Al Qaeda Attempts to Unify Forces in Syria
September 5, 2019 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ISW%20Map%20-%20Syria%20Control%20of%20Terrain%20-%20Idlib%20Zoom.jpg?itok=Ie9hFg5X)
Al Qaeda has reinvigorated its effort to unite anti-Assad groups into a single military force in northwest Syria after Russia enabled the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad to break a months-long stalemate in northwest Syria.