Sham [Syria] is Entrusted Upon your Shoulders
Sham [Syria] is Entrusted Upon your Shoulders
December 2015
By Ayman al-Zawahiri
Here Zawahiri touches upon another dynamic in the geopolitics of the region: the position of Saudi Arabia, at this stage engaged in fighting with Shia Muslim Houthi rebels in Yemen. The statement also comes in the wake of multiple Saudi-led efforts to consolidate opposition forces against the Assad regime in Damascus, including the December 2015 Riyadh Conference. Zawahiri uses the opportunity to remind his audience of Saudi treachery, listing the regime’s crimes from collusion with British colonial representatives to their harassment of the late bin Ladin. He also weaves in his continued denunciation of IS, by now making very explicit comparisons between the group and the early transgressing Kharijites
Keywords: Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda, Syria, Yemen, Bashar al-Assad, Kharijites
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