Tarek Aziza is a is a researcher on jihadist groups. He lives in Damascus. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/tarek-aziza/rss en ISIS Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Tarek Aziza https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/03/al-qaida-in-syria-surface-divisions-but-a-common-thread https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/03/al-qaida-in-syria-surface-divisions-but-a-common-thread On Thursday, six of the strongest Syrian rebel groups issued a joint statement demanding that al-Qaida branch the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) withdraw from the northern town of Azaz, which borders Turkey.