapons and might use them in response to U.S. attacks. Mir
told Reuters he held the two-hour intervi

Zawahri still a dark force in global jihad

Bruce Riedel