ISIS in Horn of Africa: An Imminent Alliance with Al-Shabaab?

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff, Nur Aziemah Binte Azman
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: Terrorism studies; Country and region studies; Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82089; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39898
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

The Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) is expanding into Somalia with factions of the Al Shabaab militant groups pledging allegiance to its “caliph” Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi. Will these defections split the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabaab or empower IS in the Horn of Africa?