Al-Sham
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"29 June 2014: ISIL announced the establishment of a new caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was appointed its caliph, and the group formally changed its name to the "Islamic State"." --Sholem Stein "“Right now, we’re on the side of al-Sham,” or Syria, Abu Safiyya says, surveying the landscape. “As you can see, this is the so-called border of Sykes-Picot. … We do not recognize it and we will never recognize it.” What isis recognizes instead is a single, borderless expanse comprising most of the Middle Eastern territories formerly ruled by the Ottoman Empire, for a start. With the self-appointment of the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the new caliph of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, one can see how a line drawn in the sand of the Syrian desert might not hold very much significance to him."[1] |
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The End of Sykes-Picot (2014) is a promotional video by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-affiliated Al-Hayat. It was released on June 29, 2014.
Its Islamic counterpart is titled Kaser al-Hudud (English: the breaking of the borders).
In this video, Abu Safiyya presents to the viewer a border checkpoint along the Sykes Picot line somewhere in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist claims that one of the goals of its insurgency was to reverse the effects of the Sykes–Picot Agreement. "This is not the first border we will break, we will break other borders," says Safiyya:
- "They lost in Iraq, they lost in Afghanistan, they're going to lose in Syria, inshallah, when they come."
Abu Safiyya interviews another jihadist sitting in a car who says:
- "A question for Obama: after he sent troops to Baghdad: did he prepare enough diapers for your soldiers?"
The video is set to the nasheed "My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared" by Yaser Abu Isma'il
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