Remaining and Expanding

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Across
  1. 3. Former leader of IS predecessor
  2. 4. "Remaining"
  3. 8. Current number of IS provinces in Syria
  4. 10. AQ's wacky Kuwaiti sheikh
  5. 11. Defunct jihadi group with two German officials
  6. 18. AQIM's homebase
  7. 19. Syrian capital of the Caliphate
  8. 20. 1st Afghan Taliban leader
  9. 21. Maidens of Paradise (what Nabih calls "mermaids")
  10. 22. U.S. soldier held captive by Afghan Taliban
  11. 24. Zarqawi's 1st group in Iraq
  12. 26. AQ's former American spokesman
  13. 27. Saudi cleric with 9 lives
  14. 30. British radical YouTuber
  15. 31. One-eyed AQIM official
  16. 33. AQ's former online distribution source
Down
  1. 1. Current AQ leader
  2. 2. Former red-bearded Shabaab official
  3. 5. Location of major Shabaab attack in Kenya
  4. 6. AQ's former Syrian branch
  5. 7. Islamic term describing the infighting between factions
  6. 9. Former TTP leader
  7. 12. Zarqawi's favorite food
  8. 13. Where UBL was killed
  9. 14. IS province in Libya
  10. 15. Location of 1st TTP attack abroad
  11. 16. Former AQAP leader
  12. 17. Turkish jihadi group in Afghanistan
  13. 23. One-legged Afghan Taliban commander
  14. 25. Location of 1st IS-claimed attack in U.S.
  15. 28. Major Libyan city formerly under IS control
  16. 29. Current number of AQ branches
  17. 32. IS' former spokesman