Al-Qaida's rift with Islamic State will prove lasting
US strikes in Syria and Iraq could push al-Qaida and Islamic State closer together, but divisions between them run deep
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- Different strategies
- Picking sides
- Scholars
- Militants
- Response to US airstrikes
- Evolving strategy
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