Al-Qaeda is Gaining Strength in Syria
September 2, 2016 - Jennifer Cafarella![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ForPol_0.png?itok=Yzz8arVw)
ISW's Jennifer Cafarella and Genevieve Casagrande along with Nicholas A. Heras from the Center for a New American Security highlight, in an Op-Ed for Foreign Policy, the danger to the U.S. from al-Qaeda in Syria, particularly the group Ahrar al-Sham.