Kahn shared the Lawfare Podcast, a conversation between Scott Anderson, Daniel Byman, and Tess Bridgeman about the president's weighing whether to strike Syria and more:  Tore Refslund Hamming and Pieter Van Ostaeyen argued that the split between al-Qaeda and its Syrian affiliate is real and that al-Qaeda’s presence in the Syrian conflict remains limited and locally-focused. [read post]

.​ Tore Refslund Hamming of the European University Institute and Pieter Van Ostaeyen of the University of Leuven argue that the breakup is indeed real and that al-Qaeda's presence in the Syrian conflict is relatively small and locally focused. *** The story of al-Qaeda in Syria is a complicated one that too often becomes over-simplified and misrepresented. [read post]