The Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Al Qaeda in Iraq are the major forces driving the insurgency in Syria.

Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.

One letter to bin Laden reveals that al Qaeda was working on chemical and biological weapons in Iran.

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.