Divisions within the Global Jihad

... by growing number of supporters, military success (more than 500 successful operations), as well as the flow of funds and weapons from Persian Gulf countries, especially Qatar [3] . On April 4, 2013 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced the dissolution of Jabhat al-Nusra and the creation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), but Abu Mohammad al-Julani refused to obey orders. Instead, fearing for his life, he affirmed the group’s allegiance to al-Qaeda and its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. This was followed by a series of tangible ...