... that al-Qaeda still holds its own structures in Maghreb, Sahel, Yemen, and Somalia. After the collapse of the ISIS caliphate, al-Qaeda will be forced to redefine its strategy and start new forms of terrorist activities.
7.
Children of ISIS fighters.
Children ... ... fighters is
one of the biggest threats for the future
. It should be noted that many insurgents travelled with their children to Iraqi and Syrian territories controlled by ISIS. Additionally, a lot of women married local militants and gave birth.
The children were ...
...,” whether that be Israel or the United States, while the interests of Iraq's Sunni and their fight against Nouri al-Maliki’s Shia government came to the fore
[2]
.
Events in Syria have become a catalyst for a direct clash of interests between al-Qaeda, the traditional power center of the global jihad movement, and ISIS, which is gathering momentum.
Most of those who left Iraq rushed into Syria, where the “Islamization” of the revolution was well underway. The loss of foreign fighters jeopardized the integrity of Islamic State in Iraq, and its new leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi decided to
establish a branch
in the Syrian theater ...