Data from the GTD on the geographic footprint of ISIS and Al Qaida movements—including attacks carried out by the “core” organization, by affiliated groups, and by unaffiliated individuals inspired by the movement.
The US @StateDept has added the Bahraini Shia militia Saraya al Mokhtar to the US government’s list of designated terrorist organizations. Saraya al Mokhtar is one of many Iranian-backed groups operating within the island kingdom: https://t.co/lwKv8OydJs
Dialoguing and negotiating with Al-Shabaab: the role of clan elders as insider-partial mediators - Mohammed Ibrahim Shire, Journal of Eastern African Studies: https://t.co/ZIKyATermC
Jihadist terrorists won't go away just because Americans want them to. #ISIS and #alQaeda keep fighting, seeking victory and threatening Americans. The question is if the U.S. will meet the jihadist threat proactively overseas or belatedly in the homeland. https://t.co/pDnWhMYMoW
New from @Hedayah_CVE: Guiding Principles for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters and their Family Members https://t.co/KeWS2rjQpI
Well worth watching: @azelin on the Islamic State's da'wa apparatus, based on a new paper he has published for @gwupoe on the apparatus based on internal documents https://t.co/4sfmIRfrGp
With this ABC News headline this morning "Pentagon plans to cut most of its support to CIA's counterterrorism missions" @BrianMJenkins deep think piece for @CTCWP Sentinel on the future role of US armed forces in CT is vital reading. https://t.co/X8OvkqaNBt
My latest monstrous project: full translation & overview of the internal system document of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, including component forces, geographical organisation, institutions, mechanisms of meetings, promotions, membership etc. https://t.co/Fsh7JS7ZCq
IS claimed attacks in Iraq and Syria continued at a similar pace this past month and within the range from past year. Though the lowest thus far.
Nov: 85
Oct: 101
Sep: 99
Aug: 139
Jul: 115
Jun: 87
May: 193
Apr: 151
Mar: 101
Feb: 93
Jan: 88
Map for November
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New translation & overview: on an interview Islamic State's al-Naba' newsletter has published w/'Abu Mansour al-Ansari', amir of the 'security units' (i.e. insurgent cells) operating in 'al-Khayr' (regions of Deir az-Zor controlled by the U.S.-backed SDF) https://t.co/q9WmeVxfaz