“While the Islamic State has engaged the United States and its Western partners in a protracted war in Iraq and Syria, al Qaeda has been quietly rebuilding its capacity to strike America, several terrorism experts testified Tuesday. Officials predicted that al Qaeda’s resilience in the Middle East will only escalate amid ISIS’s ongoing territorial setbacks, creating the conditions for a merger of the two terrorist groups voluntarily or through force.”
Source: Al Qaeda Likely to Absorb ISIS Amid Weakened Territorial Holdings
