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The first major operation of the Islamic Army should have everyone on edge.
For those unaware, al-Qaeda (AQ) is deeply involved in what’s happened in Syria. Here's a critical piece of the blitzkrieg story that I personally know. While this is just one segment of a much larger puzzle, it matters.
AQ’s long-term goal to restore the Islamic caliphate is advancing. Osama bin Laden envisioned this, even if it took 1,000 years, but Hamza bin Laden has been instrumental in fast forwarding his father’s plan. Two key elements supported the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
1. The Creation of the Islamic Army: Many so-called “rebels” in Syria are part of the Islamic Army. Founded by Hamza bin Laden and led by AQ’s Hamza al-Ghamdi, this umbrella army includes terrorist groups regardless of sectarian affiliation, including both Sunni and Shia members. With access to 120,000 fighters, the Islamic Army also counts Abu Mohammad al-Julani among its members.
2. HTS Training Camps: Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), under Julani’s leadership, operates its own training facilities. Initially, their best urban warfare related camps were outside the region where Al-Tanf base is located, but Julani couldn’t train the numbers he needed there safely. He first expanded operations to a town south of Misrata, Libya, establishing a large training camp where one of the 2012 Benghazi attackers serves inside as a commander.
But after the fall of Kabul in August 2021, AQ—particularly its head of covert ops and 2012 Benghazi plotter Abdul Azim Ali Musa bin Ali, who collaborated with Julani on his Libya camp and has supplied fighters to him since 2012—urged Julani to work with AQ and its Islamic Army in Afghanistan.
In November 2021, Julani agreed to establish a training base in Afghanistan. He met with Taliban leaders Mullah Yaqoob Mujahid and Sirajuddin Haqqani, who offered to provide secure camps in Nangarhar Province, as well as funding, protection, and other resources.
AQ also contributed weapons from its stockpile in Panjshir Province and, working with the Taliban, created facilitation routes into Syria. These routes enabled both HTS-trained fighters and Islamic Army trainees to travel and lie in wait for the Syrian blitzkrieg.
The scale of this operation is staggering. HTS camps alone just inside of Afghanistan could train 1,400 terrorists at a time, while AQ’s Islamic Army contributed over 10,000 trained fighters. Yet, Afghanistan remains overlooked, imagine that.
I've long advocated for ending Assad’s regime—a step that should have been taken over a decade ago to save lives—Syrians must celebrate this victory. However, they must also recognize that their new enemy will not offer the freedom they fought for. This is the hijacking of a revolution by terrorists, same as Libya. How do I know this? The same terrorists training the Islamic Army fought in Libya’s revolution.
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