Al-Qaida-Linked Syrian Groups Could Shape Their Own Islamic State

With the Islamic State's self-styled caliphate straddling Syria and Iraq shrinking thanks to land losses to the group's many foes, its jihadist rival — al-Qaida's rebranded affiliate in Syria — is marketing its own nation-building and doing so by imitating propaganda techniques employed by its competitor. And its increased propaganda output is taking aim once again at its struggling rival, apparently in a bid to exploit IS's mounting problems — including the loss of...

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