CAIRO: The SITE Intelligence Group says the leader of al-Qaida is urging unity among Muslims in a new 5-minute video speech.
Ayman al-Zawahri calls on Muslims everywhere " including fighters and preachers " to unite in Islamic jihad, or holy war, in the video released today, according to SITE.
The group tracks online activity of jihadist organizations.
In April last year, al-Zawahri released an audio recording urging followers and other militants in Syria to unite ranks against the government and other enemies.
The release of the video Thursday comes a day after the Islamic State group released a new audio message purportedly of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the first such recording to emerge in almost a year.
Al-Qaida has vowed to fight on in Idlib province, Syria's last major rebel stronghold, in the face of a possible regime offensive there.