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Source: https://institute.global/insight/co-existence/al-qaedas-long-game
Al-Qaeda's Long Game
(Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) Milo Comerford - While no public message has been heard from ISIS' senior leadership since September 2017, al-Qaeda's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has published six speeches in 2018 alone. The latest is titled, "America Is the First Enemy of the Muslims." As ISIS has declined, al-Qaeda has experienced a "resurrection," according to terrorism scholar Bruce Hoffman. ISIS "can no longer compete in terms of influence, reach, manpower, or cohesion."