DESERT JIHAD

Chilling Al-Qaeda propaganda footage shows jihadis blasting sniper rifles and lobbing mortars in battles across Yemen

The video shows the militants fighting across a barren and rocky Middle Eastern landscape

AL-QAEDA has released a chilling new propaganda video showing its fighters battling with sniper rifles and mortars through mountainous desert terrain.

The jihadis are seen firing at vehicles and popping off shots with assault rifles in the footage, believed to have been filmed in Yemen.

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An Al-Qaeda fighter fires an assault rifle during a battle filmed for the group's media arm
reported.

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Al-Qaeda and ISIS both rely heavily on propaganda videos to appeal to new and foreign recruits.

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While ISIS videos - often showing child executioners - are extremely barbaric, Al-Qaeda remains focused on portrayed jihadis, rather than gore.

The group has lost much of its pulling power to ISIS in recent years, but Yemen and Somalia remain strongholds for its AQAP branch.

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