Jihadology Podcast: The Khurasan Group: Myth and Reality
Thomas Joscelyn comes on the show to talk about the so-called "Khurasan group." Some of the topics covered include:
- Why the group came into being and when its members arrived in Syria
- Who are the key players and what are their backgrounds
- What they’ve been up to in Syria and how they relate to Jabhat al-Nusra
- What this group of individuals can tell us about al-Qaeda’s strategy
Links:
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Thomas Joscelyn comes on the show to talk about the so-called "Khurasan group." Some of the topics covered include:
- Why the group came into being and when its members arrived in Syria
- Who are the key players and what are their backgrounds
- What they’ve been up to in Syria and how they relate to Jabhat al-Nusra
- What this group of individuals can tell us about al-Qaeda’s strategy
Links:
- Thomas Joscelyn (@thomasjoscelyn) | Twitter
- The Long War Journal | A Project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Thomas Joscelyn | Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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Aaron Y. Zelin is the Richard Borow Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a visiting research scholar in the Department of Politics at Brandeis University, and the founder of Jihadology. He is also the author of the book “Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad” (Columbia University Press, 2020) and the recent booklet “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.”
