Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849045909 ISBN 13 : 9781849045902

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

The eruption of the anti-Assad revolution in Syria has had many unintended consequences, among which is the opportunity it offered Sunni jihadists to establish a foothold in the heart of the Middle East. That Syria's ongoing civil war is so brutal and protracted has only compounded the situation, as have developments in Iraq and Lebanon. Ranging across the battlefields and international borders have been dozens of jihadi Islamist fighting groups, of which some coalesced into significant factions such as Jabhat al Nusra and the Islamic State. This book assesses and explains the emergence since 2011 of Sunni jihadist organisations in Syria's fledgling insurgency, charts their evolution and situates them within the global Islamist project. Unprecedented numbers of foreign fighters have joined such groups, who will almost certainly continue to host them. Thus, external factors in their emergence are scrutinised, including the strategic and tactical lessons learned from other jihadist conflict zones and the complex interplay between Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State and how it has influenced the jihadist sphere in Syria.Tensions between and conflict within such groups also feature in this indispensable volume.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Charles R. Lister is Resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC. Previously, he was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution's Doha Center, and head of the Middle East and North Africa section at IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849045909
• ISBN 13: 9781849045902
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 540
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible