|
Articles |
| Title |
Publication |
Date  |
|
| The Lightning Offensive in Northwest Syria |
Middle East Forum Observer |
December 1, 2024 |
| The First Latin Translation of the Qur'an |
Journal of Islamic Sciences |
Summer 2024 |
| No 'One Size Fits All': Iranian Influence Building in Syria |
Middle East Quarterly |
Summer 2024 |
| An Account of the Jisr al-Shughur Massacre in 2011 |
Substack |
May 16, 2024 |
| Defining Jihadism |
Gatestone Institute |
April 11, 2024 |
| Syria on the Verge of Collapse? |
Gatestone Institute |
September 15, 2023 |
| The Islamic State's Pillage Economy: The Policy of Confiscations |
The Center for Justice and Accountability |
September 2023 |
| The Islamic State and Its Treatment of 'Out-Groups': A Comparative Analysis |
The Center for Justice and Accountability |
September 2023 |
| Tunisia's Economic Decline Continues |
Castlereagh Associates |
August 29, 2023 |
| Caliphs of the Shadows: The Islamic State's Leaders Post-Mawla |
CTC Sentinel |
August 2023 |
| Egypt: Infrastructure and Building Projects Mask Economic Woes |
Castlereagh Associates |
July 8, 2023 |
| The Islamic State in Sub-Saharan Africa: The New "Remaining and Expanding" |
Hoover Institution |
June 6, 2023 |
| Syria and Captagon: An Assessment |
Middle East Forum |
May 25, 2023 |
| Morocco's Automobile Industry and Decarbonisation |
Castlereagh Associates |
May 24, 2023 |
| Sudan: Protracted Conflict and Continued Economic Downturn Likely |
Castlereagh Associates |
May 5, 2023 |
| The Islamic State in Dera'a: History and Present Situation |
Current Trends in Islamist Ideology |
April 24, 2023 |
| The Syria-Turkey Earthquake: New Prospects for 'Normalisation'? |
Castlereagh Associates |
February 20, 2023 |
| The A'isha Umm al-Mu'mineen Battle of Latakia in 2013: Archive of 'Martyrs' and New Details |
Substack |
October 29, 2022 |
| Libya: Political Stalemate Hinders Further Oil and Gas Development |
Castlereagh Associates |
October 7, 2022 |
| Iraq's Political Crisis: Escalation and De-Escalation Without Resolution |
Castlereagh Associates |
September 21, 2022 |
| The Terror Times: The Depth and Breadth of the Islamic State Alternative News Outlet Ecosystem Online |
Institute for Strategic Dialogue |
September 7, 2022 |
| The Forged Chronicle of Bishop Maximus of Zaragoza: Translation and Overview |
Substack |
June 14, 2022 |
| The Chronicle of John of Biclaro: Translation and Commentary |
Substack |
June 12, 2022 |
| Arab History Through Medieval Spanish Eyes |
Newlines Magazine |
June 10, 2022 |
| A 13th-Century Text Teaches Us About Arabs and Europeans |
Newlines Magazine |
May 13, 2022 |
| "Concerning the Sect of Machomet": An Outstanding Medieval Latin Refutation of Islam? |
Substack |
March 15, 2022 |
| Pamphlet on Projects in Diyala in the Abd al-Karim Qasim Era (1960-1961) |
Substack |
January 23, 2022 |
| De Statu Sarracenorum: A Curious Medieval Christian Depiction of Islam and Arab History |
Substack |
December 14, 2021 |
| Arians vs. Catholics: 'The History of the Persecution of the African Province' (Book One) |
Substack |
December 12, 2021 |
| Christian Anti-Semitism in the Carolingian Era: 'De Judaicis Superstitionibus' |
Substack |
October 7, 2021 |
| The Cycle of Escalation and De-Escalation in Deraa: Analysis |
Substack |
September 6, 2021 |
| Iraqi Intelligence Study on Ethnic Minorities in Baghdad (1984) |
Substack |
August 30, 2021 |
| Medieval Christian Depictions of Islam: Adelphus' Life of Muhammad |
aymennjawad.org |
August 21, 2021 |
| Medieval Christian Depictions of Islam: Embrico of Mainz's Life of Muhammad |
aymennjawad.org |
August 10, 2021 |
| The System of Zakat and Charities Under the Islamic State |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
July 12, 2021 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Letter of the Bishops of Spain Supporting Adoptionism |
aymennjawad.org |
June 23, 2021 |
| The Administrative System of Zakat (Documents and Translation) |
Islamic State Archives |
June 14, 2021 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Bishop Elipandus of Toledo's Letter to Migetius |
aymennjawad.org |
June 6, 2021 |
| Mozarabic Writings: The Indiculus Luminosus by Álvaro of Córdoba |
aymennjawad.org |
May 30, 2021 |
| The Prophetic Chronicle: Translation and Commentary |
aymennjawad.org |
April 11, 2021 |
| Jihadist Opposition to the United Nations and Human Rights: Study by 'Khayal al-Manhaj' |
aymennjawad.org |
March 16, 2021 |
| 'Air Control Over the Tribes': Secret Iraqi Ministry of Defence Book (1935) |
aymennjawad.org |
February 19, 2021 |
| Understanding Salafi‑Jihadist Attitudes Towards Innovation |
ICSR |
January 19, 2021 |
| Saint Isidore of Seville's History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals and Suevi |
aymennjawad.org |
January 3, 2021 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Álvaro of Córdoba's Exchange of Letters with Eleazar the Jew |
aymennjawad.org |
December 25, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: The Letters of Eulogius of Córdoba |
aymennjawad.org |
December 8, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Eulogius of Córdoba's Documentum Martyriale |
aymennjawad.org |
December 6, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Eulogius of Córdoba's Memoriale Sanctorum (Book Three) |
aymennjawad.org |
November 28, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Liber De Habitu Clericorum by Leovigildus |
aymennjawad.org |
November 18, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Eulogius of Córdoba's Memoriale Sanctorum (Book Two) |
aymennjawad.org |
November 6, 2020 |
| Islamic State Study and Position Paper on Internal Structure and Functioning of the Judiciary |
Islamic State Archives |
October 23, 2020 |
| The Apostasy of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham: Study by 'Khayal al-Manhaj' |
aymennjawad.org |
October 16, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Eulogius of Córdoba's Memoriale Sanctorum (Preface and Book One) |
aymennjawad.org |
September 24, 2020 |
| Iraqi Arabs vs. Iraqi Turkmen in the Islamic State: The Testimony of a Former Amni |
aymennjawad.org |
September 10, 2020 |
| The Chronicle of Alfonso III: The Kingdom of Asturias and the Beginnings of the Reconquista |
aymennjawad.org |
August 20, 2020 |
| Mark of Toledo's Latin Translation of the Qur'an in the Thirteenth Century |
aymennjawad.org |
August 14, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: The Life of Eulogius by Álvaro of Córdoba |
aymennjawad.org |
August 5, 2020 |
| The Tultusceptru from the Book of Lord Metobius: Early Latin Biography of the Prophet Muhammad |
aymennjawad.org |
July 26, 2020 |
| Mozarabic Writings: Eulogius' Defence of the Martyrs of Córdoba |
aymennjawad.org |
July 22, 2020 |
| Assessing the Abdul Nasser Qardash Interview |
Center for Global Policy |
June 30, 2020 |
| The Islamic State's Real Estate Department: Documents and Analysis |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
June 29, 2020 |
| Jihadist Reactions to the U.S. Protests |
GNET |
June 19, 2020 |
| ISIS and al Qaeda: Partnership is Not in the Cards |
Center for Global Policy |
June 2, 2020 |
| The FSA War Criminal and the CIA Asset Inside Islamic State |
aymennjawad.org |
May 29, 2020 |
| The Archivist: A Tribute to Jihadology- The Islamic State Police in Wilayat Halab |
Jihadology |
May 21, 2020 |
| The Kitab al-Majmu' and Some Early Western Scholarship on Alawite Religion |
aymennjawad.org |
May 17, 2020 |
| Archive of Written Records of Western Neo-Aramaic |
aymennjawad.org |
April 21, 2020 |
| Coronavirus and Official Islamic State Output: An Analysis |
GNET |
April 15, 2020 |
| 'The Second Danger': Austrofascism vs. National Socialism |
aymennjawad.org |
April 4, 2020 |
| Res Gestae Divi Augusti: Arabic Translation and Commentary |
aymennjawad.org |
April 1, 2020 |
| Honored, Not Contained: The Future of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
March 23, 2020 |
| Idlib and Its Environs: Narrowing Prospects for a Rebel Holdout |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
February 5, 2020 |
| Opposition to the Islamic State: Testimony on the Erroneous Killing of a Former Member |
aymennjawad.org |
January 29, 2020 |
| The Islamic State's 'Revenge' Expedition for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir: Data and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
December 31, 2019 |
| The Structure of the Islamic State's Real Estate Offices |
The Islamic State Archives |
November 28, 2019 |
| The Confession of Abu Tahrir al-Urduni: Context and Analysis |
The Islamic State Archives |
November 25, 2019 |
| The Confessions of Nidhal al-Baridi: Context and Analysis |
The Islamic State Archives |
November 24, 2019 |
| How Deep Is Anti-Iranian Sentiment in Iraq? |
Carnegie Endowment |
November 14, 2019 |
| Jihadism 101: 'The Neglected Duty' |
aymennjawad.org |
November 3, 2019 |
| Opposition to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Testimony on 'Repentance' Cases in Wilayat al-Furat |
aymennjawad.org |
October 26, 2019 |
| Trump and Syria: The Myth of Betrayal |
American Spectator |
October 23, 2019 |
| Opposition to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Abu Eisa al-Masri's Response to Baghdadi's Latest Speech |
aymennjawad.org |
October 6, 2019 |
| The Gallic Chronicle of 511: Translation and Commentary |
aymennjawad.org |
October 4, 2019 |
| The Gallic Chronicle of 452: Translation and Commentary |
aymennjawad.org |
October 3, 2019 |
| Opposition to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The Testimony of a Former Amni (II) |
aymennjawad.org |
September 29, 2019 |
| The Anonymus Valesianus II: Full Translation & Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
September 25, 2019 |
| The Mozarabic Chronicle: Full Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
September 22, 2019 |
| A Special Islamic State Fatwa on Mosques Built Over Tombs |
aymennjawad.org |
September 13, 2019 |
| Dissent in the Islamic State: Secret Advice Sent to Islamic State Leaders |
aymennjawad.org |
September 12, 2019 |
| The Byzantine-Arabic Chronicle: Full Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
August 29, 2019 |
| The Decrees on the Hashd by Iraq's Prime Minister: Analysis |
Fanack |
July 22, 2019 |
| An Internal Report on Islamic State 'Repentance' Policies in Iraq |
aymennjawad.org |
July 9, 2019 |
| Opposition to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: 'The Hollow Organization' |
aymennjawad.org |
June 21, 2019 |
| The Idlib Escalation |
Fanack |
May 31, 2019 |
| Opposition to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Sheikh Abu Eisa al-Masri's Critique of Islamic State Media |
aymennjawad.org |
May 27, 2019 |
| Opposition to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The Testimony of a Former Amni |
aymennjawad.org |
May 21, 2019 |
| In Syria, Tensions Persist between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and al-Qaeda Loyalists |
Fanack |
April 30, 2019 |
| The Sri Lanka Bombings Were a Preview of ISIS's Future |
The Atlantic |
April 27, 2019 |
| The Internal Structure of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed: Analysis |
The Islamic State Archives |
April 25, 2019 |
| The Arrest of Aws al-Khafaji: Looking at the Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces |
Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis |
April 2, 2019 |
| The Internal Debate on the Islamic State's Defeat in Iraq and Syria |
Fanack |
March 29, 2019 |
| A Critique of the Islamic State's Amn Khariji Apparatus and Strategy |
aymennjawad.org |
March 15, 2019 |
| Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and al-Qaeda: Affiliates or Foes? |
Fanack |
February 14, 2019 |
| Hamas and Salafi Jihadi Groups |
Quilliam Perspective |
January 28, 2019 |
| Abu Ya'qub al-Maqdisi's Reform Plan: Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
January 22, 2019 |
| Advice to the Deputy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
January 22, 2019 |
| Dissent in the Islamic State: The Testimony of Abu Abd al-Malek al-Shami |
aymennjawad.org |
January 14, 2019 |
| Trump Is Right About Iran in Syria |
American Spectator |
January 8, 2019 |
| Dissent in the Islamic State: 'Hashimi Advice' to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi |
aymennjawad.org |
January 4, 2019 |
| Complaints Against the Islamic State's Media Department Head |
aymennjawad.org |
December 25, 2018 |
| Internal Conflicts in the Islamic State's Media Department: A Letter of Complaint |
aymennjawad.org |
December 21, 2018 |
| The U.S. Withdrawal From Syria: Who's to Blame? |
American Spectator |
December 21, 2018 |
| The Biography of Abu Ali al-Anbari: Full Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
December 17, 2018 |
| The Hamas-Islamic State Sinai Relationship: Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
December 5, 2018 |
| The Islamic State Research Office's Self-History |
aymennjawad.org |
December 4, 2018 |
| Islamic State Divided: Competing Theological and Ideological Trends |
Fanack |
November 23, 2018 |
| Qatar: Ally of Iran? |
American Spectator |
November 20, 2018 |
| Hezbollah Recruitment in Eastern Deraa? |
Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis |
November 13, 2018 |
| Juhayman al-Otaibi and the Millatu Ibrahim |
aymennjawad.org |
November 5, 2018 |
| An Internal Report on Extremism in the Islamic State |
aymennjawad.org |
November 1, 2018 |
| Middle East's Druze may solidify Damascus relationship |
Oxford Analytica |
October 24, 2018 |
| Proto-Jihadism? A Pamphlet of Juhayman al-Otaibi |
aymennjawad.org |
October 24, 2018 |
| Interview with the Armed Islamic Group's Amir |
aymennjawad.org |
October 12, 2018 |
| The Middle East Studies Association and Islamic State Documents- Complaining About What? |
History News Network |
October 8, 2018 |
| The Armed Islamic Group's Manifesto |
aymennjawad.org |
October 8, 2018 |
| Osama Bin Laden and the Algerian Jihad |
aymennjawad.org |
September 30, 2018 |
| Dissent in the Islamic State: The Controversy Over Abu Ya'qub al-Maqdisi |
aymennjawad.org |
September 27, 2018 |
| Islamic State Shifts From Provinces and Governance to Global Insurgency |
Global Observatory |
September 26, 2018 |
| Dissent in the Islamic State: The News Postings of Mu'assasat al-Turath al-'Ilmi |
aymennjawad.org |
September 21, 2018 |
| Nigerian Questions by Sheikh Abu Malek al-Tamimi |
aymennjawad.org |
September 20, 2018 |
| Abu Bakr Shekau in His Own Words: Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
September 17, 2018 |
| AQIM Advice to 'Boko Haram' Dissidents: Full Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
September 15, 2018 |
| Middle East Jihadist Splits Will Widen Despite Defeats |
Oxford Analytica |
August 31, 2018 |
| In Syria, It's Either Reconciliation or Annexation |
American Spectator |
August 23, 2018 |
| 'Islamic State' in south Syria: An inside look at its internal security apparatus |
Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis |
August 20, 2018 |
| The 'Boko Haram' Allegiance Pledge to Islamic State: An Ansar al-Shari'a Tunisia Connection |
aymennjawad.org |
August 8, 2018 |
| The Islamic State West Africa Province vs. Abu Bakr Shekau: Full Text, Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
August 5, 2018 |
| The Think-Tanks Bark and the IRGC Moves On |
Syria Comment |
July 13, 2018 |
| From Jabhat al-Nusra to Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham: Evolution, Approach and Future |
Konrad Adenaur Stiftung/Al-Nahrain Center For Strategic Studies |
June 29, 2018 |
| Thoughts On Southern Syria |
Syria Comment |
June 24, 2018 |
| The Internal Structure of the Islamic State's Hisba Apparatus |
Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis |
June 1, 2018 |
| Reconciliation in Syria: The case of Beit Jann |
Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis |
May 22, 2018 |
| Iran in Syria: "Cognitive Empathy" and Interests |
Syria Comment |
May 13, 2018 |
| A Visit To The Jazeera Canton: Report And Assessment |
Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis |
February 22, 2018 |
| Beit Jann: Myths and Reality |
Syria Comment |
January 2, 2018 |
| Success for al-Qaeda in Syria? |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
December 18, 2017 |
| After Islamic State, Middle East fissures will deepen |
Oxford Analytica |
December 12, 2017 |
| After Islamic State: Staying in Syria? |
The Jerusalem Post |
November 26, 2017 |
| Yemen and U.S. Policy: Serious Rethinking Is Imperative |
American Spectator |
November 24, 2017 |
| Iraqi Kurdistan's Crisis: A Failure of Strategy |
American Spectator |
October 22, 2017 |
| Iran in Syria |
The Economist |
October 5, 2017 |
| The Archivist: Media Fitna in the Islamic State |
Jihadology |
September 28, 2017 |
| ISIS' Female Suicide Bombers Are No Myth |
Foreign Affairs |
September 22, 2017 |
| The Islamic State and the Kurds: The Documentary Evidence |
CTC Sentinel |
September 21, 2017 |
| The Iranian Land Route to the Mediterranean: Myth or Reality? |
American Spectator |
August 22, 2017 |
| Jihad Wins in Idlib |
Foreign Affairs |
August 10, 2017 |
| Syria: Assessing the CIA Program |
American Spectator |
August 7, 2017 |
| The Archivist: The Islamic State's Security Apparatus Structure in the Provinces |
Jihadology |
August 2, 2017 |
| The Myth of ISIS's Strategic Brilliance |
The Atlantic |
July 20, 2017 |
| Islamic State Treatise: Ruling of Shari'a on the Shi'a Sects |
aymennjawad.org |
July 18, 2017 |
| Israel's Relations with the Syrian Rebels: An Assessment |
Middle East Review of International Affairs |
July 3, 2017 |
| Journeys to Mosul |
Middle East Review of International Affairs |
June 15, 2017 |
| The Islamic State: Baqiya? |
Bicom |
May 16, 2017 |
| Reconciliations: The Case of al-Sanamayn in North Deraa |
Syria Comment |
April 27, 2017 |
| Katibat Dir' al-Watan: New Sub-Unit of the Fifth Legion |
Syria Comment |
April 13, 2017 |
| Myths, militias, and the future of Syria |
Aswaat (King's College London) |
April 12, 2017 |
| US strikes in Syria: This isn't regime change (but it might be) |
Middle East Eye |
April 7, 2017 |
| Quwat Muqatili al-Asha'ir: Tribal Auxiliary Forces of the Military Intelligence |
aymennjawad.org |
April 2, 2017 |
| The Syrian Civil War & Demographic Change |
Syria Deeply |
March 15, 2017 |
| Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi: Syrian IRGC Militia |
Syria Comment |
March 8, 2017 |
| Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Civil Society in Jabal al-Summaq |
Syria Comment |
March 4, 2017 |
| The Formation of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Wider Tensions in Syria's Insurgency |
CTC Sentinel |
February 22, 2017 |
| Further Response to Roy Gutman: Balancing the Picture |
Syria Comment |
February 13, 2017 |
| A Response to Roy Gutman's "Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?" |
Syria Comment |
February 11, 2017 |
| The Archivist: Unseen Islamic State Training Camp Contract |
Jihadology |
February 4, 2017 |
| Liwa Al-Jabal: A New Loyalist Militia Unity Initiative In Suwayda' |
Syria Comment |
January 19, 2017 |
| Quwat Dir' Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links |
Syria Comment |
January 17, 2017 |
| Local Loyalist Militias of Suwayda': Katibat Jalamid Urman (Dir' al-Jabal) |
Syria Comment |
January 3, 2017 |
| The Archivist: Unseen Islamic State Regulations for the Mosul Operations |
Jihadology |
December 31, 2016 |
| The Fifth Legion: A New Auxiliary Force |
Syria Comment |
December 24, 2016 |
| It's time for realism in Syria, President-elect Donald Trump |
The Hill |
December 23, 2016 |
| The Situation in al-Fu'a and Kafariya |
Syria Comment |
December 18, 2016 |
| Usud Al-Cherubim: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia |
Syria Comment |
December 14, 2016 |
| The Meaning of an Israeli Clash with an Islamic State Affiliate |
War on the Rocks |
December 13, 2016 |
| Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia |
Syria Comment |
December 11, 2016 |
| Saraya Al-Tawheed: A Pro-Assad Druze Militia in Lebanon and Syria |
Syria Comment |
December 5, 2016 |
| Kata'ib Humat al-Diyar: A Prominent Loyalist Militia in Suwayda' |
Syria Comment |
November 26, 2016 |
| Governance in Islamic State Provinces Beyond Iraq and Syria |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
November 2016 |
| Dissent in the Islamic State: Abu al-Faruq al-Masri's 'Message on the Manhaj' |
Combating Terrorism Center (West Point) |
October 31, 2016 |
| Islamism in Syria |
World Almanac of Islamism (American Foreign Policy Council) |
October 28, 2016 |
| The Archivist: Stories of the Mujahideen: Women of the Islamic State |
Jihadology |
October 17, 2016 |
| Labawat al-Jabal: A Druze Female Militia in Suwayda' Province |
Syria Comment |
October 14, 2016 |
| Liwa al-Imam Zain al-Abidain: Building a 'Resistance' in Eastern Syria |
Syria Comment |
September 18, 2016 |
| Liwa Sayf al-Haq Assad Allah al-Ghalib: A Republican Guard Militia in Sayyida Zainab |
Syria Comment |
September 16, 2016 |
| Quwat Dir' Al-Amn Al-Askari: A Latakia Military Intelligence Militia |
Syria Comment |
September 3, 2016 |
| Fawj Maghawir al-Badiya: A Military Intelligence Branch Militia |
Syria Comment |
August 30, 2016 |
| The Archivist: Stories of the Mujahideen: Unseen Islamic State Biographies of Outstanding Members |
Jihadology |
August 24, 2016 |
| Al-Qa'ida Uncoupling: Jabhat al-Nusra's Rebranding as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham |
CTC Sentinel |
August 22, 2016 |
| Syrian Hezbollah Militias of Nubl and Zahara' |
Syria Comment |
August 15, 2016 |
| Liwa Sayf al-Mahdi: A Syrian Army Shi'i Militia |
Syria Comment |
August 6, 2016 |
| Liwa al-Imam al-Mahdi: A Syrian Hezbollah Formation |
Syria Comment |
July 23, 2016 |
| Kata'ib al-Jabalawi: A Pro-Assad Militia from Homs |
Syria Comment |
July 19, 2016 |
| Quwat al-Ghadab: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia in Suqaylabiyah |
Syria Comment |
July 3, 2016 |
| The 'Martyrs' of Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya (The Ja'afari Force) |
Syria Comment |
May 29, 2016 |
| The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo |
Syria Comment |
May 23, 2016 |
| The Leopards of Homs: A Pro-Assad Militia |
Syria Comment |
May 15, 2016 |
| The Jihadi Threat on Israel's Northern Border |
Middle East Review of International Affairs |
May 15, 2016 |
| Liwa al-Jalil: A New Pro-Assad Palestinian Militia |
Syria Comment |
May 6, 2016 |
| A Caliphate under Strain: The Documentary Evidence |
CTC Sentinel |
April 22, 2016 |
| The Archivist: Unseen Islamic State Military Commanders Manual: Qualities and Manners of the Mujahid Commander |
Jihadology |
April 11, 2016 |
| Analysis: The Retaking of Palmyra from the Islamic State |
The Daily Beast |
March 28, 2016 |
| The Fitna in Deraa and the Islamic State Angle |
Jihadology |
March 26, 2016 |
| Islamic State Treatise on the Syrian Education System |
aymennjawad.org |
March 12, 2016 |
| Harakat al-Hawiya al-Arabiya al-Druziya: Defending Druze Identity in Suwayda' |
Syria Comment |
March 6, 2016 |
| The Dir' al-Watan Brand: Liwa Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi |
Syria Comment |
February 26, 2016 |
| Liwa Dir' al-Watan: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Damascus |
Syria Comment |
February 24, 2016 |
| Liwa Usud al-Hussein: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Latakia |
Syria Comment |
February 19, 2016 |
| The Life of al-Khal: First Leader of Liwa Shuhada' al-Yarmouk |
Syria Comment |
February 14, 2016 |
| Is ISIS good at governing? |
Brookings |
February 3, 2016 |
| The Syrian National Resistance: Liwa Khaybar |
Syria Comment |
January 3, 2016 |
| Quwat al-Jalil: A Pro-Assad Palestinian Syrian Militia |
Syria Comment |
December 23, 2015 |
| The Archivist: "Until Our Hearts Submit To The Shari'a"- Da'wa Pamphlet From Jabhat al-Nusra |
Jihadology |
December 21, 2015 |
| The Factions of North Latakia |
Syria Comment |
December 10, 2015 |
| 'Principles in the Administration of the Islamic State'- Full text and translation |
The Guardian |
December 7, 2015 |
| The Paris Attacks Reflect Intelligence Failure -- Not a Change in ISIS Strategy |
Huffington Post |
November 20, 2015 |
| Has Assad's New Offensive Changed Syria's Front Lines? |
Syria Deeply |
November 11, 2015 |
| The Archivist: 'Go Forth, Lightly and Heavily Armed': New Mobilization Calls By the Islamic State in Aleppo Province |
Jihadology |
October 30, 2015 |
| Rijal al-Karama after Sheikh Abu Fahad Waheed al-Bal'ous' Assassination |
Syria Comment |
October 26, 2015 |
| Talking to the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade |
Syria Deeply |
October 13, 2015 |
| Condemning Russian Intervention: Rebel Unity? |
Syria Deeply |
October 12, 2015 |
| The Archivist: Unseen Documents from the Islamic State's Diwan al-Rikaz |
Jihadology |
October 12, 2015 |
| Druze Clues |
Foreign Affairs |
October 5, 2015 |
| The Archivist: Unseen Islamic State Financial Accounts for Deir az-Zor Province |
Jihadology |
October 5, 2015 |
| The Archivist: Unseen Islamic State Fatwas on Jihad and Sabaya |
Jihadology |
September 25, 2015 |
| Liwa Shuhada' al-Yarmouk: History and Analysis |
Syria Comment |
September 18, 2015 |
| Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa: History, Analysis & Interview |
Syria Comment |
September 14, 2015 |
| The Assassination of Sheikh Abu Fahad al-Bal'ous: Context and Analysis |
Syria Comment |
September 5, 2015 |
| Overview of some pro-Assad Militias |
Syria Comment |
September 1, 2015 |
| The Archivist: Critical Analysis of the Islamic State's Health Department |
Jihadology |
August 27, 2015 |
| The Archivist: 26 Unseen Islamic State Administrative Documents: Overview, Translation & Analysis |
Jihadology |
August 24, 2015 |
| Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya: Recruiting the Shi'a of Damascus |
Syria Comment |
August 12, 2015 |
| Assessing U.S. and Coalition Strategy for Syria and the Islamic State |
Huffington Post |
August 12, 2015 |
| The New Druze Militia Factions of Suwayda Province |
Syria Comment |
August 8, 2015 |
| The Evolution in Islamic State Administration: The Documentary Evidence |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
August 5, 2015 |
| Quwat al-Ridha: Syrian Hezbollah |
Syria Comment |
July 31, 2015 |
| Islamic State Training Camp Textbook: "Course in Monotheism"- Complete Text, Translation and Analysis |
aymennjawad.org |
July 26, 2015 |
| The Coastal Shield Brigade: A New Pro-Assad Militia |
Syria Comment |
July 23, 2015 |
| Hizballah, the Jihad in Syria, and Commemorations in Lebanon |
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA Journal) |
July 13, 2015 |
| The Islamic State One Year After The Caliphate Declaration |
Huffington Post |
July 1, 2015 |
| The Massacre of Druze Villagers in Qalb Lawza, Idlib Province |
Syria Comment |
June 15, 2015 |
| Enemy of my enemy: Re-evaluating the Islamic State's Relationship with the Ba'athist JRTN |
IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Monitor |
June 2015 |
| Is ISIS Islamic, and Other "Foolish" Debates |
Jihadology |
April 3, 2015 |
| The Islamic State and its "Sinai Province" |
Tel Aviv Notes: Moshe Dayan Center |
March 26, 2015 |
| The Administration of the Local Council in Azaz |
Syria Comment |
March 21, 2015 |
| The Return of Iraqi Shi'i Militias to Syria |
Middle East Institute |
March 16, 2015 |
| The U.S. Anti-ISIS Strategy's True Cost |
The Daily Beast |
March 2, 2015 |
| ISIS and Syria's Southern Front |
Middle East Institute |
February 6, 2015 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province |
Syria Comment |
January 24, 2015 |
| Aspects of Islamic State (IS) Administration in Ninawa Province: Part III |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
January 23, 2015 |
| Aspects of Islamic State (IS) Administration in Ninawa Province: Part II |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
January 20, 2015 |
| Aspects of Islamic State (IS) Administration in Ninawa Province: Part I |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
January 17, 2015 |
| 'Guerra' por la yihad globalizada |
El Mundo |
January 9, 2015 |
| Jamaat Ansar al-Islam in Syria Joins The Islamic State? |
Syria Comment |
January 8, 2015 |
| The Impasse in Iraq (Part 2: The Sunni Side) |
Foreign Policy |
January 8, 2015 |
| The Impasse in Iraq (Part 1: The Shi'a Side) |
Foreign Policy |
January 7, 2015 |
| Special Report: Northern Storm and the Situation in Azaz (Syria) |
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA Journal) |
January 7, 2015 |
| Sample Concepts of a Christian-Shi'a Alliance in Iraq |
Syria Comment |
December 31, 2014 |
| The Story of Shami Witness |
Syria Comment |
December 12, 2014 |
| Iraq's Shi'a Militias and Iran |
The Tower |
December 2014 |
| The Islamic State (IS) and Pledges of Allegiance: The Case of Jamaat Ansar al-Islam |
Syria Comment |
November 28, 2014 |
| Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz: A Caucasus Emirate Group in Latakia |
Syria Comment |
November 23, 2014 |
| The Factions of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) |
Syria Comment |
November 21, 2014 |
| The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra: A Looming Grand Jihadi Alliance? |
Syria Comment |
November 14, 2014 |
| Can Islamic State survive without Baghdadi? |
BBC |
November 10, 2014 |
| Dwekh Nawsha- An Assyrian Fighting Force in Iraq |
Assyrian International News Agency |
November 6, 2014 |
| State of war: The Iraqi Sunni actors taking on the Islamic State |
IHS Jane's Terrorism & Insurgency Monitor |
November 2, 2014 |
| Kata'ib al-Ghadab: An Armed Wing of the Islamic Da'wah Party (Tanẓim al-Dakhil) |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
November 1, 2014 |
| Jabhat Ansar al-Din: Analysis and Interview |
Syria Comment |
October 23, 2014 |
| The White Shroud: A Syrian Resistance Movement to the Islamic State |
Syria Comment |
October 22, 2014 |
| Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
October 22, 2014 |
| The Men of the al-Qadisiya Army: A Made-Up Social Media Insurgent Group |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
October 21, 2014 |
| Interview with Sayyid Hashim Muhammad Ali: Commander of the National Ideological Resistance in Syria |
Syria Comment |
October 15, 2014 |
| The National Ideological Resistance in Syria: A 'Syrian Hezbollah' Brand |
Syria Comment |
October 11, 2014 |
| Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen: Support for the Islamic State |
Syria Comment |
October 10, 2014 |
| The Dawn of Freedom Brigades: Analysis and Interview |
Syria Comment |
October 2, 2014 |
| The Islamic State's Regional Strategy |
European Council on Foreign Relations |
September 29, 2014 |
| Sunni Opposition to the Islamic State |
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA Journal) |
Fall 2014 |
| Bay'ah to Baghdadi: Foreign Support for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State (Part 2) |
Syria Comment |
September 27, 2014 |
| The Abu Ja'afar al-Mansur Brigades |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
September 23, 2014 |
| The Suwayda village of Dama and Druze Militias: A Case Study |
Syria Comment |
September 18, 2014 |
| Al-Qa'ida in Islamic Maghreb and Arabian Peninsula Statement on the U.S.-led coalition against IS |
Syria Comment |
September 16, 2014 |
| Extremist Groups in Syria |
Middle East Institute |
September 8, 2014 |
| Muhajireen Battalions in Syria (Part IV) |
Syria Comment |
August 19, 2014 |
| Naqshbandi Army (JRTN) Activist Front Groups |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
August 18, 2014 |
| Jaysh Thuwar Baghdad |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
August 15, 2014 |
| Minority Dynamics in Syria |
Syria Comment |
July 29, 2014 |
| The Factions of Raqqa Province |
Syria Comment |
July 29, 2014 |
| Iran And ISIS – Convenience Is The Enemy Of Research |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
July 14, 2014 |
| The 1920s Revolution Brigades |
Iraq Insurgent Profiles (aymennjawad.org) |
July 14, 2014 |
| Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Message as Caliph |
Gatestone Institute |
July 2, 2014 |
| Iraq crisis: Key Players in Iraq's Sunni Rebellion |
BBC |
July 1, 2014 |
| Iraq Needs Unity, Not Partition |
The Daily Beast |
June 27, 2014 |
| Muhajireen Battalions in Syria (Part Three) |
Syria Comment |
June 23, 2014 |
| Redeploy U.S. Troops to Iraq |
USA Today |
June 13, 2014 |
| Saraya al-Madina al-Munawara: A Revived Iraqi Insurgent Brand |
Brown Moses |
June 11, 2014 |
| ISIS' use of hudud punishments |
PJ Media |
May 29, 2014 |
| Key Updates on Iraq's Sunni Insurgent Groups |
Brown Moses |
May 11, 2014 |
| Key Updates on Albukamal (Abu Kamal) |
Brown Moses |
April 29, 2014 |
| The Latakia Front |
Brown Moses |
April 26, 2014 |
| Muhajireen Battalions in Syria (Part Two) |
Syria Comment |
April 25, 2014 |
| Abdullah ibn Zubayr Battalions of Deir az-Zor Reject Fighting ISIS |
Syria Comment |
April 25, 2014 |
| The Fighting in Abu Kamal (Albukamal): Background and Analysis |
Brown Moses |
April 12, 2014 |
| The Desert Falcons: An Elite Pro-Assad Force |
Syria Comment |
April 8, 2014 |
| The Latakia Front: An Interview on the Rebel Side |
Syria Comment |
April 6, 2014 |
| Assad Regime Lacks the Total Support of Syria's Christians |
The National |
March 24, 2014 |
| Interview with the leader of Iraq's Jaysh al-Mujahideen: Abd al-Hakim al-Nuaimi |
Jihadology |
March 17, 2014 |
| Iraq: Who are Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Islamists? |
Islamist Gate |
March 6, 2014 |
| The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham's dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province |
Syria Comment |
February 26, 2014 |
| Christian Militia and Political Dynamics in Syria |
Syria Comment |
February 23, 2014 |
| Anatomy of militant groups reveals Iraq's different challenges |
The National |
February 12, 2014 |
| ISIS and al-Qaeda compete for supremacy in global jihad |
Al-Monitor |
February 11, 2014 |
| The Assad Regime and Jihadis: Collaborators and Allies? |
Syria Comment |
February 11, 2014 |
| Mapping Iraq's Sunni Militant Groups |
Islamist Gate |
February 5, 2014 |
| آرائي الخصوصية بمقالة قصيرة |
|
February 1, 2014 |
| "They have closed ranks and pledged bay'ah to Baghdadi": Nasheed for the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham |
Jihadology |
January 29, 2014 |
| The Dawn of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham |
Current Trends in Islamist Ideology (Hudson Institute) |
January 27, 2014 |
| Comprehensive Reference Guide to Sunni Militant Groups in Iraq |
Jihadology |
January 23, 2014 |
| The Fortunes of the Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq |
Islamist Gate |
January 18, 2014 |
| The Arab Nationalist Guard: A Pro-Assad Militia |
Brown Moses |
January 1, 2014 |
| The Syrian rebel groups pulling in foreign fighters |
BBC |
December 24, 2013 |
| EXCLUSIVE: Moroccan ex-Guantánamo Detainee Mohammed Mizouz Identified In Syria |
Syria Comment |
December 22, 2013 |
| The Factions of Abu Kamal |
Brown Moses |
December 18, 2013 |
| The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham |
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA Journal) |
Fall 2013 |
| Muhajireen Battalions in Syria |
Jihadology |
December 13, 2013 |
| The Qamishli Front |
Brown Moses |
December 10, 2013 |
| More On The Druze Militias in Southern Syria |
Syria Comment |
November 15, 2013 |
| The Druze Militias of Southern Syria |
Syria Comment |
November 13, 2013 |
| The Fall of Yaroubiya to the YPG In Context |
Brown Moses |
November 5, 2013 |
| The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Billboards in Raqqa |
Jihadology |
October 22, 2013 |
| Reza Aslan: Authority on Islam and the Middle East? |
FrontPageMagazine.com |
October 11, 2013 |
| Analyzing Events in Azaz |
Brown Moses |
October 10, 2013 |
| Syrian Christian Converts to Islam At Hands of al-Qaeda |
Assyrian International News Agency |
September 24, 2013 |
| A Case Study of "The Syrian Resistance," a Pro-Assad Militia Force |
Syria Comment |
September 22, 2013 |
| Moroccan Ex-Guantánamo Detainees Fighting in Syria's Civil War |
Jihadology |
September 18, 2013 |
| The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham's Messages and Self-Presentation in Syria and Iraq |
Jihadology |
September 9, 2013 |
| Bay'ah to Baghdadi: Foreign Support for Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham |
Jihadology |
August 22, 2013 |
| Pessimism clouds any survey of Islamist protests in Iraq |
The National (UAE) |
August 19, 2013 |
| Iraq offers little historical precedent in the Syrian crisis |
The National (UAE) |
August 13, 2013 |
| The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Expands Into Rural Northern Syria |
Syria Comment |
July 18, 2013 |
| Where Does Jabhat al-Nusra End, and the Islamic State of Iraq & ash-Sham Begin? |
Syria Comment |
July 13, 2013 |
| The ISIS Cavalcade |
Jihadology |
July 1, 2013 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham: Deir ez-Zor and the wider east of Syria |
Jihadology |
June 27, 2013 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in Raqqah: Demonstrations and Counter-Demonstrations |
Jihadology |
June 24, 2013 |
| HAMAS and Syria |
Jihadology |
June 21, 2013 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham: Deraa Governorate |
Jihadology |
June 21, 2013 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham: Aleppo Area |
Jihadology |
June 13, 2013 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham: Raqqah Governorate |
Jihadology |
June 4, 2013 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham |
Brown Moses Blog |
May 17, 2013 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra's Relations With Other Rebels After the Bay'ah to Zawahiri |
Jihadology |
May 14, 2013 |
| Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin: Between Israel and Hamas |
Jihadology |
May 6, 2013 |
| Behind the Iraq Protests |
The American Spectator |
April 18, 2013 |
| Turkey, Iraq, and Oil |
The American Spectator |
April 5, 2013 |
| Jihad in Syria, Part II |
Syria Comment |
March 25, 2013 |
| Jihad in Syria |
Syria Comment |
March 20, 2013 |
| Ten years on |
The Economist |
March 16, 2013 |
| Egypt's Economic Outreach to Iran and Iraq |
The American Spectator |
March 7, 2013 |
| Famous Anasheed: 'Madin Kas-Sayf' by Abu Ali |
Jihadology |
March 3, 2013 |
| Politics undermine Iraq's judiciary |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
February 26, 2013 |
| 'Was the Iraq war worth it?' is a question unworthy of debate |
The Independent |
February 11, 2013 |
| The U.S. versus the 'Shi'ite Crescent'? |
The Jerusalem Post |
February 5, 2013 |
| Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War |
The American Spectator |
January 24, 2013 |
| Is an Alawite state Assad's Plan B? |
The Independent |
January 7, 2013 |
| Iraq: Playing the Sectarian Crisis Card |
The American Spectator |
January 2, 2013 |
| What Happened in Aqrab, Syria? |
The Jerusalem Post |
December 27, 2012 |
| Iraq: One Year After Withdrawal |
The American Spectator |
December 18, 2012 |
| Analyzing Egypt |
The American Spectator |
December 13, 2012 |
| Syria's Assyrians, caught in the middle |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
December 7, 2012 |
| Egypt's Islamist Autocrat |
The American Spectator |
November 26, 2012 |
| A Hamas Divided |
The American Spectator |
November 19, 2012 |
| Syria: Spillover into Iraq? |
The Jerusalem Post |
November 18, 2012 |
| Violence in Iraq |
Middle East Review of International Affairs |
Fall 2012 |
| Kurdish Rivalries in Syria |
The American Spectator |
November 8, 2012 |
| Looking at Alawites |
The Levantine Review |
Fall 2012 |
| Christians in Syria |
The Henry Jackson Society |
November 2012 |
| Civil War in Lebanon? |
The American Spectator |
October 30, 2012 |
| Looking at Tunisia |
The American Spectator |
October 18, 2012 |
| Analyzing Aleppo |
The American Spectator |
October 8, 2012 |
| Libya in the Aftermath |
The American Spectator |
September 28, 2012 |
| The Syrian Civil War |
National Review Online |
September 17, 2012 |
| Libyan Islamists and the security forces: Iraq 2.0? |
The Jerusalem Post |
September 5, 2012 |
| Looking at violence in Iraq |
The Jerusalem Post |
August 21, 2012 |
| Baghdad on the Nile |
Ha'aretz |
August 17, 2012 |
| Don't Overestimate Iran's Influence in Iraq |
inFOCUS Quarterly |
Summer 2012 |
| An Intifada in Fatah's Future |
The American Spectator |
August 2, 2012 |
| The pro-Islamist West versus anti-Islamist Russia, China? |
The Jerusalem Post |
August 1, 2012 |
| Syria's Kurds stand alone after rejecting rebels and regime |
The National (Abu Dhabi) |
July 23, 2012 |
| Understanding the Situation in Syria |
The American Spectator |
July 19, 2012 |
| Rethinking Libya |
The American Spectator |
July 12, 2012 |
| Assessing the Maldives |
Gatestone Institute |
July 2, 2012 |
| Assessing Iraq's Oil Industry |
Middle East Review of International Affairs |
July 1, 2012 |
| What to expect from Egypt's Morsi |
Ha'aretz |
June 29, 2012 |
| Assad's Houla Propaganda - Part II |
Al-Ayyam |
June 25, 2012 |
| No Confidence in Maliki? |
The American Spectator |
June 19, 2012 |
| Assad's Houla Propaganda |
National Review Online |
June 12, 2012 |
| Moderate Indonesia? |
The American Spectator |
June 6, 2012 |
| Iraq: A satellite state of Iran? |
The Jerusalem Post |
May 30, 2012 |
| Watching the new state of South Sudan fall into chaos |
Ha'aretz |
May 18, 2012 |
| Racism across the globe |
The Independent |
May 10, 2012 |
| A cardinal, an atheist and phony media outrage |
The Jerusalem Post |
May 10, 2012 |
| Libya: Assessing Berber Prospects |
PJ Media |
April 28, 2012 |
| Nizar Nayouf, al-Haqiqa, and Syrian Christians |
The American Spectator |
April 23, 2012 |
| Rethinking Early Roman Anti-Semitism |
Israel National News |
April 15, 2012 |
| Syrian disinformation about Christian persecution |
Ha'aretz |
April 6, 2012 |
| Bashar's Iron Fist Goes Airborne and Thermobaric |
The American Spectator |
April 2, 2012 |
| Can my enemy's enemy be my friend? |
Ha'aretz |
March 30, 2012 |
| On Massacres and Motivations |
The American Spectator |
March 28, 2012 |
| Iraqi Kurdistan Without Blinders |
The American Spectator |
March 22, 2012 |
| Look at the big picture on Iraqi deaths |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
February 27, 2012 |
| Bashar's 'Iron Fist' |
The American Spectator |
February 21, 2012 |
| Chaos: The new 'status quo' |
Ha'aretz |
February 17, 2012 |
| Demography Is Destiny in Syria |
The American Spectator |
February 6, 2012 |
| The Dead Man and His Long Shadow |
The American Spectator |
January 16, 2012 |
| Identity Among Middle East Christians |
The American Spectator |
January 5, 2012 |
| Rethinking U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan |
Middle East Quarterly |
Winter 2012 |
| The Effect of Kim Jong-Il's Death on North Korea |
Hudson New York |
December 29, 2011 |
| Iraq in Political Crisis Following U.S. Withdrawal |
PJ Media |
December 28, 2011 |
| The Coming Collapse of Yemen |
The American Spectator |
December 27, 2011 |
| AFP falls for Assad propaganda |
Hurry Up Harry |
December 25, 2011 |
| Assessing the Surge in Iraq |
MERIA |
December 22, 2011 |
| The Failure of Secular and Liberal Egyptians |
The American Spectator |
December 16, 2011 |
| Iraq's violence is for Iraqis to tackle |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
December 16, 2011 |
| Sunni Realignments |
The American Spectator |
December 9, 2011 |
| Overviewing Shi'a-Sunni Conflicts |
Israel National News |
December 2, 2011 |
| Avoiding the Islamist Stigma |
The American Spectator |
November 29, 2011 |
| Iraqi petroleum and the damage done |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
November 21, 2011 |
| Syria, Turkey and the Kurds |
Israel National News |
November 18, 2011 |
| What Does "Moderate" Islamist Mean? |
The Jerusalem Post |
November 17, 2011 |
| Military Intervention in the Arab Spring |
Israel National News |
November 10, 2011 |
| Libya Heading Towards Islamism |
The American Spectator |
November 9, 2011 |
| Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech, and Islam |
The American Spectator |
November 7, 2011 |
| With U.S. Troops Leaving, Is Iraq a Democratic Country Now? |
PJ Media |
November 2, 2011 |
| Sudan in Crisis |
The American Spectator |
November 1, 2011 |
| Setting the Record Straight on the U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq |
Pajamas Media |
October 27, 2011 |
| Qatar's Sunni Side |
The American Spectator |
October 25, 2011 |
| Explaining Iran's Approach Towards the Middle East |
The Jerusalem Post |
October 25, 2011 |
| Preserving Iraq's Assyrians: Federalism |
Assyrian International News Agency |
October 24, 2011 |
| Will Nouri al-Maliki Survive His Second Term In Office? |
The Kurdish Globe |
October 22, 2011 |
| Assessing Bahrain |
The American Spectator |
October 19, 2011 |
| No, Syria won't plunge Iraq into war |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
October 7, 2011 |
| The Arab Spring and the Jews |
Israel National News |
October 6, 2011 |
| Pakistan and China: Strengthening Ties |
The American Spectator |
October 4, 2011 |
| Security threat from Yemen? |
The Jerusalem Post |
October 3, 2011 |
| Kurdish-Christian rivalries |
The Kurdistan Tribune |
September 25, 2011 |
| Iraq's politicians hover above the law |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
September 20, 2011 |
| Instability Spreading |
The American Spectator |
September 19, 2011 |
| Leon Panetta Is Right |
The American Spectator |
September 13, 2011 |
| Libya Burning |
The American Spectator |
September 8, 2011 |
| A Sectarian Issue |
The American Spectator |
September 7, 2011 |
| Iraq in Crisis |
Middle East Review of International Affairs |
August 29, 2011 |
| Iraq goes the way of its Gulf neighbors |
The Daily Star |
August 26, 2011 |
| Will U.S. Forces in Iraq Pull Out as Civil Conflict Heats Up? |
Pajamas Media |
August 24, 2011 |
| Smearing Perry on Jihad |
American Thinker |
August 20, 2011 |
| A Guide to the Galaxy of Islamic Anti-Semitism |
Israel National News |
August 15, 2011 |
| Spring comes, but not for Iraq's Kurds |
The Daily Star |
August 12, 2011 |
| The root causes of the British riots |
The Jerusalem Post |
August 11, 2011 |
| Middle Eastern Christians and anti-Semitism |
The Jerusalem Post |
August 2, 2011 |
| The Norway Attacks and the Paranoid Mindset |
History News Network |
July 31, 2011 |
| China makes a bid for favor in Baghdad |
The Daily Star |
July 26, 2011 |
| Could Turkey Abandon The Resistance Bloc? |
American Thinker |
July 20, 2011 |
| Two Bloggers Discuss Iraq |
Harry's Place |
July 18, 2011 |
| Iraqi Kurdistan: the mythical 'Other Iraq' |
The Kurdistan Tribune |
July 17, 2011 |
| North Sudan: What next? |
The Jerusalem Post |
July 11, 2011 |
| The Iraqi Government: Iranian Satrap or American Puppet? |
Hudson New York |
July 7, 2011 |
| Is OPEC Headed for Collapse? |
Pajamas Media |
July 3, 2011 |
| Johann Hari: Modern-Day Democritus or Aristotelian Mythologos? |
Harry's Place |
June 29, 2011 |
| Bahrain: Can The U.S. Do Anything? |
American Thinker |
June 19, 2011 |
| Ratko Mladić and Myths of the Bosnian War |
Hudson New York |
June 1, 2011 |
| Bin Laden: It Won't Achieve Much |
Israel National News |
May 4, 2011 |
| Should Washington Embrace the MEK? |
Hudson New York |
April 19, 2011 |
| Is the English Defense League a Genuine Anti-Islamist Force? |
Hudson New York |
April 11, 2011 |
| Rethinking North Korea |
Hudson New York |
March 7, 2011 |
| Anti-Jihadism and Unholy Alliances |
American Thinker |
March 5, 2011 |
| Death and Destruction in Virgil's Aeneid |
New English Review |
March 2011 |
| The Aftermath of the Iraq War Revisited |
Hudson New York |
February 28, 2011 |
| Poverty and Defeating Militant Islam |
Hudson New York |
December 6, 2010 |
| What Does It Mean To Say That The Iliad Is An Oral Poem? |
New English Review |
November 2010 |
| Iraq's Oil Industry |
Hudson New York |
October 11, 2010 |
| Juan Cole's Distortions |
Hudson New York |
October 4, 2010 |
| Focus on Yemen, Not Israel-Palestine |
Hudson New York |
September 3, 2010 |
| Iraq and the Middle Eastern Cold War |
American Thinker |
August 21, 2010 |
| Oppose the Ground Zero Mosque? |
American Thinker |
August 3, 2010 |
| Support Balochi Separatists |
American Thinker |
July 25, 2010 |
| Iraq's Future |
Hudson New York |
July 19, 2010 |
| What to Do about Somalia? |
American Thinker |
July 17, 2010 |
| Assessing Afghanistan |
Hudson New York |
July 9, 2010 |
|
Book Reviews |
| Book Title |
Publication |
Date |
|
Mosul Under ISIS: Eyewitness Accounts of Life in the Caliphate
by Mathilde Becker Aarseth |
Middle East Journal |
Summer 2023 |
Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain
by James Bloodworth |
aymennjawad.org |
April 21, 2018 |
Black Banners of ISIS: The Roots of the New Caliphate
by David J. Wasserstein |
Middle East Quarterly |
December 1, 2017 |
Jihadism Transformed: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State's Global Battle of Ideas
by Simon Staffell and Akil Awan, eds. |
Middle East Quarterly |
Fall 2017 |
ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate
by Anne Speckhard and Ahmet Yayla |
Center for the Study of Narrative & Conflict Resolution (George Mason University) |
January 26, 2017 |
The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency
by Charles Lister |
Middle East Review of International Affairs |
December 25, 2016 |
The Internationalization of ISIS: The Muslim State in Iraq and Syria
by Raphael Israeli |
Middle East Quarterly |
Winter 2017 |
Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate
by Abdel Bari Atwan |
Middle East Quarterly |
Fall 2016 |
ISIS: The State of Terror
by JM Berger and Jessica Stern |
Syria Comment |
March 27, 2015 |
ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan |
Syria Comment |
February 3, 2015 |
The Plain of Saints and Prophets: The Nusayri-Alawi Community of Cilicia (Southern Turkey) and Its Sacred Places
by Gisela Procházka-Eisl and Stephan Procházka |
Middle East Quarterly |
Summer 2013 |
Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State
by David Patrikarakos |
Middle East Quarterly |
Summer 2013 |
Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam's Obscure Origins
by Robert Spencer |
The American Spectator |
May 25, 2012 |
