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Iraq, Syria: A Jihadist Merger Announced

Apr 9, 2013 | 15:03 GMT

Members of a Syrian jihadist group celebrate near Aleppo on July 19, 2012.

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Summary

A recent announcement confirms suspicions that the Syrian civil war would create opportunities for transnational jihadists to coalesce in the region. On April 9, the Islamic State of Iraq, an offshoot of the al Qaeda core, announced that it would merge with Syrian jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra. The statement will further concern those already apprehensive of jihadist proliferation in a post-al Assad Syria. 

It appears that Syria's jihadists represent a transnationalist threat....

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