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In an article in the latest issue of Talae' Khurasan ("The Vanguard of Khurasan"), a journal published by Al-Qaeda's central leadership, Al-Qaeda leader 'Atiyyat Allah Abu 'Abd Al-Rahman presented what he called an interim balance of the revolutions in the Arab world. He made an effort to debunk notions that the revolutions sought to achieve democracy, that they were essentially nonviolent in nature, or that they had lost Al-Qaeda the support of the Arab world. In another article in the same issue, Al-Qaeda commander 'Abdallah Al-'Adam wrote that it was Al-Qaeda that had paved the way for the Arab spring by kindling the spirit of defiance and willing for self-sacrifice in the hearts of the Muslims.
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