[AlAhram] The map of Lion of Islam Islamist organizations in the region is highly fluid in terms of organizational structures and alliances. This has engendered a set of new threats to the security of countries in the region, stemming from the relocations of Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
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(IS) group fighters, current or potential offshoots, and the ideas and instruments that the terrorist groups might bring to bear to polarise society, to identify targets and to stage terrorist attacks.
One of the major challenges that the region may face is a fresh rise in the influence of al-Qaeda, which appears to be undergoing a resurgence. Signs of this have been evident in 2018 in tandem with the sharply declining capacities of IS since mid-2017, first in Syria and Iraq and then elsewhere in the region.