Divisions within the Global Jihad
... and the political vacuum that followed to Iran’s growing influence in the region. Islamic State occupies leading positions in the global jihad movement today due to a number of internal and external factors. However, recent developments on the Syrian front, where Islamic State is conquering territories controlled by Jabhat al-Nusra and other Islamic groups , the outbreak of armed confrontation between supporters of the Caliphate and the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as the intensified conflict between Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda leader who replaced the man who had been terrorist number one, Osama bin Laden, killed by US forces in 2011, testify to the acute ...