TY - JOUR
KW - Ahrar al Sham
KW - Al Qaeda
KW - foreign fighters
KW - Iraq
KW - Islamic State
KW - Jabhat al Nusra
KW - Jabhat Fath al Sham
KW - Syria
AU - Maja Greenwood
AB - <p>This article reviews important differences in how Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham perceive the role of the foreign fighter and outlines local dilemmas integrating foreign fighters entails for the three movements. It shows how, in addition to boosting fighting capacity, a high number of foreigners might also represent a crucial weakness.</p>
BT - Connections: The Quarterly Journal
DA - Winter 2017
DO - https://doi.org/10.11610/Connections.16.1.07
IS - 1
N2 - <p>This article reviews important differences in how Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham perceive the role of the foreign fighter and outlines local dilemmas integrating foreign fighters entails for the three movements. It shows how, in addition to boosting fighting capacity, a high number of foreigners might also represent a crucial weakness.</p>
PY - 2017
SE - 87
SP - 87
EP - 97
T2 - Connections: The Quarterly Journal
TI - Islamic State and al-Qaeda’s Foreign Fighters
VL - 16
ER -