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| Title |
Publication |
Date  |
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| All the Mahdi's Men: Contextualising Nuances Within Iraq's Islamic Resistance |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
September 8, 2024 |
| Choosing Sides in Forever Wars: How Wedge Threats Shape Ideological Alignment in Fragmented Warscapes |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
September 8, 2024 |
| U.S. Intelligence Community Now Prioritizes 'Hurt Feelings' Over Counterterrorism |
Investigative Project on Terrorism |
August 18, 2024 |
| The Death of an Islamic State Global Leader in Africa? |
CTC Sentinel |
August 2024 |
| Cyber Nightmare |
Haaretz |
July 22, 2024 |
| هجوم مسجد عُمان.. "اختراق غير عادي" يحفز ضرورات خليجية |
al-Hurra |
July 17, 2024 |
| Isis claims responsibility for deadly attack on mosque in Oman |
Financial Times |
July 17, 2024 |
| A Globally Integrated Islamic State |
War on the Rocks |
July 15, 2024 |
| The Caliphate Complaint Box |
CTC West Point |
July 1, 2024 |
| In the Shadow of the Caliphate: A Decade of Islamic State Gendered Violence |
CTC Sentinel |
July 2024 |
| 7 October and the Alt-Media: a critical examination |
Fathom |
July 2024 |
| What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters |
The Atlantic |
May 25, 2024 |
| Will Germany betray Yazidi genocide victims? |
The Cradle |
May 17, 2024 |
| The Anti-Bibi Protestor who became Israel's Spokesperson |
The Atlantic |
May 10, 2024 |
| From Tajikistan to Moscow and Iran: Mapping the Local and Transnational Threat of Islamic State Khorasan |
CTC Sentinel |
May 2024 |
| Lessons from Gaza's Most Vulnerable: Understanding Civilian Protection in Wartime |
War on the Rocks |
April 15, 2024 |
| Clerics in the Congo: Understanding the Ideology of the Islamic State in Central Africa |
Hudson Institute |
April 11, 2024 |
| The Moscow Terrorist Attack: Pro-Islamic State Narratives and their Wider Implications |
GNET |
April 3, 2024 |
| The State of al-Qa'ida Central |
CTC Sentinel |
April 2024 |
| ISIS Redux: Exploring Wilayat Khorasan, their conflict with Russia, and the prospect of new terrorist attacks |
The Insider |
March 30, 2024 |
| ISIS Strikes Moscow |
Crisis Group |
March 26, 2024 |
| An Escalatory Game for Fools and Madmen |
Antiwar |
March 26, 2024 |
| Interview: Moscow Attacks |
SRF |
March 25, 2024 |
| Islamic State 'recruiting from Tajikistan and other central Asian countries' |
The Guardian |
March 24, 2024 |
| Conspiracy Theories About the Moscow Attack Are Unnecessary |
The Atlantic |
March 23, 2024 |
| Why would Islamic State attack Russia and what does this mean for the terrorism threat globally? |
The Conversation |
March 23, 2024 |
| What is ISIS-K, the militant group that claimed responsibility for the Moscow concert hall attack? |
Firstpost |
March 23, 2024 |
| Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility |
Associated Press |
March 22, 2024 |
| Jizya: The Return of Muslim Extortion |
The Stream |
March 11, 2024 |
| Armed groups, states and families: accounting for the dead as an element of humane treatment |
Citizenship Studies |
March 4, 2024 |
| "Framing" contentious activism: a sociological analysis of Boko Haram's ideology, through its discourse (2008 – 2016) |
Critical Studies on Terrorism |
March 1, 2024 |
| Is the Islamic State's Leadership Moving to Africa? |
Modern War Institute |
February 16, 2024 |
| Iranian-Backed Group Announces 'Suspension' of Attacks Against US |
Townhall |
January 31, 2024 |
| Terrorist Group Responsible for Killing American Soldiers 'Suspends' Operations Against the US |
RedState |
January 30, 2024 |
| Monotheism and Struggle: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency |
Cosmonaut Magazine |
January 29, 2024 |
| Hamas eyes post-war role in Palestinian politics |
AFP |
January 25, 2024 |
| 'We Have to Kill Those Who Preach Christianity': The Persecution of Christians, December 2023 (Christmas Edition) |
Gatestone Institute |
January 21, 2024 |
| Yemen strikes threaten to ignite tinderbox Middle East with region on verge of vast war amid Gaza crisis & Iran threat |
The Sun |
January 12, 2024 |
| ISIS attacks Iran: Is the terror group exploiting Gaza war chaos? |
The National News |
January 9, 2024 |
| ISIS gearing up for blood-soaked comeback amid Gaza conflict |
Natural News |
January 8, 2024 |
| From Non-Violent to Violent Radicalization and Vice Versa: Three Case Studies from Indonesia |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
January 8, 2024 |
| Fears of ISIS comeback after mass bombing |
Daily Telegraph (Australia) |
January 6, 2024 |
| Death Cult's Return |
The Sun |
January 5, 2024 |
| Islamic State attempts a comeback |
Reuters |
January 5, 2024 |
| Will Iran retaliate after Wednesday's bombings in Kerman? |
al-Jazeera |
January 4, 2024 |
| Inside the Hamas media operation |
Unherd |
December 15, 2023 |
| US 'self-defence' airstrike kills five pro-Iran militants in northern Iraq |
The New Arab |
December 4, 2023 |
| Turkey's Syrian Mercenaries in Azerbaijan: A Chronicle |
EVN Report |
November 9, 2023 |
| "Shabiha Forever" |
Harmoon Centre |
November 2023 |
| Proliferation of Iranian missile technology in the Middle East |
FOI |
November 2023 |
| Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) |
ACLED |
October 30, 2023 |
| Slain Hamas militants' body camera videos show the preparation and tactics behind their attack on Israel |
CNN |
October 26, 2023 |
| Ban Hizb ut-Tahrir |
The Critic |
October 24, 2023 |
| Israel-Hamas war: Isaac Herzog documents under scrutiny |
Sky News |
October 23, 2023 |
| Documents Found on Fighters Reveal Hamas Capabilities, Bloody Plans |
Washington Post |
October 21, 2023 |
| Pro-Islamic State Supporters' Responses to the Israel-Hamas Conflict |
GNET |
October 19, 2023 |
| Muslims break the cross |
American Thinker |
September 22, 2023 |
| The Islamic State's Shadow Governance in Eastern Syria Since the Fall of Baghuz |
CTC Sentinel |
September 20, 2023 |
| An Israeli role in Syria's Suwayda protests |
The Cradle |
September 18, 2023 |
| The Global Jihadi War against Christians: Religious and Strategic Roots |
Hungarian Conservative |
September 18, 2023 |
| Revolt Halted, but US-Backed Forces Still Face Challenges in Eastern Syria |
Voice of America |
September 7, 2023 |
| Syria: SDF fights rival Arab tribes for control of Deir Ezzor |
Middle East Eye |
September 5, 2023 |
| Interview: Clashes between the SDF and Syrian tribal fighters |
al-Jazeera |
September 3, 2023 |
| Trivializing Terrorists: How Counterterrorism Knowledge Undermines Local Resistance to Terrorism |
Security Studies |
September 2023 |
| Death of journalist in Syria's Deraa puts spotlight on simmering unrest |
The National News |
August 11, 2023 |
| The General Directorate of Provinces: Managing the Islamic State's Global Network |
CTC Sentinel |
July 2023 |
| Today in History: Christian Spain Breaks the 'Cruel Sword of the Sons of Hagar' |
Raymond Ibrahim |
June 14, 2023 |
| Blinken warns war against ISIS is not over |
The National News |
June 8, 2023 |
| Where does ISIS have a presence now? Group's reign of terror wanes in Middle East |
The National News |
June 8, 2023 |
| Low-Resource Domain Adaptation for Jihadi Discourse |
Uppsala University |
June 2, 2023 |
| Humanitarian Health Responses in Urban Conflict Zones |
Daedalus |
June 1, 2023 |
| Boko Haram's Child Soldiers: Media Mujahids, Martyrs, and Militants |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
May 22, 2023 |
| Ashab al-Kahf Retrospectively Claim Six Year-Old Unsolved Murder of U.S. Soldier |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
May 18, 2023 |
| The Significance of ISIS's State Building in Syria |
Middle East Policy |
May 10, 2023 |
| Countering Violent Nonstate Actor Financing |
RAND Corporation |
May 2023 |
| Statebuilding beyond the West: Exploring Islamic State's strategic narrative of governance and statebuilding |
European Journal of International Security |
April 25, 2023 |
| Ashab al-Kahf Makes Anti-Air Threats Against U.S. Helicopters |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
April 25, 2023 |
| The Long-Term Economic Legacies of Rebel Rule in Civil War: Micro Evidence From Colombia |
Journal of Conflict Resolution |
April 20, 2023 |
| "I prefer to die at home but with dignity" |
Elsevier Public Health Emergency Collection |
April 18, 2023 |
| Citizenship, Family Law, and the Repatriation of Islamic State Affiliates in MENA |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
April 13, 2023 |
| Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, April 12, 2023 |
Critical Threats |
April 12, 2023 |
| The Case of Najma Saʿīd Ismāʿīl: A 'Proof of Ownership' Document Issued by the Islamic State (2016) |
Trasis Blog |
April 10, 2023 |
| US strike kills ISIS leader in north-west Syria |
The National News |
April 4, 2023 |
| Militias Try to Conceal Iraqi Role in Lethal Strike on American Base |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
April 3, 2023 |
| The Pro-Iranian Militias in Syria |
Meir Amit Intelligence Center |
March 29, 2023 |
| Competitive Control? 'Hearts and Minds' and the Population Control Strategy of the Islamic State West Africa Province |
African Security |
March 29, 2023 |
| America Exchanges Fire With Iran's Syrian Deep State |
Wall Street Journal |
March 28, 2023 |
| The Hazimiyah current of the Islamic State: from religious discourse to extremist ideology |
Politics, Religion and Ideology |
March 27, 2023 |
| Containing Transnational Jihadists in Syria's North West |
Crisis Group |
March 7, 2023 |
| Book review article: The missing Islamic dimension of 'The War on the West' |
Affinity |
March 2023 |
| Boko Haram-ISWAP and the Growing Footprint of Islamic State (IS) in Africa |
Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses |
March 2023 |
| Jihadi 'Counterterrorism:' Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Versus the Islamic State |
CTC Sentinel |
February 27, 2023 |
| Weaponising words: how IS constructs reality using Nasheed as a multi-purpose propaganda tool |
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression |
February 9, 2023 |
| Repeating the Past or Following Precedent? Contextualising the Taliban 2.0's Governance of Women |
ICCT |
January 2023 |
| Two Governments in Libya |
Fanack |
December 12, 2022 |
| Terrorist Resources, Proclivity for Attacks, and an Effective Counterterrorism Framework |
ORF Online |
December 12, 2022 |
| Baghdadi was the most successful ISIS leader |
Al-Balad |
December 3, 2022 |
| Islamic State names new leader after Quraishi blew himself up when surrounded -sources |
Reuters |
December 1, 2022 |
| Syria Insight: IS-rebel battle highlights Daraa's growing insecurity |
The New Arab |
November 30, 2022 |
| The Islamic State's tribal policies in Syria and Iraq |
Third World Thematics |
November 23, 2022 |
| Istanbul attack: Turkey announces new offensives in Syria and Iraq against Kurdish groups |
The National |
November 15, 2022 |
| Education under totalitarian regimes: The case of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria |
Prospects |
November 14, 2022 |
| Turkey confronts al-Qaeda splinter HTS in northern Syria |
Atalayar |
November 6, 2022 |
| Qatar: Friend or Frenemy? |
Policy Exchange |
November 2022 |
| Rebel governance during COVID-19 |
UNU-Wider |
November 2022 |
| Is Turkey backing a former al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria? |
Jerusalem Post |
October 28, 2022 |
| Kurdistan's Gas Exports: Reality or Mirage? |
Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington |
October 17, 2022 |
| Why has Raqqa been ignored? |
Al-Jazeera |
October 17, 2022 |
| Crusader Hirelings or Loyal Subjects? Evolving Jihadist Perspectives on Christian Minorities in the Middle East |
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations |
September 23, 2022 |
| From Tiger Forces to the 16th Brigade: Russia's evolving Syrian proxies |
Middle East Institute |
September 12, 2022 |
| Digital Bridge: Android antitrust — ITU's Game of Thrones — Adieu, digital tax man |
Politico |
September 8, 2022 |
| Jawlani's "State of the Union" |
Jihadica |
August 29, 2022 |
| Rebel governance: a vibrant field of research |
Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft |
August 18, 2022 |
| Suicide attack thwarted as Iraqi Shiites celebrate Ashura |
Al-Monitor |
August 10, 2022 |
| Will Al-Zawahiri's Killing Have Impact on Al-Qaida Affiliates in Syria? |
Voice of America |
August 2, 2022 |
| The Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri: Succession Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Other Implications |
CTC Sentinel |
August 2022 |
| The terrorists amongst us: How terror groups use digital spaces to become more effective |
Minute Mirror |
July 27, 2022 |
| Verbum Vincet. War rhetoric in Rwanda, Syria and Ukraine |
Institut Erga |
July 22, 2022 |
| 'Unbearable Living Conditions' |
Amnesty International |
July 5, 2022 |
| The Dom and African Palestinians |
Jerusalem Quarterly |
June 2022 |
| Iraq: Stabilising the Contested District of Sinjar |
Crisis Group |
May 31, 2022 |
| Syria: Ruling over Aleppo's Ruins |
Crisis Group |
May 9, 2022 |
| The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
May 9, 2022 |
| Some New Evidence Documenting the Involvement of Da'esh in Syria with the Illicit Trade in Antiquities |
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies |
May 1, 2022 |
| Tribal mobilisation during the Syrian civil war: the case of al-Baqqer brigade |
Small Wars and Insurgencies |
April 25, 2022 |
| Redefining Global Jihad and Its Termination: The Subjugation of al-Qaeda by Its Former Franchise in Syria |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
April 17, 2022 |
| The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains |
Hadtudományi Szemle |
April 2022 |
| Iran Entangled |
CTC West Point |
April 2022 |
| Who is Katibat al-Tawhid wa-l-Jihad? |
Syrians for Truth and Justice |
April 2022 |
| After Shekau: Confronting Jihadists in Nigeria's North East |
Crisis Group |
March 29, 2022 |
| Syria: Bashar al-Assad on Why Education |
Sri Lanka Guardian |
March 18, 2022 |
| Violent Islamist Movements Rejoice in Ukraine's 'Crusader War |
AFP |
March 16, 2022 |
| Islamic State group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor |
AFP |
March 10, 2022 |
| Islam is the only winner in this European tragedy - and it knows it |
Israel National News |
March 9, 2022 |
| Russia-Ukraine war: How Putin is using lessons learned in Syria |
Middle East Eye |
March 1, 2022 |
| Anticipating Trouble in the Event of a US Withdrawal from Syria |
Atlantic Council |
March 2022 |
| Under the Hood – Learning and Innovation in the Islamic State's Suicide Vehicle Industry |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
February 24, 2022 |
| Beyond Greed: Why Armed Groups Tax |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
February 20, 2022 |
| Resisting Radical Rebels: Variations in Islamist Rebel Governance and the Occurrence of Civil Resistance |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
February 15, 2022 |
| January Events in Kazakhstan Were Terrorist Attacks, International Experts Say |
Astana Times |
February 15, 2022 |
| ISIS influence waning as group searches for new leader |
The National |
February 9, 2022 |
| ISIS Loses Its Leader, But the Group Lives On |
The Caravan (Hoover Institution) |
February 7, 2022 |
| Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group? |
Asian Spectator |
February 4, 2022 |
| U.S. Strike on Leader Further Sidelines ISIS |
The Century Foundation |
February 4, 2022 |
| A Kurdish al-Qaida? Making Sense of the Ansar al-Islam Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan in the Early 2000s |
MDPI |
February 2022 |
| Counterterrorism and the risk of over-classification of situations of violence |
International Review of the Red Cross |
February 2022 |
| A foiled prison break brings a sense of deja vu — and fears of an Islamic State resurgence |
Los Angeles Times |
January 26, 2022 |
| ISIS prison break crisis in Syria: is the terror group rebuilding? |
The National |
January 25, 2022 |
| Islamic State group's Syria prison attack: a turning point? |
AFP |
January 24, 2022 |
| Interview on al-Jazeera about Ghweyran Prison Battles |
Al-Jazeera English |
January 23, 2022 |
| Disaggregating Slavery and the and the Slave Trade |
FIU Law Review |
January 2022 |
| The bombing of a bus in central Damascus |
The Syrian Archive |
December 23, 2021 |
| Soldiers of End-Times |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
December 21, 2021 |
| Casting Shadow: Founders and the Unique Challenges of a Terrorist Group's First Leadership Change |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
December 21, 2021 |
| Real or Imagined Consolidation? The Case of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
December 19, 2021 |
| State Accompli: The Political Consolidation of the Islamic State Prior to the Caliphate |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
December 16, 2021 |
| Forgotten: The Druze of the Levant and the Legacy of the Syrian Civil War |
The World Mind |
December 10, 2021 |
| Violent Extremist Innovation: A Cross‑Ideological Analysis |
ICSR |
December 2021 |
| Last Words of Abubakar Shekau: A Testament in the Politics of Jihadi Extraversion |
Sources Journal |
December 2021 |
| Debates and Controversies over the Legitimacy of "Internet Sources" in Scholarship on Jihadism: The Online Dimension in the Persistence of the "Al-Qaeda Narrative" in Boko Haram Studies |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
November 29, 2021 |
| Iraq: Threat to Political Stability After Failed PM Assassination Attempt |
TRT World |
November 8, 2021 |
| From Iranian Shi'ization to colonization in Syria to establish Shiʿi territorial contiguity |
Middle Eastern Studies |
November 2, 2021 |
| Ramifications of the Assassination Attempt against Al-Kadhimi |
Trends Research |
November 2021 |
| The Arc of Jihad": The Ecosystem of Militancy in East, Central and Southern Africa |
ICSR |
November 2021 |
| Jihadists' Use and Pursuit of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Comparative Study of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State's Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Weapons Programs |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
October 27, 2021 |
| The Counterterrorism Conundrum: Exploring the Evolution of South Africa's Extremist Networks |
Hudson Institute |
October 23, 2021 |
| Counterterrorism and the risk of over-classification of situations of violence |
International Review of the Red Cross |
October 15, 2021 |
| Heed the call: the implied freedom of political communication and the terrorism high-risk offenders regime |
Current Issues in Criminal Justice |
October 12, 2021 |
| Terrorism Prevention: Conceptual Issues (Definitions, Typologies and Theories) |
ICCT |
October 2021 |
| An Examination of India's Policy Response to Foreign Fighters |
Observer Research Foundation |
September 30, 2021 |
| Crouching shahid, hidden jihad: mapping the online propaganda campaign of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-affiliated Ebaa News Agency |
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression |
September 29, 2021 |
| The Long Jihad |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
September 22, 2021 |
| Remaining Without Expanding? Examining Jihadist Insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria |
Hoover |
September 22, 2021 |
| The Middle East's Jihadists Are Copying the Taliban Model |
Foreign Policy |
September 21, 2021 |
| Security experts demand precision amid plan to deploy Tucano planes against terrorists insurgency |
Punch |
September 12, 2021 |
| ISIS cannot recover in Iraq unless government loses stability, experts say |
The National |
September 10, 2021 |
| Twenty Years After 9/11: The Threat in Africa—The New Epicenter of Global Jihadi Terror |
CTC Sentinel |
September 8, 2021 |
| Twenty Years After 9/11: The Fight for Supremacy in Northwest Syria and the Implications for Global Jihad |
CTC Sentinel |
September 8, 2021 |
| Massacre without mastermind – A critical look at the investigation into the November 2015 Paris attacks |
Emmejihad |
September 7, 2021 |
| Taliban Triumph in Afghanistan and India's Counter-Terrorism Policy against Islamist Extremism in Africa |
VIF |
September 6, 2021 |
| Shining Light on the 'Going Dark' Phenomenon |
Harvard National Security Journal |
September 3, 2021 |
| Islamic State Under-Reporting in Central Syria: Misdirection, Misinformation, or Miscommunication? |
Middle East Institute |
September 2, 2021 |
| Is ISIL-K a challenge for the Taliban? |
Al-Jazeera English |
August 30, 2021 |
| Selling terror: a multidimensional analysis of the Islamic State's recruitment propaganda |
Australian Journal of International Affairs |
August 27, 2021 |
| The Coming Carnage Between the Taliban and Their Jihadist Rivals |
Bloomberg |
August 26, 2021 |
| Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, Yemen welcome Taliban victory |
The Arab Weekly |
August 20, 2021 |
| Islamic State brand Taliban takeover of Afghanistan a 'US-backed conspiracy |
The Telegraph |
August 20, 2021 |
| Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Issues Statement Celebrating Taliban Victory in Afghanistan |
Al-Masdar News |
August 19, 2021 |
| Taliban takeover risks emboldening jihadists worldwide: Analysts |
AFP |
August 18, 2021 |
| For the Taliban, a victory. For other jihadis, an inspiration |
Los Angeles Times |
August 17, 2021 |
| Taliban to give Al-Qaeda covert, not overt support: analysts |
AFP |
August 16, 2021 |
| A Farewell to Firearms? The logic of weapon selection in terrorism: the case of jihadist attacks in Europe |
Global Change, Peace & Security |
August 6, 2021 |
| Chechnya's Veteran Fighters Have Their Backs to the Wall |
Jamestown Foundation |
August 2, 2021 |
| Thinking Theoretically about the Kurds |
Middle East Critique |
July 27, 2021 |
| Inside Story: Should families of foreign ISIL fighters be able to return home? |
Al-Jazeera English |
July 18, 2021 |
| Interview about Belgium's Repatriation of Women and Children in Syria |
Al-Jazeera English |
July 17, 2021 |
| The COVID-19 Pandemic: Catalyst or Complication for Bioterrorism? |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
July 14, 2021 |
| Syria Security Situation |
EASO |
July 2021 |
| You Reap What You Sow: The Importance of Agriculture to the Islamic State's Governance Strategy |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
June 28, 2021 |
| Structure of a State: Captured Documents and the Islamic State's Organizational Structure |
Combating Terrorism Centre (West Point) |
June 28, 2021 |
| Interview on al-Jazeera about Islamic State in Africa |
Al-Jazeera English |
June 28, 2021 |
| Women in the Islamic State: Victimization, Support, Collaboration, and Acquiescence |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
June 24, 2021 |
| Insight 262: Malhama Tactical – The Evolving Role of Jihadist Mercenaries in the Syrian Conflict |
Middle East Institute (National University of Singapore) |
June 22, 2021 |
| Translations of Mozarabic texts at Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi |
Roger Pearse Blog |
June 16, 2021 |
| Religious Governance in Syria Amid Territorial Fragmentation |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
June 7, 2021 |
| Israeli cross-border assistance to Syrians: Creating bonds by giving? |
Mediterranean Politics |
June 6, 2021 |
| ISWAP Launches Hearts and Minds Strategy to Counter Nigerian Army Offensive |
Jamestown Foundation |
June 5, 2021 |
| Violent Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from the Rise of Boko Haram |
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change |
June 2021 |
| Syria 2021 |
International Legal Assistance Consortium |
June 2021 |
| New Info On Zakat Collection, Distribution Throws Light On ISWAP's Revenue Model |
Human Angle |
May 28, 2021 |
| Nigeria: Reports of Boko Haram chief wounded in attack by rival group |
Nigeria Analysis |
May 21, 2021 |
| Innovating to Survive, a Look at How Extremists Adapt to Counterterrorism |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
May 20, 2021 |
| IDF drops leaflets in Syrian Golan after reportedly bombing area |
Times of Israel |
May 6, 2021 |
| An Analysis of Islamic State's Gendered Propaganda Targeted Towards Women: From Territorial Control to Insurgency |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
May 4, 2021 |
| Al-Hazimiyya: the ideological conflict destroying the Islamic State from within |
ICCT |
May 2021 |
| Will the South African Military Intervene in Mozambique? |
Jamestown Foundation |
April 23, 2021 |
| Quilliam: Social media react to the closing of British think-tank |
Middle East Eye |
April 10, 2021 |
| Is ISIL gaining a foothold in southern Africa? |
Al-Jazeera English |
April 9, 2021 |
| The Routinization of the Islamic State's Global Enterprise |
Hudson Institute |
April 1, 2021 |
| The Islamic State's Department of Soldiers |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
April 2021 |
| Policing as Rebel Governance: The Islamic State Police |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
April 2021 |
| 'A Caliphate That Gathered' Addressing the Challenge of Jihadist Foreign Fighter Hubs |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
April 2021 |
| The Making of the Kurdish Frontier: Power, Conflict, and Governance in the Iraqi-Syrian Borderlands |
Carnegie Middle East Center |
March 30, 2021 |
| Series of Strikes Show Pressures Building on Northwest Syria Aid Response |
COAR |
March 29, 2021 |
| The Case of Jihadology and the Securitization of Academia |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
March 24, 2021 |
| Daesh and the Power of Media and Message |
Arab Media & Society |
March 22, 2021 |
| Weekly Conflict Summary (8 March-14 March) |
Carter Center |
March 14, 2021 |
| The Islamic State in Congo |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
March 11, 2021 |
| COVID-19: Inside Indonesia's Islamic State Social Media Network |
Masyarakat Indonesia |
March 4, 2021 |
| Lessons from humanitarian access negotiations under counter-terrorism legislation in north-western Syria |
Centre for Humanitarian Action |
March 2021 |
| The New Sykes-Picot: Imperial Geographies, Economic Violence and the Occupation of Northern and Eastern Syria |
Asian Institute of Research |
February 23, 2021 |
| Officials, Experts Say Islamic State's Economic Spigot Not Dry Yet |
Voice of America |
February 19, 2021 |
| Syrian jihadi mounts charm offensive in effort to hang on to power |
Financial Times |
February 16, 2021 |
| Syrian government again attempts to incite Arab tribes against SDF |
Kurdistan 24 |
February 11, 2021 |
| Syria at the Center of Power Competition and Counterterrorism |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
February 8, 2021 |
| SDF launches anti-ISIS campaign to avenge killed female politicians |
Kurdistan 24 |
February 6, 2021 |
| In Syria's Idlib, Washington's Chance to Reimagine Counter-terrorism |
Crisis Group |
February 3, 2021 |
| How Global Jihad Relocalises and Where it Leads. The Case of HTS, the Former AQ Franchise in Syria |
European University Institute |
February 3, 2021 |
| Munathamat Badr, from an armed wing to a ruling actor |
Small Wars and Insurgencies |
February 1, 2021 |
| Networks of power The Popular Mobilization Forces and the state in Iraq |
Chatham House |
February 2021 |
| Al-Qa'ida's Soon-To-Be Third Emir? A Profile of Saif al-'Adl |
CTC Sentinel |
February 2021 |
| Boko Haram, the Islamic State, and the Surge in Female Abductions in Southeastern Niger |
ICCT |
February 2021 |
| The View From Tehran: Iran's Militia Doctrine |
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change |
February 2021 |
| Weekly Conflict Summary |
Carter Center |
January 21, 2021 |
| COVID-19 and Conflict in the Middle East |
Middle East Institute |
January 21, 2021 |
| Obscure Islamist Group Targets Turkish Military in Northwest Syria |
VOA News |
January 17, 2021 |
| Turkish forces come under attack by jihadist group in northwest Syria |
Al-Masdar News |
January 17, 2021 |
| Twitter Surges And Twitter Purges |
MEMRI |
January 14, 2021 |
| Weekly Conflict Summary |
The Carter Center |
January 13, 2021 |
| Sectarianisation in Syria: the disintegration of a popular struggle |
Conflict, Security and Development |
January 11, 2021 |
| SDF-linked police killed in clash with ISIS in Syria's al-Hol camp |
Kurdistan 24 |
January 9, 2021 |
| At Least 15 Killed after Militants Attack Bus in Syria, Second Road Ambush in a Week |
AFP |
January 4, 2021 |
| Jihadi group claims rare attack against Russian base in northeast Syria |
Kurdistan 24 |
January 1, 2021 |
| Al-Qaeda affiliate claims bomb attack on Russian base |
The Telegraph |
January 1, 2021 |
| Terrorism and Counterterrorism Challenges for the Biden Administration |
CTC Sentinel |
January 2021 |
| Ideology matters: cultural power in the case of Daesh |
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies |
December 27, 2020 |
| Three rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone amid heightened tensions in Iraq |
Kurdistan 24 |
December 21, 2020 |
| Alternative Political Projects of Territoriality and Governance during the Syrian War: The Caliphate Vs Democratic Confederalism |
Geopolitics |
December 17, 2020 |
| My Beloved Brothers in God, This Is An Invitation: The Islamic State's Dawa and Mosques Administration |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
December 15, 2020 |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Challenges of Succession in Terrorist Organizations |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
December 10, 2020 |
| No End in Sight for the Conflict in Syria: Who are Winners and Losers? |
Small Wars Journal |
December 9, 2020 |
| Al-Qaeda-linked figures visit Turkish-occupied Afrin |
Medium |
December 9, 2020 |
| More attacks or more services? Insurgent groups' behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia |
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression |
December 8, 2020 |
| A Downward Scale Shift? The Case of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
December 2020 |
| The Future of the Popular Mobilization Forces After the Assassination of Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis |
FPRI |
December 2020 |
| Outlasting the Caliphate: The Evolution of the Islamic State Threat in Africa |
CTC Sentinel |
November 21, 2020 |
| CIJ Logan Symposium 2020: Investigating Islamism |
The Centre for Investigative Journalism |
November 18, 2020 |
| Power Through Strength |
Carter Center |
November 6, 2020 |
| Between the Coalition, ISIS, and Assad: Courting the Tribes of Deir ez-Zor |
Middle East Institute |
November 3, 2020 |
| The Islamic State's Pattern of Sexual Violence: Ideology and Institutions, Policies and Practices |
Journal of Global Security Studies |
November 2, 2020 |
| The Islamic State's Global Insurgency and its Counterstrategy Implications |
ICCT |
November 2020 |
| Interview on the Arabic Hour |
Arabic Hour |
November 2020 |
| Operation Inherent Resolve: Quarterly Report (July-September 2020) |
Lead Inspector General |
November 2020 |
| The Islamic State Franchises in Africa: Lessons from Lake Chad |
Crisis Group |
October 29, 2020 |
| The "Central African" Jihad: Islamism and Nation-Building in Mozambique and Uganda |
Hudson Institute |
October 29, 2020 |
| Shifting Gears: HTS' Evolving Use of SBVIEDS During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-2020 |
Middle East Institute |
October 28, 2020 |
| The consolidation of a (post-jihadi) technocratic state-let in Idlib |
POMEPS |
October 27, 2020 |
| Jihadi Insurgency in Mozambique Grows in Sophistication and Reach |
CTC Sentinel |
October 22, 2020 |
| Back into the Shadows? The Future of Kata'ib Hezbollah and Iran's Other Proxies in Iraq |
CTC Sentinel |
October 22, 2020 |
| Terrorism Monitor |
Jamestown Foundation |
October 13, 2020 |
| Weekly Conflict Summary: Syria (28 September-4 October) |
The Carter Center |
October 8, 2020 |
| Who Are The Foreign Fighters In Nagorno-Karabakh? |
AFP |
October 2, 2020 |
| How Was Rukmini Callimachi Fooled by a Fake Terrorist? |
New Republic |
October 1, 2020 |
| Rukmini Callimachi's reporting troubles |
Washington Post |
September 30, 2020 |
| Understanding Islamism |
Policy Exchange |
September 27, 2020 |
| Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghrib's Expansion in the Sahara: New Insights from Primary Sources |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
September 24, 2020 |
| Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula: A Never-Ending Conflict |
ISPI |
September 24, 2020 |
| Fuel shortage, bread crisis signal state failure in Syria |
COAR |
September 21, 2020 |
| The al-Mawla TIRs: An Analytical Discussion with Cole Bunzel, Haroro Ingram, Gina Ligon, and Craig Whiteside |
CTC Sentinel |
September 18, 2020 |
| Competitive Governance and Displacement Decisions Under Rebel Rule: Evidence from the Islamic State in Iraq |
Journal of Conflict Resolution |
September 14, 2020 |
| Defying Rules. Defying Gender?: Women's Resistance to Islamic State |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
September 11, 2020 |
| Who Are Syria's National Defense Forces? |
Voice of America |
August 26, 2020 |
| Islamic State operative planning 'sensational' attack nabbed in Istanbul |
Al-Monitor |
August 25, 2020 |
| Document #2035658 |
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation |
August 12, 2020 |
| Is ISIL resurging amid the coronavirus pandemic? |
al-Jazeera |
August 11, 2020 |
| Chronicling the Boko Haram Decade in Nigeria (2010-2020): distinguishing factions through videographic analysis |
Small Wars and Insurgencies |
August 7, 2020 |
| Sanctioning Arabia through the Caesar Act: Economic Violence & Imperial Anxieties in the "Middle East" |
Journal of Social and Political Sciences |
August 2020 |
| Country Policy and Information Note Syria: the Syrian Civil War |
Home Office |
August 2020 |
| Telegram's anti-IS Campaign: Effectiveness, Perspectives, and Policy Suggestions |
GNET |
July 30, 2020 |
| ISIS and al-Qaeda's Commentary on American Protests |
ICCT |
July 23, 2020 |
| US-Backed Forces Renew Campaign Against IS Remnants in Eastern Syria |
Voice of America |
July 20, 2020 |
| Covid-19, jihadism and the challenge of a pandemic |
Fondation pour la recherche stratégique |
July 20, 2020 |
| Into the heart of Jihadism |
Tam Hussein |
July 19, 2020 |
| Iraq: Issues in the 116th Congress |
Congressional Research |
July 17, 2020 |
| Unity, Segregation, and Obedience: Islamic State's Use of Quranic Verses and How It Relates to State-Building |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
July 16, 2020 |
| How Southern Syria Has Been Transformed Into a Regional Powder Keg |
Carnegie Middle East Center |
July 14, 2020 |
| 'ISIS' warns SA: Steer clear of Mozambique conflict |
News 24 |
July 7, 2020 |
| Cabo Ligado Weekly |
ACLED |
July 7, 2020 |
| Was 'IS' trying to sell €1 billion worth of drugs in Europe? |
DW |
July 7, 2020 |
| Extremism in the time of COVID-19 |
Bussola Institute |
July 2020 |
| A View from the CT Foxhole: Chris Costa, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism |
CTC Sentinel |
July 2020 |
| Crafting Strategy for Irregular Warfare |
NDU Press |
July 2020 |
| The Islamic State's Ideology: History of a Rift |
George Washington University Program on Extremism |
June 29, 2020 |
| Missing in Action: The International Crime of the Slave Trade |
Journal of International Criminal Justice |
June 29, 2020 |
| Powerful Islamist Group Intensifies Crackdown on Jihadists in Syria's Idlib |
VOA |
June 28, 2020 |
| Infighting between extremist opposition groups reveals tension with HTS rule in Idlib |
Syria Direct |
June 25, 2020 |
| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on terrorism, counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism |
UN Security Council: Counter-Terrorism Committee |
June 25, 2020 |
| From Cooperation to Competition: Localization, Militarization and Rebel Co-Governance Arrangements in Syria |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
June 22, 2020 |
| New York Times public editor: the Times corrects factual errors. What about bigger controversies? |
Columbia Journalism Review |
June 22, 2020 |
| Jihadists in Syria's Idlib Form New 'Operations Room' |
Voice of America |
June 15, 2020 |
| PMF's containment, demobilisation in Iraq 'a long way off': analyst |
Rudaw |
June 12, 2020 |
| State atrophy and the reconfiguration of borderlands in Syria and Iraq: Post-2011 dynamics |
Political Geography |
June 11, 2020 |
| Several cities in Syria move to adopt Turkish lira |
TRT World |
June 11, 2020 |
| Articles of the Week - 5/30-6/5 |
Jihadology |
June 5, 2020 |
| Islamic State Calls Chaos From Protests And Pandemic A 'Blessing' |
Daily Caller |
June 5, 2020 |
| The Escalating Terrorism Problem in the United States |
CSIS |
June 2020 |
| Pandemic Narratives: Pro-Islamic State Media and the Coronavirus |
CTC Sentinel |
June 2020 |
| The Security Threat COVID-19 Poses to the Northern Syria Detention Camps Holding Islamic State Members |
CTC Sentinel |
June 2020 |
| Homecoming: Considerations for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Islamic State-Affiliated Minors |
CTC West Point |
June 2020 |
| The future of the Islamic State's Women: assessing their potential threat |
ICCT |
June 2020 |
| Investigators build a case for IS crimes against Yazidis |
Associated Press |
May 21, 2020 |
| Unable to control territory, IS still 'has the upper hand in the Syrian Badiya' |
Syria Direct |
May 17, 2020 |
| The Armed Opposition in Northwest Syria |
The Carter Center |
May 15, 2020 |
| The Islamic State and Coronavirus, Time for a Comeback? |
ISPI |
May 15, 2020 |
| Silencing the Guns in Syria's Idlib |
Crisis Group |
May 14, 2020 |
| In chaos, they thrive: The resurgence of extremist and terrorist groups during the COVID-19 pandemic |
European Policy Centre |
May 5, 2020 |
| Pandemic offers perfect opportunity for Islamic State comeback |
The Irish Times |
May 3, 2020 |
| Reviewing Iran's Proxies by Region: A Look Toward the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa |
CTC Sentinel |
May 2020 |
| Nowhere is Safe for Us |
Amnesty International |
May 2020 |
| Cumulative Prosecution of Foreign Terrorist Fighters |
Eurojust |
May 2020 |
| Syria Security Situation |
European Asylum Support Office |
May 2020 |
| The Failed Ideological Hybridization of the Islamic State |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
April 30, 2020 |
| The BAK Show: What is the Future of the Syrian Islamic Revolution? |
OGN |
April 22, 2020 |
| Articles of the Week - 4/11-4/17 |
Jihadology |
April 17, 2020 |
| War in Syria: the translocal dimension of fighter mobilization |
Small Wars & Insurgencies |
April 16, 2020 |
| Opportunity or threat? How Islamic extremists are reacting to coronavirus |
The Guardian |
April 16, 2020 |
| Coronavirus creates opening for ISIS attacks in Iraq, experts warn |
The National |
April 15, 2020 |
| The Future of the Popular Mobilization Forces After the Assassination of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis |
FPRI |
April 15, 2020 |
| Rebel fragmentation in Syria's civil war |
Small Wars & Insurgencies |
April 14, 2020 |
| Turkish crackdown on Idlib protest exposes Syrian rebel divisions |
Middle East Eye |
April 14, 2020 |
| ISIS brides from Shamima Begum's former camp claim coronavirus is 'reserved for infidels' and is one of 'god's soldiers' |
The Sun |
April 10, 2020 |
| Wives of ISIS members: Coronavirus is for infidels and non-Muslims |
Rudaw |
April 9, 2020 |
| How the Islamic State Feeds on Coronavirus |
Politico |
April 8, 2020 |
| How Terrorist Groups Will Try to Capitalize on the Coronavirus Crisis |
Just Security |
April 3, 2020 |
| The COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity for Terrorist Groups? |
Counter-Terrorist Trends and Analyses |
April 2020 |
| Combat in the world's biggest conflict areas not slowing down despite COVID-19 |
PRI The World |
March 30, 2020 |
| ISIS tells followers they'll be 'immune' from coronavirus if they fight in jihad |
Daily Star |
March 24, 2020 |
| Coronavirus: 'Islamic State' seeks to profit from pandemic |
DW |
March 23, 2020 |
| ISIS calls on God to increase coronavirus torment against idolatrous nations |
Al-Masdar News |
March 22, 2020 |
| In time of coronavirus, ISIS shows method in its murderous madness |
The Arab Weekly |
March 21, 2020 |
| Amir al-Mawli: who is the new Isis leader? |
The Week |
March 19, 2020 |
| Islamic State warns fighters against travel to coronavirus-hit Europe |
RFI |
March 18, 2020 |
| ISIS Instructs Its Terrorists Not to Travel to Europe to Wage Jihad Due to COVID-19 |
CBN |
March 16, 2020 |
| ISIS issues travel warning over coronavirus pandemic |
Al-Masdar News |
March 15, 2020 |
| ISIS issues Sharia-compliant Coronavirus guidelines for its suicide bombers in COVID 19 hit countries |
International Business Times |
March 15, 2020 |
| Wash Hands, Flee from Sick Like a Lion: ISIS Issues Coronavirus Advisory to Terrorists |
News 18 |
March 15, 2020 |
| Islamic State Issues Terrorist Travel Ban Due To Coronavirus, Advises Them To 'Stay Away From Sick People' |
Inquisitr |
March 15, 2020 |
| ISIS issues travel warning to coronavirus-hit countries |
Al-Arabiya |
March 14, 2020 |
| How to avoid coronavirus, according to ISIS |
Military Times |
March 14, 2020 |
| 'Trust in God, wash hands before eating, flee from sick' — ISIS issues coronavirus advisory |
The Print |
March 13, 2020 |
| Lying to Win: The Islamic State Media Department's Role in Deception Efforts |
The RUSI Journal |
March 9, 2020 |
| Uncertain future for thousands of Idlib jihadists |
The Arab Weekly |
March 1, 2020 |
| Challenges Posed by Returning Foreign Fighters |
GWUPOE |
March 2020 |
| Islamic State in Libya: From Force to Farce? |
ICSR |
March 2020 |
| In Limited Demand: The Other Foreign Volunteers in the Syrian Civil War |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
February 25, 2020 |
| Syria: Who's in control of Idlib? |
BBC |
February 18, 2020 |
| Syrian Troops Continue Advancing on Idlib |
VOA |
February 16, 2020 |
| The Sunnis of Iraq's "Shia" Paramilitary Powerhouse |
The Century Foundation |
February 13, 2020 |
| Latest Battle for Idlib Could Send Another Wave of Refugees to Europe |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
February 10, 2020 |
| The Mobility of Displaced Syrians: An Economic and Social Analysis |
World Bank |
February 6, 2020 |
| Not Yet Dead: The Establishment and Regulation of Slavery by the Islamic State |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
February 4, 2020 |
| Accidental ethnographers: the Islamic State's tribal engagement experiment |
Small Wars & Insurgencies |
February 3, 2020 |
| Learning in a Double Loop: The Strategic Transformation of Al-Qaeda |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
February 2020 |
| "Breaking the Walls" Goes Global: The Evolving Threat of Jihadi Prison Assaults and Riots |
CTC Sentinel |
February 2020 |
| Understanding the role of al-Hashd al-Shaabi in Iraq's national and transnational political field |
POMEPS |
February 2020 |
| The Syrian Desert Hawks: flying no more |
Clingendael |
February 2020 |
| UN report warns ISIS is reasserting under new leader believed to be behind Yazidi genocide |
CNN |
January 29, 2020 |
| What is role of Haraket Hezbollah al-Nujaba in uniting PMU? |
Al-Monitor |
January 28, 2020 |
| Al Azhar warns of ISIS efforts to regain its status in Iraq |
The National |
January 21, 2020 |
| Judge, Jury and Executioner |
Syria Justice and Accountability Centre |
January 14, 2020 |
| The Origins of Boko Haram—And Why It Matters |
Current Trends in Islamist Ideology |
January 13, 2020 |
| The Islamic State as the Epitome of the Terrorist Parastate |
Nationalities Papers |
January 2020 |
| Islamic State's Narratives of Resilience and Endurance |
Counter-Terrorist Trends and Analyses |
January 2020 |
| Lessons from the Islamic State's 'Milestone' Texts and Speeches |
CTC Sentinel |
January 2020 |
| Piety Is in the Eye of the Bureaucrat: The Islamic State's Strategy of Civilian Control |
CTC Sentinel |
January 2020 |
| Murder, Looting, and Displacement: Two Months into Turkey's Invasion of Eastern Syria |
AK Mckeever |
December 27, 2019 |
| Journalism under assault in Libya, the UAE and the UK |
Arab Digest |
December 20, 2019 |
| Exploring the Social-Ecological Factors that Mobilize Children into Violence |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
December 19, 2019 |
| A Witch's Brew of Instability: Iraq's Tribe-Militia Nexus |
IraqinContext |
December 17, 2019 |
| Using the McKinsey 7S Framework to Assess Al-Qaeda Over Three Decades: Lessons for the Future |
ICCT |
December 11, 2019 |
| The Syria Effect: Al-Qaeda Fractures |
Hudson Institute |
December 11, 2019 |
| Infographics and their Role in the IS Propaganda Machine |
Contemporary Voices |
December 9, 2019 |
| The territorial control strategy of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Coleç. Meira Mattos |
December 2019 |
| Caliph Abu Unknown: Succession and Legitimacy in the Islamic State |
War on the Rocks |
November 25, 2019 |
| 'Without a shot': How a local warlord aims to break Hezbollah's hold |
Christian Science Monitor |
November 19, 2019 |
| NYT Editor's Note: ISIS Receipts May not Be Real |
iMediaEthics |
November 18, 2019 |
| Experts Divided on Authenticity of Islamic State Receipts |
New York Times |
November 14, 2019 |
| Iraq protesters insist on system overhaul after US call for vote |
al-Jazeera |
November 11, 2019 |
| After Baghdadi: Will Islamic State fighters seek return to al-Qaeda? |
Middle East Eye |
November 9, 2019 |
| Tribal Justice in a Fragile Iraq |
The Century Foundation |
November 7, 2019 |
| Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi's brother travelled in and out of Istanbul as his courier for months |
The National |
November 6, 2019 |
| Who is he? Experts question the identity of new Islamic State leader |
Middle East Eye |
November 2, 2019 |
| How Did the Islamic State Pick Its New Leader? |
Jihadica |
November 1, 2019 |
| Next in Line to Lead al-Qa'ida: A Profile of Abu Muhammad al-Masri |
CTC Sentinel |
November 2019 |
| Russia's Dead-End Diplomacy in Syria |
Institute for the Study of War |
November 2019 |
| The Hashd's Popular Gambit |
ICSR |
November 2019 |
| Islamic State vows revenge against U.S. for Baghdadi killing |
Reuters |
October 31, 2019 |
| The legacy of the "caliph". Opportunities and vulnerabilities in the post al-Baghdadi Islamic State |
ITSTIME |
October 30, 2019 |
| ISIS Leader Paid Rival for Protection but Was Betrayed by His Own |
New York Times |
October 30, 2019 |
| Baghdadi's successor likely to be Iraqi religious scholar |
CNN |
October 29, 2019 |
| Jihadi Reactions to Baghdadi's Death |
Wilson Center |
October 29, 2019 |
| Islamic State silent on Baghdadi death as it searches for successor |
Reuters |
October 29, 2019 |
| How ISIS supporters are discussing the death of their leader |
PRI The World |
October 28, 2019 |
| With Baghdadi gone, who is heir to the 'caliph'? |
France 24 |
October 28, 2019 |
| Islamic State Spokesman Targeted in U.S. Airstrike, Say Kurds |
Wall Street Journal |
October 28, 2019 |
| Would the demise of Abu Bakr Baghdadi also be the end of Islamic State? |
Los Angeles Times |
October 28, 2019 |
| Ethno-Religious Belonging in the Syrian Conflict: Between Communitarianism and Sectarianization |
The Middle East Journal |
October 20, 2019 |
| Wilayat al-Hawl |
Washington Institute |
October 18, 2019 |
| Children of war flee as a rabble army of Syrian rebels backed by Turkey sweeps in |
Daily Mail |
October 16, 2019 |
| Russia's Battlefield Success in Syria: Will It Be a Pyrrhic Victory? |
CTC Sentinel |
October 10, 2019 |
| Newly Released ISIS Files: Learning from the Islamic State's Long-Version Personnel Form |
CTC West Point |
October 10, 2019 |
| ISIS exploits security vacuum amid Turkish incursion, attacks Syrian Kurds |
Kurdistan 24 |
October 10, 2019 |
| Interview: Withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria border |
Press TV |
October 7, 2019 |
| 'We have nothing to lose': Iraqis vow to keep up protests |
al-Jazeera |
October 5, 2019 |
| Minor Misery |
CTC West Point |
October 2019 |
| Is It About the Money? Insights About Terrorism and Terror-Financing in West-Africa |
Institut Thomas More |
October 2019 |
| Huras al-Din: The Overlooked al-Qaeda Group in Syria |
Washington Institute |
September 24, 2019 |
| Syrians from Qalamoun ignore Hezbollah leader's call to go home |
The National |
September 22, 2019 |
| HTS's Offline Propaganda: Infrastructure, Engagement and Monopoly |
ICSR |
September 19, 2019 |
| Can Turkey escape the fireball in Idlib? |
Al-Monitor |
September 12, 2019 |
| US-led coalition drops 36,000 kg of bombs on 'ISIS-infested island' in Iraq |
Kurdistan 24 |
September 10, 2019 |
| In Syria's Idlib, Foreign Jihadists Complicate Efforts to Achieve Stability |
VOA |
September 8, 2019 |
| Syrians protest Turkey's Erdoğan as Idlib crisis deepens |
Ahval |
August 30, 2019 |
| Sleeper cell attacks continue in northeast Syria |
Kurdistan 24 |
August 27, 2019 |
| Who are the PFLP-GC, the Palestinian group targeted by air strikes in Lebanon? |
The National |
August 26, 2019 |
| The Algerian State, Islamist Insurgents, and Civilians Caught in Double Jeopardy by the Violence of the Civil War of the 1990s |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
August 8, 2019 |
| Hamza bin Laden's death is symbolic but will not end Al Qaeda threat |
The National |
August 1, 2019 |
| Iran's Expanding Militia Army in Iraq: The New Special Groups |
CTC Sentinel |
August 2019 |
| A Shia "Boko Haram" Insurgency or Iranian Proxy in Nigeria? Not So Fast |
Jamestown |
July 26, 2019 |
| Mystery swirls over killing of alleged Hezbollah operative in Syria |
The National |
July 26, 2019 |
| The containment of the Islamic State: A realist case to engage a hybrid actor |
Contemporary Security Policy |
July 22, 2019 |
| The Lion and The Eagle: The Syrian Arab Army's Destruction and Rebirth |
Middle East Institute |
July 18, 2019 |
| As violence flares up in Daraa, control can be an illusion |
Middle East Institute |
July 3, 2019 |
| Remain and Reshaping: IS' Second Reorganization |
ITSTIME |
July 1, 2019 |
| Five Conundrums: The United States and the Conflict in Syria |
INSS |
July 2019 |
| The Islamic State's Leadership Today |
ISPI |
June 28, 2019 |
| Black Ops: Islamic State and Innovation in Irregular Warfare |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
June 25, 2019 |
| Behind the Veil: Women in Jihad After the Caliphate |
Lowy Institute |
June 25, 2019 |
| Between Ankara and Damascus: The role of the Turkish state in north Aleppo |
Middle East Institute |
June 20, 2019 |
| How to Run a Caliphate |
London Review of Books |
June 12, 2019 |
| ISIS carries out rare attack in Shingal region |
Kurdistan 24 |
June 12, 2019 |
| Encrypted Extremism |
Program on Extremism |
June 11, 2019 |
| Night Raiders: Arms of ISIS in Fallujah |
Calibre Obscura |
June 3, 2019 |
| Torching And Extortion: OSINT Analysis Of Burning Agriculture In Iraq |
Bellingcat |
June 3, 2019 |
| West Mosul |
IOM UN Migration |
June 2019 |
| From Battlefront to Cyberspace: Demystifying the Islamic State's Propaganda Machine |
CTC West Point |
June 2019 |
| Deciphering the Rhetoric and Posturing of US-Iran Tensions |
Atlantic Council |
May 31, 2019 |
| From Jabhat al-Nusra to Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, what has changed? |
The Conflict Archives |
May 29, 2019 |
| The Guerrilla 'Caliph': Speeches that Bookend the Islamic State's 'Caliphate' Era |
CTC Sentinel |
May 29, 2019 |
| Heeding the Call: Sahelian Militants Answer Islamic State Leader Al-Baghdadi's Call to Arms With a Series of Attacks in Niger |
ACLED |
May 23, 2019 |
| Dutch police arrest Syrian Nusra commander on suspicion of terrorism |
Kurdistan 24 |
May 21, 2019 |
| Kill the Caliph! The Islamic State's evolution from an integrated to a fragmented group |
Jihadica |
May 20, 2019 |
| Caliphate Soldiers and Lone Actors |
ICCT |
May 17, 2019 |
| The truth about 'tawhid': how a central tenet of Islam became a violent strain linked to the Sri Lanka bombings |
South China Morning Post |
May 16, 2019 |
| Facing the Challenge of the Islamic State in West Africa Province |
Crisis Group |
May 16, 2019 |
| The return of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | The Listening Post |
al-Jazeera |
May 4, 2019 |
| Terrorism on the Teardrop Island: Understanding the Easter 2019 Attacks in Sri Lanka |
CTC Sentinel |
May 2019 |
| Why has IS chief appeared after a five-year absence? |
AFP |
April 30, 2019 |
| Does Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Still Matter? |
Medium |
April 30, 2019 |
| Isis leader seeks to refocus on spreading global terror |
Financial Times |
April 30, 2019 |
| Deconstructing al-Baghdadi's surprise video |
The Daily Telegraph |
April 30, 2019 |
| ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi purportedly appears in video for first time in five years |
USA Today |
April 29, 2019 |
| Isis leader Baghdadi appears in video for first time in five years |
The Guardian |
April 29, 2019 |
| Sri Lanka shows the deadly reach of the Islamic State |
Washington Post |
April 29, 2019 |
| Intelligence officials fear more Sri Lanka-style 'terrorist spectaculars' as Isil look to tourist destinations |
The Daily Telegraph |
April 27, 2019 |
| Articles of the Week- 4/20-4/26 |
Jihadology |
April 26, 2019 |
| Syria Weekly: Is a new anti-Assad insurgency emerging in Syria? |
The New Arab |
April 26, 2019 |
| SDF says no plans to attack Abu Kamal held by Iran-backed forces |
Kurdistan 24 |
April 25, 2019 |
| Branding a Caliphate in Decline: The Islamic State's Video Output (2015- 2018) |
ICCT |
April 24, 2019 |
| Islamic State Says Its Fighters Carried Out Sri Lanka Attacks |
Bloomberg |
April 23, 2019 |
| ISIS Sri Lanka claim mixes Tamil, Arabic |
Asia Times |
April 22, 2019 |
| Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
April 12, 2019 |
| The Rise of the "Resistance Axis": Hezbollah and the Legacy of the Taif Agreement |
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics |
April 10, 2019 |
| Returning from Syria, Iranian-Backed Afghan Fighters Could Pose Threat |
VOA |
April 8, 2019 |
| Digitised, digital and static archives and the struggles in the Middle East and North Africa |
Archives and Manuscripts |
April 3, 2019 |
| Religious Authority and the Politics of Islamic Endowments in Iraq |
Carnegie Endowment |
March 29, 2019 |
| The Battle for Algeria: Explaining Fratricide among Armed Nonstate Actors |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
March 27, 2019 |
| The Tunisian Jihad: Between al‐Qaeda and ISIS |
Middle East Policy |
March 25, 2019 |
| The Return of al-Qaeda's Faction in Nigeria: What's Going on in Zamfara? |
Jamestown |
March 25, 2019 |
| Estatu Islamikoak landa eremuko talde maxtimo baten gisan jarraituko du |
Berria |
March 20, 2019 |
| A look back at Kamal Jumblatt and the Progressive Socialist Party |
Syria Comment |
March 16, 2019 |
| The Best of Bad Options for Syria's Idlib |
Crisis Group |
March 14, 2019 |
| Boko Haram's Factional Feuds: Internal Extremism and External Interventions |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
March 13, 2019 |
| Divine Test or Divine Punishment? Explaining Islamic State Losses |
Jihadica |
March 11, 2019 |
| Articles of the Week – 3/2-3/8 |
Jihadology |
March 8, 2019 |
| Rehabilitating the Children of ISIS: A Comparative Case Study of Armed Groups and Child Soldier Reintegration |
Small Wars Journal |
March 6, 2019 |
| Can Assad's Demobilization, Demilitarization, and Rehabilitation Strategy Actually Consolidate Syria's Paramilitary Forces? |
Fikra Forum |
March 6, 2019 |
| Syrian Arab province pleased with continued US presence: Deir al-Zor Civil Council |
Kurdistan 24 |
March 4, 2019 |
| Country of Origin Information Report: Iraq |
European Asylum Support Office |
March 1, 2019 |
| Die-hard ISIS supporters remain in Baghouz and also among those fleeing |
Kurdistan 24 |
March 1, 2019 |
| Justifying Relations with an Apostate During a Jihad |
Middle East Institute |
March 2019 |
| Ceasefires as State-Building |
The Program on Governance and Local Development |
March 2019 |
| Lessons from the Syrian State's Return to the South |
Crisis Group |
February 25, 2019 |
| An Account of Fact & Fiction Regarding ISIS Governance |
ITCT |
February 25, 2019 |
| Do Great Nations Fight Endless Wars? Against The Islamic State, They Might |
War on the Rocks |
February 25, 2019 |
| The caliphate is all but finished, but its online presence endures |
Los Angeles Times |
February 22, 2019 |
| What should be done with foreign ISIL fighters captured in Syria? |
al-Jazeera English |
February 17, 2019 |
| Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief |
Congressional Research Service |
February 8, 2019 |
| Donald Trump's declaration of ISIS victory 'in one week' is miscalculated |
The National |
February 7, 2019 |
| Proscribing Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation |
BICOM |
February 2019 |
| The Failing Islamic State Within The Failed State of Yemen |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
February 2019 |
| From Directorate of Intelligence to Directorate of Everything: The Islamic State's Emergent Amni-Media Nexus |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
February 2019 |
| The Islamic State's Way of War in Iraq and Syria: From its Origins to the Post Caliphate Era |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
February 2019 |
| Identifying and Exploring the Nexus Between Human Trafficking, Terrorism, and Terrorism Financing |
UN CTED |
February 2019 |
| Articles of the Week – 1/12-1/18 |
Jihadology |
January 18, 2019 |
| US soldiers among those killed, injured in Manbij explosion |
Kurdistan 24 |
January 16, 2019 |
| Articles of the Week – 1/5-1/11 |
Jihadology |
January 11, 2019 |
| Death of a Mufti: The Execution of the Islamic State's Abu Ya'qub al-Maqdisi |
Jihadica |
January 4, 2019 |
| Articles of the Week – 12/22-1/4 |
Jihadology |
January 4, 2019 |
| On the Zarqawi/Anbari Issue: Source Criticism and Subtext in the Analysis of Jihadism |
Sahel Blog |
January 4, 2019 |
| Trends of Anashid Usage in Da'esh Video Messaging and Implications for Identifying Terrorist Audio and Video |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
January 2, 2019 |
| The Spatial Dimension of Insurgent-Civilian Relations: Routinised Insurgent Space |
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt |
January 2019 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. |
January 2019 |
| Mystery Australian 'emir' of Islamic State media |
The Australian |
December 29, 2018 |
| Fears in SDF-held Arab majority towns amid Syrian gov. troops amassing near Deir al-Zor |
Kurdistan 24 |
December 23, 2018 |
| Syria's next chapter |
Open Canada |
December 20, 2018 |
| Analysts: Uighur Jihadis in Syria Could Pose Threat |
Voice of America |
December 15, 2018 |
| Reintegrating Syrian Militias: Mechanisms, Actors, and Shortfalls |
Carnegie Endowment |
December 11, 2018 |
| Syria: Who will Blink First? |
AlSharq Forum |
December 10, 2018 |
| ISIS Researchers Have Become The Collateral Damage Of The West's War On Terrorism |
Buzzfeed |
December 8, 2018 |
| IS Clings to Last Stronghold in Eastern Syria |
Voice of America |
December 4, 2018 |
| The tentative ties between the Allied Democratic Forces and ISIS |
Defense Post |
December 4, 2018 |
| Understanding the Syria Babel: Moral Perspectives on the Syrian Conflict from Just War to Jihad |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
December 3, 2018 |
| Syria seeks to integrate myriad paramilitaries |
Al-Monitor |
December 3, 2018 |
| Picturing the Islamic State's online propaganda: vanishing or resurfacing from the World Wide Web? |
EUI Working Papers |
December 2018 |
| Rethinking Stabilization in Eastern Syria: Toward a Human Security Framework |
Atlantic Council |
December 2018 |
| The Islamic State Inside Iraq: Losing Power or Preserving Strength? |
CTC Sentinel |
December 2018 |
| Syria's Civil War |
FOI |
December 2018 |
| Arrests and assassinations: Consolidating power in Assad's Syria |
New Arab |
November 30, 2018 |
| Jihadism after the 'Caliphate': towards a new typology |
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies |
November 28, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 11/17-11/23 |
Jihadology |
November 23, 2018 |
| Think Global, Act Local? Tensions between Regional and International Objectives in the Jihadist Movement |
Georgetown Security Studies Review |
November 21, 2018 |
| Central Asian Jihadists between Turkey and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham |
Modern Diplomacy |
November 17, 2018 |
| How Blindness On Syria Reveals Cracks In Media Epistemology |
Palladium Magazine |
November 14, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 11/3-11/9 |
Jihadology |
November 9, 2018 |
| Song and rebellion in the Syrian uprising |
Middle Eastern Studies |
November 1, 2018 |
| Iraq's Stolen Election: How Assyrian Representation Became Assyrian Repression |
Assyrian Policy Institute |
November 2018 |
| Tunisian Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
November 2018 |
| From soldiers to politicians? |
Clingendael |
November 2018 |
| Armed Conflicts and the Erosion of the State |
MENARA |
November 2018 |
| The Caliph's Role in the (un)Surprising Resilience of the Islamic State |
FPRI |
October 25, 2018 |
| Russia claims to have killed thousands of ISIS militants in Syria |
The National |
October 21, 2018 |
| Boko Haram's Ultra-Extremist Side Resurfaces: From the Execution of Mamman Nur to Humanitarian Workers |
Jamestown |
October 19, 2018 |
| Pentagon exaggerates ISIS foreign fighter estimates |
The National |
October 17, 2018 |
| Syria's porous borders |
The National |
October 16, 2018 |
| Syrian regime militias clash in Aleppo |
The National |
October 15, 2018 |
| Al-Qaeda's Propaganda in the Virtual Turkey |
Moshe Dayan Center |
October 15, 2018 |
| Axis Rising: Iran's Evolving Regional Strategy and Non-State Partnerships in the Middle East |
CSIS |
October 11, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 9/29-10/5 |
Jihadology |
October 5, 2018 |
| The Tiger Forces |
Middle East Institute |
October 2018 |
| Crimes sexuels contre la communauté yézidie : le rôle des djihadistes étrangers de Daesh |
FIDH |
October 2018 |
| The Fatemiyoun Division |
Middle East Institute |
October 2018 |
| Jihadist Groups in North Africa and the Sahel |
MENARA |
October 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 9/22-9/28 |
Jihadology |
September 28, 2018 |
| Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee |
Foreign Affairs Committee |
September 27, 2018 |
| Boko Haram Leader Shekau's Book Helps Explain Factional Rifts |
Council on Foreign Relations |
September 25, 2018 |
| ISIS video claims deadly terror attack in Iran |
Jerusalem Post |
September 24, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 9/15-9/21 |
Jihadology |
September 21, 2018 |
| Al-Qaeda's Quagmire in Syria |
Survival |
September 18, 2018 |
| Another explosion in Syria's Manbij injures six |
Kurdistan 24 |
September 14, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 9/8-9/14 |
Jihadology |
September 14, 2018 |
| How the Syrian civil war has mutated again |
The New Statesman |
September 12, 2018 |
| Troublesome allies: How the Syrian regime is reintegrating loyalist militias |
Middle East Eye |
September 11, 2018 |
| Boko Haram releases photos of deadly attack in Gudumbali |
Daily Nigerian |
September 10, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 9/1-9/7 |
Jihadology |
September 7, 2018 |
| Security forces launch crackdown on IS cells in Syria's Raqqa |
Kurdistan 24 |
September 7, 2018 |
| Nine Bullets for the Traitors, One for the Enemy: The Slogans and Strategy behind the Islamic State's Campaign to Defeat the Sunni Awakening |
ICCT |
September 7, 2018 |
| IS continues small-scale attacks targeting Manbij's security |
Kurdistan 24 |
September 6, 2018 |
| Boko Haram to Ansaru to ISWAP: A Post-Mortem Analysis of Abu Fatima |
Jamestown |
September 2018 |
| No Matter Who Wins the Syrian Civil War, Israel Loses |
The Atlantic |
August 29, 2018 |
| Pulling Back The Curtain |
Combating Terrorism Center |
August 28, 2018 |
| Syrian Regime Cracks Down On Former Rebel Areas Near Golan |
Jerusalem Post |
August 26, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 8/18-8/24 |
Jihadology |
August 24, 2018 |
| Four Recent Reports/Translations on Boko Haram |
Sahel Blog |
August 16, 2018 |
| Insurgent courts in civil wars: the three pathways of (trans)formation in today's Syria (2012–2017) |
Small Wars and Insurgencies |
August 10, 2018 |
| Boko Haram Faction Releases Book on History and Ideology |
Council on Foreign Relations |
August 9, 2018 |
| Capture of ISIS affiliated group's final redoubt brings Assad closer to victory |
The Arab Weekly |
August 3, 2018 |
| Russia puts military police on Israel-Syria frontier, reinforcing role as mediator |
DW |
August 2, 2018 |
| After ISIS: Development and Demography in the Jazira |
Brandeis |
August 2018 |
| Romancing Rojava: Rhetoric vs. Reality |
Syria Comment |
July 31, 2018 |
| IS jihadists cornered in pocket of south Syria: monitor |
The New Arab |
July 31, 2018 |
| IS militia collapse following Syrian regime offensive in Yarmouk Valley |
The New Arab |
July 30, 2018 |
| Iraq's Paramilitary Groups: The Challenge of Rebuilding a Functioning State |
Crisis Group |
July 30, 2018 |
| Syrians find plenty of bargains at markets for looted goods — sometimes their own |
Los Angeles Times |
July 30, 2018 |
| 14 Druze women kidnapped in latest ISIS Atrocity in Syria |
Jerusalem Post |
July 29, 2018 |
| Trump and Rouhani in war of words as tensions over Syria rise |
The Times |
July 23, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 7/14-7/20 |
Jihadology |
July 20, 2018 |
| Rearing Cubs of the Caliphate: An Examination of Child Soldier Recruitment by Da'esh |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
July 19, 2018 |
| Syria civil war: 'Grand bargain' expected at Trump-Putin Helsinki summit fails to materialise |
The Independent |
July 18, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 6/30-7/6 |
Jihadology |
July 6, 2018 |
| Iranian-backed militia, Syria threaten to cut off rebels near Golan |
Jerusalem Post |
July 2, 2018 |
| The Case of the Purloined Poultry: How ISIS Prosecuted Petty Crime |
New York Times |
July 1, 2018 |
| Down, but Not Out: An Updated Examination of the Islamic State's Visual Propaganda |
Combating Terrorism Center (West Point) |
July 2018 |
| The Breaking of Syria's Rebellion |
The Forum for Regional Thinking |
July 2018 |
| Tens of Thousands of Refugees Fleeing Syrian Offensive |
Jerusalem Post |
June 29, 2018 |
| Syria Treads Carefully Amid Russian Airstrikes Near Golan |
Jerusalem Post |
June 27, 2018 |
| Now the Real Politics Begin: Why Iraq's Parliamentary Election Isn't Really Over Yet |
al-Bawabah |
June 24, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 6/16-6/22 |
Jihadology |
June 22, 2018 |
| Keeping the Calm in Southern Syria |
Crisis Group |
June 21, 2018 |
| The Militia That's Threatening American Troops in Syria |
New York Times |
June 14, 2018 |
| Power in perspective: CRU Policy Brief Four key insights into Iraq's Al-Hashd al-Sha'abi |
Clingendael |
June 13, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 6/2-6/8 |
Jihadology |
June 8, 2018 |
| Open Sources Summary |
CIED-COE |
June 5, 2018 |
| A Tale of Two Caliphates |
Vox Pol |
June 2018 |
| Empowerment or Subjugation |
UN Women |
June 2018 |
| Why We Collected ISIS' Internal Documents, and What Happens Next |
New York Times |
May 31, 2018 |
| How Al-Qaeda Works: The Jihadist Group's Evolving Organizational Design |
Current Trends in Islamist Ideology |
May 30, 2018 |
| Israel, Russia Agree to Boot Iran and Hezbollah from Northern Border |
Jerusalem Post |
May 28, 2018 |
| Protection or Plunder? |
The Intercept |
May 23, 2018 |
| What is Trump's Real Policy in Syria? |
al-Jazeera Centre for Studies |
May 21, 2018 |
| Developing a Containment Strategy in Syria |
CSIS |
May 17, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 5/5-5/11 |
Jihadology |
May 11, 2018 |
| How will US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal influence Iraq? |
al-Jazeera |
May 10, 2018 |
| Preservation or Plunder? The ISIS Files and a History of Heritage Removal in Iraq |
MERIP |
May 8, 2018 |
| The Politics of Security in Ninewa |
Harvard Kennedy School |
May 7, 2018 |
| Shi'ite Militia Groups in Syria to do Iran's dirty work, strike Israel |
The Jerusalem Post |
May 7, 2018 |
| Gray Media Under the Black and White Banner |
Lawfare |
May 6, 2018 |
| The Limits of Punishment |
Institute for Integrated Transitions |
May 2018 |
| Boko Haram Beyond The Headlines |
Combating Terrorism Center |
May 2018 |
| Caliphate Podcast Series |
New York Times |
May 2018 |
| Who could have been behind the massive explosion in Syria? |
Jerusalem Post |
April 30, 2018 |
| Who are Iran's 80,000 Shi'a fighters in Syria? |
Jerusalem Post |
April 28, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 4/21-4/27 |
Jihadology |
April 27, 2018 |
| The Growing Role of Reconciled Rebels in Syria |
International Review |
April 21, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 4/7-4/13 |
Jihadology |
April 13, 2018 |
| Syrian Shiite group announces new operation in eastern Syria |
al-Masdar News |
April 7, 2018 |
| The ISIS Files |
New York Times |
April 4, 2018 |
| Donald Trump wants out of Syria. Israel thinks that's a problem |
Jewish Telegraphic Agency |
April 3, 2018 |
| Al-Qaeda's Struggling Campaign in Syria |
CSIS |
April 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 3/24-3/30 |
Jihadology |
March 30, 2018 |
| How Washington Learned to Love Haider al-Abadi |
Century Foundation |
March 29, 2018 |
| Whither the Syrian Baʿth? Down, but Not Out |
Moshe Dayan Centre |
March 28, 2018 |
| The Changing Islamic State Intelligence Apparatus |
International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence |
March 26, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 3/17-3/23 |
Jihadology |
March 23, 2018 |
| The Islamic State's Manipulation of Gender in their Online Information Operations |
Vox Pol |
March 22, 2018 |
| Parsons Green attack: Police failings cause bomber's Isis inspiration to be missed |
The Independent |
March 22, 2018 |
| Policy Roundtable: What Is the Future of the Jihadist Movement? |
Texas National Security Review |
March 20, 2018 |
| Damascus' "Democratic" Experiments: Local Councils under Government Control |
International Review |
March 14, 2018 |
| Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham Shifts Gears with "100+ Days" Propaganda Piece |
International Review |
March 9, 2018 |
| The Ongoing Israel-Iran Proxy War in Syria |
Atlantic Council |
March 8, 2018 |
| Understanding Iraq's Hashd al-Sha'bi |
Century Foundation |
March 5, 2018 |
| Mideast braces for war: Israel vs. Iran-backed Hezbollah |
Al-Monitor |
March 3, 2018 |
| Resistance in the Caliphate's Classrooms: Mosul Civilians vs IS |
Middle East Policy Council |
March 2018 |
| Islamic State Chemical Weapons: A Case Contained by its Context? |
CTC Sentinel |
March 2018 |
| Has al-Qaeda Learned from Its Mistakes? |
Middle East Quarterly |
March 2018 |
| Kurdish-majority Syrian canton dependent on Assad |
Ahval |
February 28, 2018 |
| Putin signals concession on Eastern Ghouta bombardment |
Channel 4 |
February 26, 2018 |
| After the fall of its caliphate, ISIS threat goes global |
Arab Weekly |
February 25, 2018 |
| Syria has become a gruesome cockpit once again |
Washington Post |
February 22, 2018 |
| Public Opinion and Counterterrorism Policy |
Cato Institute |
February 20, 2018 |
| Washington's Militia Problem in Syria Is an Iran Problem |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
February 19, 2018 |
| Militias in Syria could next attack Israel and launch a new war |
Fox News |
February 16, 2018 |
| Picturing Law and Order: A Visual Framing Analysis of ISIS' Dabiq Magazine |
Arab Media & Society |
February 15, 2018 |
| How al-Qa'ida Lost Control of its Syrian Affiliate: The Inside Story |
CTC Sentinel |
February 15, 2018 |
| Where is ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and what will happen when he dies? |
Washington Examiner |
February 13, 2018 |
| Israel Needs More Reasoned Decision-Making After Attacks in Syria |
Sputnik News |
February 13, 2018 |
| Pro-Syrian government militia leader says Afrin will resist neo-Ottoman invasion |
The Region |
February 11, 2018 |
| Inside the U.S. coalition attack on Syrian forces in Deir-ez-Zor |
International Review |
February 10, 2018 |
| Review: A History of 'The Caliphate at War' |
Wall Street Journal |
February 8, 2018 |
| Israel, Hizbollah and Iran: Preventing Another War in Syria |
Crisis Group |
February 7, 2018 |
| Isis 'far from finished' as jihadi fighters regroup in Syria |
Financial Times |
February 4, 2018 |
| Disillusioned jihadist Ahrar al-Sharqiya members defect to SDF-backed council |
The Region |
February 4, 2018 |
| Prominent Islamic Scholar Charged With Rape in France |
VOA |
February 3, 2018 |
| Trump's New Syria Strategy is Woefully Unrealistic |
Lawfare Blog |
February 2, 2018 |
| Articles of the Week – 1/27-2/2 |
Jihadology |
February 2, 2018 |
| The Development of Jihadist Operations Targeting Western Interests in Africa |
FDD |
February 2018 |
| Cradled by Conflict |
United Nations University |
February 2018 |
| The Travelers: American Jihadists in Syria and Iraq |
Program on Extremism |
February 2018 |
| The Elusive Quest for Stability in Syria |
Moshe Dayan Centre |
January 31, 2018 |
| What is behind the US' support of the YPG? |
MEMO |
January 30, 2018 |
| Israel and the Jihadi Threat |
Survival |
January 29, 2018 |
| Assad in Syria: one king among many kingdoms |
The Arab Weekly |
January 28, 2018 |
| Kurds call on Syrian regime to help fight Turkey |
MEMO |
January 26, 2018 |
| Tackling Global Terrorism in 2018 – ISIS 2.0 and Beyond |
Criterion Quarterly |
January 23, 2018 |
| The changing faces of al-Qaeda in Syria |
Arab Weekly |
January 21, 2018 |
| The US Economy on a Roll: Turkey Wants to Roll |
American Pastors |
January 19, 2018 |
| Idlib's ragtag rebels attempt unity to save fading Syrian revolt |
Middle East Eye |
January 16, 2018 |
| Four years and one caliphate later, IS claims Idlib comeback |
AFP |
January 16, 2018 |
| In Syria, only 'The Octopus' and a motley crew of rebels keep Iran from Israel |
Times of Israel |
January 15, 2018 |
| Could ISIL stage a comeback? |
al-Jazeera |
January 12, 2018 |
| Meet the Neighbours: ISIS on Israel's Doorstep |
Small Wars Journal |
January 7, 2018 |
| Beit Jinn, Syria: Between Israel's Dilemma and Iran's Opportunity |
The Jerusalem Post |
January 6, 2018 |
| Sectarianism in Syria's Civil War |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
January 2018 |
| ISIS beyond the spectacle: communication media, networked publics, terrorism |
Critical Studies in Media Communicaton |
January 2018 |
| Religionist Rebels & the Sovereignty of the Divine |
Daedalus |
January 2018 |
| When Terrorists Govern: Why State-Building Armed Groups Require a New Targeting Approach |
Harvard National Security Journal |
January 2018 |
| Top of the (political) pops 2017 |
Politico |
December 31, 2017 |
| Second senior Shi'ite militia commander visits Israeli-Lebanese border |
Jerusalem Post |
December 29, 2017 |
| Will Israel's Northern Border Become Hezbollah Land if Assad Wins? |
Jerusalem Post |
December 26, 2017 |
| Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China |
AP |
December 23, 2017 |
| Jableh's Sacrifice: Testing the Limits of Syrian Loyalty |
International Review |
December 20, 2017 |
| Mosul and Tel Afar Context Analysis |
Rise Foundation |
December 18, 2017 |
| The year the 'caliphate' collapsed |
AFP |
December 18, 2017 |
| The Ties That Bind: Families, Clans And Hizballah's Military Effectiveness |
War on the Rocks |
December 15, 2017 |
| Syria forces not yet victorious but IS already defeated |
AFP |
December 12, 2017 |
| Yes, Bashar Assad's success will fuel ISIS |
Washington Examiner |
December 11, 2017 |
| French Fighters Appear With ISIS In Afghanistan |
AFP |
December 10, 2017 |
| The pundits were wrong about Assad and the Islamic State. As usual, they're not willing to admit it |
Los Angeles Times |
December 10, 2017 |
| Yemen: Slain Saleh's son calls for revenge against Houthis |
MEMO |
December 5, 2017 |
| Golan ISIS Threat |
The Jerusalem Post |
December 4, 2017 |
| The insurgency business: the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, 2010-2016 |
Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive |
December 2017 |
| To be Thankful |
American Spectator |
November 30, 2017 |
| What next for PMU in Iraq's Anbar province? |
Al-Monitor |
November 28, 2017 |
| US-backed forces involved in one month long ceasefire with IS in Hasakah |
al-Masdar News |
November 28, 2017 |
| The (Last) King of Syria |
War on the Rocks |
November 22, 2017 |
| Civil War as State-Making: Strategic Governance in Civil War |
International Organization |
November 20, 2017 |
| Articles of the Week – 11/11-11/17 |
Jihadology |
November 17, 2017 |
| Iraq plays with Iran and United States over control of its Shia militias |
al-Araby al-Jadeed |
November 16, 2017 |
| The Controversial End of the Islamic State in Raqqa |
Henry Jackson Society |
November 14, 2017 |
| Sexual Assault Charges Against Islamic Scholar Divide Europe's Muslim Communities |
VOA |
November 13, 2017 |
| Relations between Hai'yat Tahrir al-Sham and Nour al-Din al-Zinki in 2017 |
The Carter Center |
November 7, 2017 |
| In This Sign They Will Conquer? – Christian Militias in the Syrian Conflict |
Bellingcat |
November 4, 2017 |
| ISIS claims responsibility for New York truck attack, report says |
Fox News |
November 2, 2017 |
| The Jihādī Movement and Rebel Governance: A Reassertion of a Patriarchal Order? |
Die Welt des Islam |
November 2017 |
| Iraq's second army: Who are they, what do they want? |
al-Jazeera |
October 31, 2017 |
| Israel Unmasks New Hezbollah Leader on Syria Border |
The Jerusalem Post |
October 25, 2017 |
| Beyond the Caliphate |
Soufan Group |
October 24, 2017 |
| For ISIS, Losing Territory Means Losing Revenue |
Wall Street Journal |
October 18, 2017 |
| ISIS 'caliphate' crumbles but group remains potent threat |
AFP |
October 17, 2017 |
| Kirkuk: Kurds will fight to the 'very last Peshmerga' |
al-Jazeera |
October 16, 2017 |
| Hymnal Propaganda: A Closer Look at 'Clanging of the Swords' |
Jihadology |
October 16, 2017 |
| Piety and Porn: In Raqqa, the Laptop Secrets of an ISIS Wife |
The Daily Beast |
October 15, 2017 |
| Turkey's Idlib adventure a last gasp bid to secure influence |
Middle East Eye |
October 10, 2017 |
| FBI Reluctant to Investigate Possible ISIS Link to Las Vegas Shooter? |
Medium |
October 4, 2017 |
| Distinctions of terrorism matter: Analysis |
The Star |
October 3, 2017 |
| Fleeing offensives, where are the IS jihadists going? |
AFP |
October 3, 2017 |
| Why ISIS claimed the allegiance of Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock |
Washington Examiner |
October 2, 2017 |
| Why ISIS claims responsibility for attacks it didn't commit |
Business Insider |
October 2, 2017 |
| ISIS Crimes Against the Shia: The Islamic State's Genocide Against Shia Muslims |
Genocide Studies International |
Fall 2017 |
| IS's Appeal to Western Women: Policy Implications |
ICCT |
October 2017 |
| End of Siege Exposes Deir al-Zour to Complicated Conflict |
IHS Jane's Intelligence Weekly |
October 2017 |
| Trafficking Terror |
Henry Jackson Society |
October 2017 |
| Articles of the Week – 9/23-9/29 |
Jihadology |
September 29, 2017 |
| Articles of the Week – 9/16-9/22 |
Jihadology |
September 22, 2017 |
| Why The Race To Oust ISIS From Deir Ez-Zor In Syria May Present New Dangers |
NPR |
September 20, 2017 |
| When the Islamic State Comes to Town |
RAND |
September 2017 |
| Assad Rex? |
Netherlands Institute of International Relations |
September 2017 |
| Is Hezbollah stronger after its involvement in Syria? |
al-Jazeera English |
August 28, 2017 |
| Isis finds escape route for the spoils of war |
Financial Times |
August 23, 2017 |
| Operations Against Islamic State Spotlight Competing Priorities for U.S. |
Wall Street Journal |
August 20, 2017 |
| The Islamic State May Be Failing, But Strategic Communications Legacy Is Here To Stay |
War on the Rocks |
August 17, 2017 |
| Who's Who: Quick Facts about Local and Sub-State Forces |
GPPI |
August 16, 2017 |
| The Mujahidat Dilemma |
CTC Sentinel |
August 16, 2017 |
| Middle East Ticker |
Lawfare |
August 15, 2017 |
| Battle for Idlib: How Damascus Could Benefit From Jihadi Takeover |
Sputnik |
August 11, 2017 |
| Fighting for Assad |
World Weekly |
August 10, 2017 |
| A Deadly Delusion: Were Syria's Rebels Ever Going to Defeat the Jihadists |
War on the Rocks |
August 10, 2017 |
| Making Sense Of Turkey's Syria Strategy: A Turkish 'Tragedy In The Making' |
War on the Rocks |
August 4, 2017 |
| Interview: Ceasefire in southwest Syria |
Voice of Islam Radio |
August 2, 2017 |
| The Danger of Conflict Between the Syrian Regime and Y.P.G. |
Middle East Institute |
August 1, 2017 |
| The Dawa'ish: A Collective Profile of IS Commanders |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
August 2017 |
| Predicting the Shape of Iraq's Next Sunni Insurgencies |
CTC Sentinel |
August 2017 |
| Syria Report |
Danish Refugee Council/Ministry of Integration and Immigration |
August 2017 |
| Erdogan touts missile deal as Ankara, Moscow exchange favors |
Al-Monitor |
July 25, 2017 |
| Beyond the Wire |
CSIS |
July 21, 2017 |
| Next Israel-Hezbollah confrontation could be in Syria |
Al-Monitor |
July 21, 2017 |
| Today's Worldview |
Washington Post |
July 21, 2017 |
| Here's What To Know About The Trump-Putin Syria Cease-Fire |
NPR |
July 17, 2017 |
| What will post-ISIL Mosul look like? |
al-Jazeera English |
July 17, 2017 |
| Iran's control of Iraq-Syria border unlikely for now |
The Arab Weekly |
July 16, 2017 |
| Strangers in the Darkness of Black Crows |
Mizan |
July 13, 2017 |
| Iraqi forces declare victory over ISIS in Mosul |
KCRW |
July 13, 2017 |
| Winning the Blame Game: The Caliphate of Complete Disaster |
ICCT |
July 13, 2017 |
| Interview: Ceasefire in southwest Syria |
TRT World |
July 12, 2017 |
| The Al Qaeda–Islamic State Rivalry: Competition Yes, but No Competitive Escalation |
Terrorism and Political Violence |
July 11, 2017 |
| Mosul liberated as Daesh faces total defeat in Iraq |
Bloomberg |
July 9, 2017 |
| Myths and Misconceptions about Israel and Syrian Rebels on the Golan |
Jerusalem Post |
July 6, 2017 |
| The Islamic State of Al-Qaeda |
New English Review |
July 2017 |
| A Strategic History of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Formation |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
June 29, 2017 |
| Iraq Reclaims Historic Mosul Mosque, Saying ISIS 'Caliphate' Has Fallen |
NPR |
June 29, 2017 |
| A Pedigree of Terror: The Myth of the Ba'athist Influence in the Islamic State Movement |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
June 29, 2017 |
| As ISIS Gets Squeezed In Syria And Iraq, It's Using Music As A Weapon |
NPR |
June 29, 2017 |
| The Battle for Raqqa and the Challenges after Liberation |
CTC Sentinel |
June 27, 2017 |
| Terror in Tehran: The Islamic State Goes to War with the Islamic Republic |
CTC Sentinel |
June 27, 2017 |
| Destruction of mosque 'heralds end of Isis' |
The Times |
June 23, 2017 |
| The Battle for Marawi: Appropriating ISIS Propaganda and Importing the Wilayah Model |
Security Reform Initiative |
June 22, 2017 |
| Aleppo militias become major test for Assad |
IRIN News |
June 22, 2017 |
| The geopolitics behind race for eastern Syria |
Al-Monitor |
June 21, 2017 |
| Mosul Campaign Day 243 Jun 16 2017 |
Musings on Iraq |
June 17, 2017 |
| After Raqqa: The Challenges Posed by Syria's Tribal Networks |
Jamestown |
June 16, 2017 |
| Aleppo's Warlords and Post-War Reconstruction |
Middle East Institute |
June 13, 2017 |
| Manchester Bomber Met With ISIS Unit in Libya, Officials Say |
New York Times |
June 3, 2017 |
| Why Iran-Backed Forces in Iraq and Syria Can't Link Up Yet |
Syria Deeply |
June 2, 2017 |
| Al-Qaeda's Branch in Syria |
Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
June 2017 |
| Iraqi Forces Face New Challenge from ISIS in Western Desert |
Warfare Today |
May 17, 2017 |
| Hezbollah's Military Involvement in Syria and its Wider Regional Role |
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies |
May 12, 2017 |
| ISIS's Dirty Secret |
Jerusalem Post |
May 11, 2017 |
| Why liberating Mosul won't lead to the end of IS |
Al-Monitor |
May 10, 2017 |
| Mini-Hizballahs, Revolutionary Guard Knock-Offs |
War on the Rocks |
May 9, 2017 |
| Iranian-Kurdish Militias: Terrorist-Insurgents, Ethno Freedom Fighters, or Knights on the Regional Chessboard? |
CTC Sentinel |
May 4, 2017 |
| Islamic State's Financing: Sources, Methods and Utilisation |
Counter Terrorist Trends & Analysis |
May 2017 |
| Interview: Disillusioned Foreign Fighters and Returnees |
Sputnik |
April 28, 2017 |
| Israelis Learn to Live With a New Neighbor: Islamic State |
Wall Street Journal |
April 27, 2017 |
| Expert View: The Crucial Developments Overshadowed by Recent Headlines |
Syria Deeply |
April 26, 2017 |
| Columbia Student Joins ISIS—And Regrets It |
Columbia Spectator |
April 18, 2017 |
| Jaysh Usud al-Sharqiya: Exiles of the Euphrates |
Bellingcat |
April 17, 2017 |
| Eastern Aleppo under al-Assad |
IRIN News |
April 12, 2017 |
| Why is Russia still supporting Assad? |
TRT World |
April 12, 2017 |
| Interview: Syria strikes |
FOX 5 DC |
April 10, 2017 |
| Understanding War-Sustaining Targeting: A Rejoinder to Iulia Padeanu |
Yale Journal of International Law |
April 6, 2017 |
| Rolling Back the Islamic State |
RAND Corporation |
April 2017 |
| 'Blood aniquities' in focus |
Oman Observer |
March 30, 2017 |
| Four Perspectives on Syria, Round II |
The Century Foundation |
March 30, 2017 |
| Diluting Jihad: Tahrir al-Sham and the Concerns of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi |
Jihadica |
March 29, 2017 |
| Trapped: How northwestern Syria became a cage for hundreds of thousands of civilians |
IRIN |
March 28, 2017 |
| In Raqqa, Signs of Faltering Islamic State Rule |
Wall Street Journal |
March 28, 2017 |
| US-Allied Syrian Forces Have Been Accused Of War Crimes — UN Says That's Not True |
Rantt |
March 28, 2017 |
| Beyond Raqqa: Daesh's Next Battlefield |
The Daily Star (Beirut) |
March 21, 2017 |
| Mosul Campaign Day 147, March 14, 2017 |
Musing on Iraq |
March 15, 2017 |
| Damascus Suicide Bombings Could Indicate New Insurgent Strategy |
NPR |
March 15, 2017 |
| In Mosul, a heavy but not crushing blow to IS group |
Associated Press |
March 14, 2017 |
| Executive Summary for March 10th |
Syria Deeply |
March 10, 2017 |
| The Reina Nightclub Attack and the Islamic State Threat to Turkey |
CTC Sentinel |
March 10, 2017 |
| In Syria, Patchwork of Forces Control Regime-Held Areas |
Wall Street Journal |
March 7, 2017 |
| New 'caliphate' rises in southern Syria as IS loses grip on the north |
Middle East Eye |
March 7, 2017 |
| War and opportunity : the Turkistan Islamic Party and the Syrian conflict |
Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique |
March 2, 2017 |
| Hezbollah Embedded in Syria |
Atlantic Council |
March 2, 2017 |
| Islamic State: Financial Assessment |
Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
March 2017 |
| War by Suicide: A Statistical Analysis of the Islamic State's Martyrdom Industry |
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism: The Hague |
February 27, 2017 |
| The Fight for Mosul |
TRT World |
February 24, 2017 |
| The Islamic State Looks East: The Growing Threat in Southeast Asia |
CTC Sentinel |
February 22, 2017 |
| Trump really could crush Isis. But what happens next could be worse |
Spectator |
February 18, 2017 |
| A Caliphate in Decline: An Estimate of Islamic State's Financial Fortunes |
ICSR |
February 17, 2017 |
| Erdogan's purge 'robs military of expertise' in fight for Syrian town |
The Times |
February 16, 2017 |
| Can Turkey take on Raqqa before concluding al-Bab? |
Al-Monitor |
February 15, 2017 |
| Intra-group Fractures in Iraq Paper Series (II) – The Iraqi Arab Shia Political Crisis |
AlSharq Forum |
February 15, 2017 |
| Turkey wants safe zone, but can it maintain one? |
Al-Monitor |
February 13, 2017 |
| The Battle for Al-Bab: Verifying Euphrates Shield Vehicle Losses |
Bellingcat |
February 12, 2017 |
| Survival Is Syria's Strategy |
The Century Foundation |
February 8, 2017 |
| Interview: Islamic State & Foreign Fighters |
Sputnik |
February 8, 2017 |
| A file on Islamic State's 'problem' foreign fighters shows some are refusing to fight |
Washington Post |
February 7, 2017 |
| Prosecuting Gender-Based Persecution: The Islamic State At The ICC |
The Yale Law Journal |
February 4, 2017 |
| After more setbacks, where do Syria's rebels stand? |
AFP |
February 1, 2017 |
| The Syrian Conflict: Additional Resources |
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
February 2017 |
| Media Jihad: The Islamic State's Doctrine for Information Warfare |
ICSR |
February 2017 |
| Can Women Be Soldiers of the Islamic State? |
Survival (Global Politics and Strategy) |
January 31, 2017 |
| Syria rebels and ex-Qaeda affiliate in mini-war |
AFP |
January 26, 2017 |
| Why Fateh al-Sham is lashing out at Syrian rebels |
Middle East Eye |
January 26, 2017 |
| 'An Invitation to Kill': Proxies, Foreign Powers in Syria Endanger Civilians |
Syria Deeply |
January 19, 2017 |
| Who is set to win the Syrian civil war? |
New Statesman |
January 18, 2017 |
| Al-Qaeda jihadists deny involvement in killing of Russian ambassador |
ARA News |
January 10, 2017 |
| GOP must act fast on ObamaCare, the return of Kissinger, & other commentary |
New York Post |
January 4, 2017 |
| Gunman 'knew where to find nightclub victims' |
The Times |
January 3, 2017 |
| Terrorist recruiter Neil Prakash did dash as IS noose tightened |
The Australian |
January 3, 2017 |
| Protecting Cultural Heritage as a Means for International Peace, Security and Stability: The Case of ISIS, Syria and Iraq |
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law |
January 2017 |
| To Pay Ransom Or Not To Pay Ransom |
New America |
January 2017 |
| Russian-Turkish Brokered Ceasefire Significantly Changes Situation in Syria |
Sputnik |
December 30, 2016 |
| IS Makes Small Comeback in Areas It Once Held |
Voice of America |
December 27, 2016 |
| Executive Summary for December 21st |
Syria Deeply |
December 21, 2016 |
| Russian ambassador's killer had protected Turkey's president Erdogan |
Middle East Eye |
December 21, 2016 |
| Unknown militants torch evacuation buses in Syria's Idlib province |
TheNewArab |
December 18, 2016 |
| Ceasefire after Citizens Report Mass Executions as Aleppo Falls to Assad |
Media Line |
December 14, 2016 |
| Palmyra Falls to IS, Syrian Army Regroups at T4 Airbase |
Sputnik |
December 12, 2016 |
| 'Whitewashing Islam, Defaming the West: A Case Study in Islamic Apologetics |
New English Review |
December 12, 2016 |
| For Women Under ISIS, a Tyranny of Dress Code and Punishment |
New York Times |
December 12, 2016 |
| Array of pro-Syrian government forces advances in Aleppo |
Long War Journal |
December 9, 2016 |
| A Syria Policy for Trump's America |
The Century Foundation |
December 9, 2016 |
| Assad and ISIS |
Qifa Nabki |
December 7, 2016 |
| Someone Is Smuggling Desperate Civilians Out of Mosul. It Might Be ISIS. |
Foreign Policy |
December 7, 2016 |
| UN to stop publishing Iraqi casualty figures after criticism from Baghdad |
ARA News |
December 4, 2016 |
| The Virtual Caliphate: ISIS's Information Warfare |
Institute for the Study of War |
December 2016 |
| Assad Regime Militias and Shi'ite Jihadis in the Syrian Civil War |
Bellingcat |
November 30, 2016 |
| Aleppo victory boosts al-Assad's legitimacy - but battle isn't over |
DPA International |
November 29, 2016 |
| Keeping the Lights On in Rebel Idlib |
The Century Foundation |
November 29, 2016 |
| IAF strikes ISIS-linked cell in Syria after cross-border fire on Golan |
Jerusalem Post |
November 27, 2016 |
| ISIS Soldiers Get Cash Bonus For Unleashing Chemical Weapons |
Vocativ |
November 14, 2016 |
| Jund al-Aqsa: The Disappearance of a 'Third-Way' Faction in Syria's Conflict |
Jamestown |
November 11, 2016 |
| ISIS claims attack in Diyarbakir after Baghdadi's call to hit Turkey |
ARA News |
November 5, 2016 |
| Iraq forces ready for push into streets of Mosul |
AFP |
November 4, 2016 |
| Leaked document shows makeup of an Islamic State fighting unit |
Jerusalem Post |
November 4, 2016 |
| Interview: Baghdadi's new speech and Mosul offensive |
Al-Jazeera English |
November 3, 2016 |
| Israel cautious about new Lebanese president |
The Jerusalem Post |
November 2, 2016 |
| Life under Islamic State was strict and brutal, but some moments didn't seem so bad, Sunni Iraqis say |
Los Angeles Times |
October 28, 2016 |
| Victory Over Daesh in Mosul to Benefit Hilary Clinton's Campaign |
Sputnik |
October 20, 2016 |
| Iraq forces move to retake Christian town on way to Mosul |
AFP |
October 19, 2016 |
| For IS jihadists, losing Mosul spells caliphate doom |
AFP |
October 18, 2016 |
| Battle for Mosul: Low morale of Isis fighters revealed in commander's secret communique |
International Business Times |
October 17, 2016 |
| ISIS propaganda takes huge hit with the fall of apocalyptic Dabiq town |
ARA News |
October 17, 2016 |
| Exclusive: Private ISIS letter outlines group's merciless tactics ahead of Mosul battle |
Newsweek |
October 15, 2016 |
| Interview: new Syria talks in Switzerland |
BBC World Service |
October 15, 2016 |
| Assad may take Aleppo – but then he faces a war against the victors |
Middle East Eye |
October 13, 2016 |
| In Coastal Libya, Islamic State Prepared to Build a Nation |
Wall Street Journal |
October 10, 2016 |
| Welcome to the Hotel Caliphate |
CTC Perspectives (CTC, West Point) |
October 7, 2016 |
| Interview: Aleppo siege |
BBC World Service |
October 2, 2016 |
| Agriculture as a funding source of ISIS: A GIS and remote sensing analysis |
Food Policy |
October 2016 |
| The Anatomy of Terrorist Groups (Course Program and Reading List) |
IDC Herzliya |
October 2016 |
| How to Secure Mosul |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
October 2016 |
| After an apparently errant strike in Syria, confusion and competing claims |
Washington Post |
September 28, 2016 |
| Trump Ads Are Running Next To ISIS Propaganda, Campaign Unperturbed |
Daily Caller |
September 21, 2016 |
| Long Read: Game of Shrines and the Road to Darayya |
Syria Deeply |
September 15, 2016 |
| Foreign Fighters In Syria And Iraq: The Day After |
Lowy Institute |
September 13, 2016 |
| al-Qa'ida's Comeback in Afghanistan and its Implications |
CTC Sentinel |
September 7, 2016 |
| No going back: Why decentralisation is the future for Syria |
European Council on Foreign Relations |
September 6, 2016 |
| After setbacks, IS digs in with focus on deadly attacks |
AFP |
September 6, 2016 |
| Isis vows revenge on West for killing propaganda chief |
The Times |
September 1, 2016 |
| The Death of IS Top Strategist |
Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis |
September 2016 |
| Guiding Principles for Countering and Displacing Extremist Narratives |
Journal of Terrorism Research |
August 31, 2016 |
| Russian military claims airstrike that killed senior Islamic State strategist |
Washington Post |
August 31, 2016 |
| The decay of the Syrian regime is much worse than you think |
War on the Rocks |
August 31, 2016 |
| Islamic State leader Muhammad al-Adnani 'killed in US air strike' |
AFP |
August 31, 2016 |
| Islam in Post-Ottoman Syria |
Oxford Bibliographies |
August 30, 2016 |
| Leaked ISIS Documents Show Internal Chaos |
The Daily Beast |
August 30, 2016 |
| How Assad regime controls UN aid intended for Syria's children |
The Guardian |
August 29, 2016 |
| Interview with Adam Szubin |
CTC Sentinel |
August 22, 2016 |
| US coalition bombs ISIS oil tankers in Nineveh |
ARA News |
August 19, 2016 |
| Jabhat Fateh al-Sham's income and resources |
Hate Speech International |
August 15, 2016 |
| Scot steers Britons to hardline Islamic college |
The Sunday Times |
August 14, 2016 |
| U.S.-Backed Militias in Libya Claim to Retake ISIS Stronghold of Surt |
New York Times |
August 10, 2016 |
| Tribes of Syria: Pieces on a chessboard? |
Hate Speech International |
August 10, 2016 |
| Nusra name change may prove a boon |
Daily Star (Lebanon) |
August 9, 2016 |
| From Cubs to Lions: A Six Stage Model of Child Socialization into the Islamic State |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism |
August 5, 2016 |
| The Islamic State and the Return of Revolutionary Warfare |
Small Wars & Insurgencies |
August 5, 2016 |
| ISIL demands many things of its top commanders, but good Arabic isn't always one of them |
Quartz |
August 5, 2016 |
| ISIL isn't merely tolerant of people who speak languages besides Arabic; it needs them |
Quartz |
August 4, 2016 |
| Conference: evolving shades of jihadism - ISIS in Europe |
Religioscope |
August 3, 2016 |
| Al Nusra receives mixed reception from Syrian rebels after split from Al Qaeda |
The National |
August 1, 2016 |
| Reconciliation, Reward and Revenge |
Conflict Dynamics International |
August 2016 |
| Inside the Caliphate's Classroom |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
August 2016 |
| Refuting Da'esh properly: a critical review of the "Open Letter to Baghdadi" |
Journal of International Humanitarian Action |
July 29, 2016 |
| Doubts over true extent of Nusra Front split from al-Qaeda in Syria |
Middle East Eye |
July 29, 2016 |
| A farewell to arms |
Ynet |
July 28, 2016 |
| Nusra chief in Syria announces break with al-Qaeda |
AFP |
July 28, 2016 |
| The Nusra Front breaks ties with al-Qaeda |
The World Weekly |
July 28, 2016 |
| Al Qaeda offered to break ties with its branch in Syria as a 'sacrifice' to preserve its unity |
Reuters |
July 28, 2016 |
| Nusra Front split from al-Qaeda 'imminent', sources claim |
Middle East Eye |
July 25, 2016 |
| The 9 foods that ISIS fighters eat |
Globalo |
July 24, 2016 |
| Has the Islamic State abandoned its provincial model in the Philippines? |
War on the Rocks |
July 22, 2016 |
| IS-inspired attacks aid jihadists at low cost |
AFP |
July 21, 2016 |
| ISIS cuts off internet in Iraq's Mosul ahead of siege |
Newsweek |
July 20, 2016 |
| ISIS Runs A Carb-Fueled Caliphate |
Vocativ |
July 18, 2016 |
| Why the Holey attack is the work of ISIS |
Dhaka Tribune |
July 17, 2016 |
| ISIS Seeks To Claim Credit For Nice Attack Despite Lack Of Evidence |
Buzzfeed |
July 16, 2016 |
| Will Attacks On Muslims Push ISIS Fans Away? |
Vocativ |
July 9, 2016 |
| ISIS oil revenues reduced under US-led airstrikes |
ARA News |
July 8, 2016 |
| The Islamic State's new propaganda film is like an HR meeting, but with beheadings |
VICE |
July 7, 2016 |
| Iraq pushes IS back, but struggles to secure Baghdad |
AFP |
July 4, 2016 |
| Dhaka, Istanbul, Fallujah - mapping a caliphate of Islamic State terror |
Sydney Morning Herald |
July 3, 2016 |
| ISIS attack kills ten in Kurdish-held Syrian town |
ARA News |
July 1, 2016 |
| Analyzing Middle Eastern Armed Non-State Actors' Foreign Policy |
Global Security Studies |
July 2016 |
| The legal foundations of the Islamic State |
Brookings Institution |
July 2016 |
| Turkey Has Become The Hub Of All The Middle East's Wars |
Buzzfeed |
June 29, 2016 |
| Bibliography: Resources on the Islamic State |
Perspectives on Terrorism |
June 28, 2016 |
| Iraqi forces focus on militants in north and west Fallujah |
Associated Press |
June 23, 2016 |
| Saudis, Gulf states could all become nuclear threshold states, former PMO official says |
The Jerusalem Post |
June 21, 2016 |
| Interview: Islamic State losing territory and shifting tactics? |
i24 News |
June 16, 2016 |
| "They came to destroy": ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis* |
OHCHR |
June 15, 2016 |
| Pakistan proves slippery target for Islamic State |
AFP |
June 15, 2016 |
| The Orlando attacker may have been a regular at gay clubs. How will ISIS respond? |
Washington Post |
June 14, 2016 |
| Isis: Fake propaganda statement sparks false reports of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's 'death in US air strikes' |
The Independent |
June 14, 2016 |
| Turkish press claims Isis leader 'died in air strike on Sunday' |
Metro |
June 14, 2016 |
| In Islamic State-held areas, being gay often means a death sentence |
Los Angeles Times |
June 13, 2016 |
| The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context |
Carnegie Endowment |
June 13, 2016 |
| Foreign fighter group pledges allegiance to Al Nusrah Front |
Long War Journal |
June 13, 2016 |
| Islamic State happy to claim killings by "lone wolf" attackers in US |
DPA International |
June 13, 2016 |
| How the Islamic State exploits America's mass shooting problem |
Washington Post |
June 13, 2016 |
| When the Caliphate Crumbles: The Future of Islamic State Affiliates |
War on the Rocks |
June 13, 2016 |
| Fears Isil will use 50,000 trapped civilians as human shields as Iraqi forces storm Fallujah in dawn offensive |
The Telegraph |
May 30, 2016 |
| Isis attacks in Baghdad kill 11 as Iraqi forces try to retake Falluja |
The Guardian |
May 30, 2016 |
| Kurdish forces in big push against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria |
The Guardian |
May 29, 2016 |
| Isis may face Falluja bloodbath, but new offensive shows power to spread terror |
The Guardian |
May 28, 2016 |
| Alleged ISIS Document Outlines Plans For Doomsday In Fallujah |
Vocativ |
May 24, 2016 |
| As Israel's jihadi neighbor gets bolder, threat remains low, experts say |
The Times of Israel |
May 23, 2016 |
| 'Get ready' ISIS announce plans to launch Ramadan attacks on Europe and America |
The Daily Express |
May 23, 2016 |
| ISIS tells wannabe jihadis to attack the home front |
The Australian |
May 23, 2016 |
| IS threatens US, tries to rally support in new audio message |
AFP |
May 21, 2016 |
| ISIS Is Training Indonesian 'Cubs of the Caliphate' to Kill for the Cause |
Foreign Policy |
May 19, 2016 |
| A Fistful of Dollars: The Dwindling Value of Syrian State Salaries |
The Century Foundation |
May 13, 2016 |
| Islamic State Cash Flow Cut, But Still Considerable |
Voice of America |
May 11, 2016 |
| Striving for 'the Grandest Epics': Forecasting the Future of Jund al-Aqsa |
Bellingcat |
May 2, 2016 |
| Policing Assistance in Armed Conflict: What Can Be Done? |
Integrity |
May 2016 |
| Report: ISIS Fighters Seeking Fake Doctors' Notes To Get Out of Work |
The Young Turks |
April 27, 2016 |
| Inside Story - Is ISIL facing a cash crunch? |
Al-Jazeera |
April 27, 2016 |
| Leaked document: Islamic State struggling to maintain fighters |
i24 News |
April 27, 2016 |
| Chemical Weapons in Syria: From Red Line to Routine? |
Moshe Dayan Center |
April 26, 2016 |
| ISIS internal docs show struggle to retain fighters, cut costs |
CNN |
April 26, 2016 |
| Daraa Rebels to 'Finish Off' Rumored ISIS Affiliates |
Syria Deeply |
April 26, 2016 |
| Jihadis see privileges cut in austerity drive |
Daily Express |
April 26, 2016 |
| Payslip reveals how Isis fighter earns only $50 a month but gets a 'sex slave' bonus |
IB Times |
April 25, 2016 |
| ISIS Pays Higher Salaries to Jihadists Who Keep Sex Slaves |
Washington Free Beacon |
April 25, 2016 |
| ISIS fighters earn an extra $50 a month per wife - or sex slave - documents reveal... |
Daily Mail |
April 25, 2016 |
| ISIS pay scale revealed: Documents show salaries based on number of wives, sex slaves |
FOX News |
April 25, 2016 |
| Jihadist group gains ground on Israel's doorstep |
The Times |
April 25, 2016 |
| Cash-strapped ISIS offers $50 a month to fighters — but more if they own sex slaves |
Washington Post |
April 22, 2016 |
| What the West really knows about the state of ISIS |
Maclean's |
April 22, 2016 |
| The problem with rebuilding a Palmyra ruin destroyed by ISIS – does it simply help Assad? |
Washington Post |
April 20, 2016 |
| ISIS oil production takes a hit: Study |
CNBC |
April 18, 2016 |
| Memorandum: Islamic State & Antiquities |
U.S. House of Representatives: Committee on Financial Services |
April 15, 2016 |
| Foreign Terrorist Fighters: managing a twenty-first century threat |
Third World Quarterly |
April 15, 2016 |
| Al-Qaeda affiliate faces unusual backlash from fed-up Syrians |
Washington Post |
April 14, 2016 |
| Keeping the Water Running in the Islamic State |
Bellingcat |
April 14, 2016 |
| Syrian forces, Russia planning Aleppo offensive as fragile cease-fire unravels |
DW (Deutsche Welle) |
April 10, 2016 |
| Kurdish civilians caught in crosshairs in Aleppo |
NOW Lebanon |
April 7, 2016 |
| Rebels Ignored the Islamic State in South Syria, and It's Come Back to Haunt Them |
VICE News |
April 6, 2016 |
| Cash-Strapped ISIS Demands Smokers Pay Up In Gold |
Vocativ |
April 6, 2016 |
| Syria's Qaeda spokesman killed as army pushes anti-IS advance |
AFP |
April 4, 2016 |
| Civilians flee ISIL-held territory in Iraq |
Al-Jazeera |
April 4, 2016 |
| British aid for Syrians stolen by jihadist militia |
The Sunday Times |
April 3, 2016 |
| Organizational Design - A Strategy to Increase the Effectivenes of Terrorist Organizations - A Case Study on the Islamic State |
Anglia Ruskin University |
April 2016 |
| Ascent of the PYD and the SDF |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
April 2016 |
| How ISIS 'Fashion' Sews the Seeds of Terror |
Business of Fashion |
March 28, 2016 |
| Syrian regime seeks symbolic victory in Palmyra |
Al-Jazeera |
March 26, 2016 |
| Isis' attempt to topple US economy with own currency 'failing' as reliance on American dollars increases |
The Independent |
March 25, 2016 |
| The DAESH Health System: An Open Source Intel Report |
Small Wars Journal |
March 23, 2016 |
| Bin Laden Sent Videotapes. Islamic State Runs a 24/7 News Agency |
Bloomberg |
March 23, 2016 |
| Autonomous IS cells are 'worst nightmare' for security: experts |
AFP |
March 23, 2016 |
| Islamic State Claims Responsibility for the Brussels Metro and Airport Bombings |
VICE News |
March 22, 2016 |
| The Decline and Fall of the Arab State |
International Institute for Strategic Studies |
March 21, 2016 |
| Islamic State kills US soldier in rocket attack |
ARA News |
March 20, 2016 |
| Does IS territory now stretch to Israeli-occupied Golan Heights? |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
March 19, 2016 |
| Leaked ISIS Documents Tell The Stories Of Hundreds Of Foreign Jihadis |
Buzzfeed |
March 19, 2016 |
| Losing Territory and Lashing Out: The Islamic State and International Terror |
CTC Sentinel |
March 17, 2016 |
| Al-Qaeda clashes with U.S.-backed FSA rebels in Syria's Idlib |
ARA News |
March 13, 2016 |
| Leaked Islamic State Documents - Authentic or a Hoax? |
i24 News |
March 11, 2016 |
| ISIS data breach: Money, misinformation or mutiny? |
Zero Day |
March 11, 2016 |
| Interview: Purported Islamic State Fighter Records |
TRT World |
March 10, 2016 |
| The Jihadist List Hyped as the 'Biggest ISIS Intelligence Haul Ever' Is a Bizarre, Inaccurate Mess |
Gizmodo |
March 10, 2016 |
| A huge leaked list of Islamic State fighters sounds too good to be true. Is it? |
Washington Post |
March 10, 2016 |
| Intelligence agents study cache of supposed Isis documents |
The Guardian |
March 10, 2016 |
| Omar the Chechen 'alive': Isis minister of war did not die in US air strike, claims monitoring group |
The Independent |
March 10, 2016 |
| 'Omar the Chechen': notorious, red-bearded IS warlord |
AFP |
March 9, 2016 |
| ISIS faces crude reality as oil output slumps |
CNN |
March 7, 2016 |
| Is ISIS going broke? |
CNN |
March 4, 2016 |
| Beyond Mere Terrorism: The Islamic State's Authority as a Social Movement and as a Quasi-State |
Security and Peace |
March 1, 2016 |
| Interview: Islamic State in Libya |
i24 News |
March 1, 2016 |
| Islamic State fighters pay slashed as terror group finances continue to take a hit |
Herald Sun |
March 1, 2016 |
| Salafism and the Challenge of Modern Politics |
Orient |
March 2016 |
| Women and the Caliphate: Women's Rights and Restrictions in Islamist Ideology and Practice |
Henry Jackson Society |
March 2016 |
| Salvaging Syria's Economy |
Chatham House |
March 2016 |
| Syria's Al-Nusra Front: jihadists allied to anti-Assad rebels |
AFP |
February 26, 2016 |
| Kurds celebrate capture of key IS stronghold in Syria |
Middle East Eye |
February 19, 2016 |
| Iraq running out of money to fight Daesh |
Daily Kos |
February 19, 2016 |
| The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Duel of the Islamic States |
Carnegie Endowment |
February 18, 2016 |
| It's dollars only in the cash-strapped caliphate |
The Times |
February 18, 2016 |
| High Time for Intervention |
War on the Rocks |
February 17, 2016 |
| The YPG's Next Move: A Two Front War for the Manbij Pocket |
Atlantic Council |
February 17, 2016 |
| Syrian Kurds use Russian and US support to make rapid advances |
Middle East Eye |
February 17, 2016 |
| Kurds threaten to take historic epicenter of Syrian rebellion |
NOW Lebanon |
February 17, 2016 |
| Kurdish gains risk Turkish overreaction in Syria |
DW (Deutsche Welle) |
February 16, 2016 |
| Isis cuts salaries, brings in fines and releases prisoners to make up cash shortage caused by air strikes - report |
The Independent |
February 16, 2016 |
| IS Faces Budget Crunch, Killing Perks and Slashing Salaries |
Associated Press |
February 16, 2016 |
| Syrian regime drops leaflets telling civilians in Aleppo to 'expel terrorists' or die as advance against rebels continues |
The Independent |
February 13, 2016 |
| Ez da probablea EI etorkizun hurbilean hondoratzea |
Berria (Basque Country) |
February 12, 2016 |
| What is behind Saudi's anti-IS ground force plan? |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
February 8, 2016 |
| Islamic State is no longer so formidable on the battlefield |
Washington Post |
February 6, 2016 |
| Islamic State Widow Shames IS Leaders |
Voice of America |
February 3, 2016 |
| Religious Pluralism in the Middle East |
Centre for Religious Pluralism in the Middle East |
February 2016 |
| Hisba in Mosul: Systematic Oppression in the Name of Virtue |
Program on Extremism |
February 2016 |
| Terrorism 2.0: The Rise of the Civilitary Battlefield |
Harvard National Security Journal |
February 2016 |
| A reluctant friendship: Syria's rebels and al-Qaeda's local franchise |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
January 25, 2016 |
| Documents Show Degree of IS Control Over Life in Its Territories |
Voice of America |
January 24, 2016 |
| We talked to a hacker who's taking on the ISIS fanboy army |
Maxim |
January 23, 2016 |
| Striking a winning formula as locals take the fight back to Islamic State |
The Australian |
January 23, 2016 |
| Interview: Islamic State finances and salary cuts |
BBC World Service |
January 21, 2016 |
| Syrian, Iraqi Tribes Snub Fightback Against Jihadists |
Voice of America |
January 20, 2016 |
| ISIS Is Losing |
Mother Jones |
January 20, 2016 |
| Leaked ISIS document: we're cutting fighter salaries in half |
Vox |
January 20, 2016 |
| This is what a jihadist's annual salary review looks like |
Quartz |
January 20, 2016 |
| ISIS Halves Fighters' Salaries Following Losses Of Territory, Oil And Cash |
Forbes |
January 20, 2016 |
| ISIS cuts fighters' salaries due to 'exceptional circumstances' |
CNBC |
January 20, 2016 |
| 50 percent pay cut: a tough break for ISIS fighters |
Christian Science Monitor |
January 19, 2016 |
| ISIS Fighters Just Got a Huge Pay Cut |
TIME |
January 19, 2016 |
| ISIS Terrorists Get a Big Pay Cut |
The Fiscal Times |
January 19, 2016 |
| Islamic State fighters hit with 50 percent pay cut |
i24 News |
January 19, 2016 |
| ISIS cuts its fighters' salaries by 50% |
CNN |
January 19, 2016 |
| ISIS Halves Salaries for Fighters |
Clarion Project |
January 19, 2016 |
| War on Isis: Fighters' salaries halved as US-led air strikes target Daesh cash |
International Business Times |
January 19, 2016 |
| Wages squeeze hits Islamic State fighters |
The Australian |
January 19, 2016 |
| ISIS Cuts Fighters' Salaries In Half As Group Suffers Crippling Blows |
Vocativ |
January 18, 2016 |
| It Absolutely Sucks To Be An ISIS Fighter Right Now |
Maxim |
January 18, 2016 |
| ISIS fighters' salaries 'halved', US-led coalition claims credit |
Russia Today |
January 18, 2016 |
| 'Clouds of money' as coalition hits ISIS 'bank' in Iraq |
Israel National News |
January 18, 2016 |
| Isis 'halves salaries for fighters in Raqqa' as US-led coalition air strikes continue to target oil and revenue streams |
The Independent |
January 18, 2016 |
| 'The Uncle': The life and death of ISIL's man in southern Syria |
The National |
January 16, 2016 |
| Islamic State & Oil Sales |
The Cipher Brief |
January 13, 2016 |
| After Istanbul attack, will Turkey take on IS? |
AFP |
January 13, 2016 |
| Isis 'ran sophisticated immigration operation' on Turkey-Syria border |
The Guardian |
January 10, 2016 |
| ISIL propaganda: How the group offers two different rationales for its atrocities |
The National |
January 9, 2016 |
| Aussie terror recruiters logging on again to Twitter |
The Australian |
January 8, 2016 |
| ISIS, imperialism and the war in Syria |
International Socialism |
January 6, 2016 |
| The Resilience of the Islamic State |
Austrian National Defence Academy |
January 2016 |
| Anticipatory Intelligence and the Post-Syrian War Hezbollah Intelligence Apparatus |
International Journal of Intelligence |
January 2016 |
| Jihadi Rivalry: The Islamic State Challenges al-Qaida |
Brookings Doha |
January 2016 |
| The Islamic State's Territorial Methodology |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
January 2016 |
| The Weaponization of Water in Syria and Iraq |
Washington Quarterly |
January 2016 |
| What would Kennan do? George Kennan, the Containment Doctrine, and ISIS |
Foreign Policy Research Institute |
January 2016 |
| Dark melody: The jihadist soundtrack of hate and violence |
Digital Journal |
December 30, 2015 |
| Interview: Leaked documents may reveal the inner workings of the Islamic State — but what if they are fake? |
Washington Post |
December 30, 2015 |
| Read the Islamic State's Rules for Rape |
Clarion Project |
December 30, 2015 |
| Isis: Seized documents point to Daesh department of 'war spoils' |
International Business Times |
December 29, 2015 |
| Exclusive: Seized documents reveal Islamic State's Department of 'War Spoils' |
Reuters |
December 28, 2015 |
| IS—doomed to failure |
Prospect |
December 27, 2015 |
| Rebel chief death may hurt Syria talks, boost IS |
AFP |
December 27, 2015 |
| The fight against ISIL- the UK's role |
House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee |
December 15, 2015 |
| Reality of The Islamic State's Finances and Economy |
Jihadology Podcast |
December 15, 2015 |
| What They Missed: The Anti-Terror Raid That Asked All The Wrong Questions |
BuzzFeed News |
December 15, 2015 |
| Disrupting ISIL Governance |
Turkish Policy Quarterly |
December 13, 2015 |
| Experts Mull Options for Dealing With IS |
Voice of America |
December 13, 2015 |
| Why bombing oil trucks alone won't put ISIS in the poorhouse |
Toronto Star |
December 13, 2015 |
| The Modern Civil Service Behind The Islamic State |
Journeyman Pictures |
December 11, 2015 |
| There's Only One Way To Bleed ISIS Dry |
Vocativ |
December 11, 2015 |
| Local ceasefires will not end Syria's war |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
December 11, 2015 |
| The Role of Oil in ISIL Finances |
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee |
December 10, 2015 |
| Leaked Budget Document Provides Glimpse Into How ISIS Makes Money |
NPR |
December 10, 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State Finances |
BBC Newsnight |
December 10, 2015 |
| How The Islamic State Group's Policy Of 'Confiscations' In The So-Called Caliphate Undermines The Anti-ISIS International Coalition |
International Business Times |
December 10, 2015 |
| Daesh tackles red tape |
Times of Malta |
December 10, 2015 |
| Turkey, Russia, Iraq And Syria: The Black Market Oil Trade That's Fueling ISIS And Dividing The Terrorist Group's Opponents |
International Business Times |
December 9, 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State administration manual |
BBC Radio Wales |
December 8, 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State administration manual |
BBC World Service |
December 8, 2015 |
| Isis manual is blueprint for jihadists' caliphate |
The Times |
December 8, 2015 |
| Revealed: Isis' masterplan for building caliphate state |
New Zealand Herald |
December 8, 2015 |
| Austerity bites as Islamic State's oil income hit by US-led bombing campaign |
Daily Telegraph |
December 7, 2015 |
| Understanding ISIS: Leaked document reveals nation-building plans |
Christian Science Monitor |
December 7, 2015 |
| ISIS Inc |
Daily Mail |
December 7, 2015 |
| Leaked ISIS Governance Documents Published by U.K. Newspaper |
Haaretz |
December 7, 2015 |
| How ISIS Governs Its Caliphate |
International Business Times |
December 7, 2015 |
| The Isis papers: behind 'death cult' image lies a methodical bureaucracy |
The Guardian |
December 7, 2015 |
| The ISIS papers: leaked documents show how ISIS is building its state |
The Guardian |
December 7, 2015 |
| How does Islamic State make money off oil fields in Syria and Iraq? |
Los Angeles Times |
December 6, 2015 |
| Auditing ISIS |
NPR |
December 4, 2015 |
| The real value of the ISIS antiquities trade |
The New Yorker |
December 4, 2015 |
| Islamic State money-making streams take a hit as it loses territory |
The Washington Post |
December 4, 2015 |
| "I Know You Are But What Am I": Turkey, Russia and the Islamic State's Oil |
VICE News |
December 3, 2015 |
| Syria's Kurds at the Center of America's Anti-Jihadi Strategy |
Carnegie Endowment |
December 2, 2015 |
| Russia accuses Turkish president of benefiting from oil trade with Islamic State |
Los Angeles Times |
December 2, 2015 |
| US-backed alliance faces challenges as a force in Syria |
Associated Press |
December 2, 2015 |
| Understanding the Islamic State's competitive advantages: Remaking state and nationhood in the Middle East and North Africa |
Terrorism and Political Violence (Routledge) |
December 1, 2015 |
| Alleged Islamic State affiliate in south Syria still viable after Nusra wipes out top leadership |
Syria Direct |
December 1, 2015 |
| Britain is on the verge of entering into a long war in Syria based on wishful thinking and poor information |
The Independent |
December 1, 2015 |
| Are Paris attacks a signal the Islamic State is stagnating? |
McClatchy |
December 1, 2015 |
| Are There 70,000 Moderate Rebels in Syria to Fight ISIS? |
Clarion Project |
December 1, 2015 |
| Funding the Islamic State |
Swedish Defense Research Agency |
December 2015 |
| A case for terrorism as genocide in an era of weakened states |
Dynamics of Asymmetric Warfare |
November 30, 2015 |
| After Paris Attacks, Air Campaign Escalates Against Islamic State Oil Assets |
Wall Street Journal |
November 30, 2015 |
| Why ISIL Will Fail on Its Own |
Politico |
November 29, 2015 |
| Strings pulled from Ankara, Moscow tangled in a Sukhoi |
The Australian |
November 28, 2015 |
| What ISIS songs reveal about the group's evolution |
CBC Radio (Canada) |
November 26, 2015 |
| Who are the 70,000 fighters the UK will be backing in Syria? |
Middle East Eye |
November 26, 2015 |
| Are There Really 70,000 Moderate Rebels Who Could Help Defeat ISIS In Syria? |
BuzzFeed News |
November 26, 2015 |
| Advice on the situation of the Syrian Druze |
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
November 25, 2015 |
| Syria's media war |
Columbia Journalism Review |
November 24, 2015 |
| Syrian rebels declare war on shadowy IS militia |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
November 22, 2015 |
| How Is ISIS Still Making Money? |
The Atlantic |
November 21, 2015 |
| Bombing the Islamic State's Oil Isn't the Slam Dunk You Might Expect It to Be |
VICE News |
November 20, 2015 |
| Why U.S. Efforts to Cut Off Islamic State's Funds Have Failed |
Bloomberg |
November 19, 2015 |
| An ISIS Militant From Belgium Whose Own Family Wanted Him Dead |
New York Times |
November 17, 2015 |
| Victory at Iraq's Sinjar aided by Islamic State withdrawal |
Associated Press |
November 17, 2015 |
| How the Islamic State group operates |
AFP |
November 17, 2015 |
| Paris attacks: a change of ISIL strategy, or a rare success? |
The National |
November 17, 2015 |
| How the Baseless 'Terrorists Communicating Over Playstation 4' Rumor Got Started |
VICE News: Motherboard |
November 16, 2015 |
| Paris attacks: Live Updates |
The Guardian |
November 14, 2015 |
| Deadly Paris attacks reveal 'next stage of IS': experts |
AFP |
November 14, 2015 |
| Interview: Breaking the Siege of Kweiris Airbase |
Radio Sputnik (Moscow) |
November 12, 2015 |
| Syria's war is still up in the air |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
November 11, 2015 |
| Egypt plane crash could shift Russia's game plan in Syria |
The National |
November 11, 2015 |
| If proven, IS bomb on Russia plane could herald new phase in fight against group |
Associated Press |
November 5, 2015 |
| Inside the jihadi lifestyle magazine wars |
Hopes & Fears |
November 4, 2015 |
| Caliphettes: Women and the Appeal of Islamic State |
Quilliam Foundation |
November 2015 |
| Briefing to UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee on Syria |
House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee |
October 29, 2015 |
| These are the textbooks supposedly used by the Islamic State |
Fusion |
October 28, 2015 |
| Kurds to lead in Raqqa dffensive despite US emphasis on Arab role |
NOW Lebanon |
October 26, 2015 |
| The State of the Islamic State: Strong |
National Review |
October 26, 2015 |
| Tunisian Jihadism after the Sousse Massacre |
CTC Sentinel |
October 22, 2015 |
| ISIS trying to hijack Palestinian jihad as its own |
The Jerusalem Post |
October 22, 2015 |
| Interview: New supplies for Aleppo rebels amid regime offensive |
Radio Sputnik (Moscow) |
October 20, 2015 |
| Russian Airstrikes In Syria Push ISIS Fighters Out And Into Libya, As Islamic State Moves Toward North Africa |
International Business Times |
October 19, 2015 |
| Weekend Reading: The Syrian Opposition, Iraq's Identity, and Hamas Holds Back…For Now |
Council on Foreign Relations |
October 16, 2015 |
| Iraq claims to have taken key oil facility – again |
McClatchy |
October 15, 2015 |
| Iraqi forces say key oil refinery is back in their hands |
The Washington Post |
October 15, 2015 |
| TV report on leaked Islamic State budget |
i24News |
October 14, 2015 |
| What if Islamic State's Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed? |
Sydney Morning Herald |
October 13, 2015 |
| Parties suspend campaigns after bombing of a peace rally in Turkey |
PRI's The World |
October 12, 2015 |
| U.S. suspends training Syrian rebels as FBI warns of growing ISIS threat |
Sinclair Broadcast Group |
October 10, 2015 |
| ISIS benefits from Russian air strikes, now closer to Aleppo |
TRT World News (English) |
October 9, 2015 |
| Þjófnaður er helsta tekjulind ISIS |
Visir (Iceland) |
October 8, 2015 |
| A Leaked Budget May Finally Show How the Islamic State Makes Its Money |
VICE News |
October 8, 2015 |
| ISIS' Bulging Cash Cow: Shakedowns, Not Oil And Artifacts |
Vocativ |
October 7, 2015 |
| These leaked records cast light on how ISIS makes its money |
Vox |
October 7, 2015 |
| Jihadists face cash crisis |
The Times |
October 7, 2015 |
| Islamic State Scrambles to Stem Exodus of Skilled Workers |
Wall Street Journal |
October 6, 2015 |
| Analysts: US Syria Proxy Army Not Reliable |
Voice of America |
October 6, 2015 |
| A call to arms from Syria's rebels |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
October 5, 2015 |
| Putin's Bombs Add to Reasons Why Syria's War Is Here to Stay |
Bloomberg |
October 5, 2015 |
| Islamic State Charging Enemies 'Repentance Fee' |
Clarion Project |
October 4, 2015 |
| Al-Qaeda Affiliate Issues Bounty for Capture of Russian Soldiers in Syria |
Newsweek |
October 2, 2015 |
| Despair, hardship as Iraq cuts off wages in Islamic State cities |
Reuters |
October 2, 2015 |
| Documenting the Virtual 'Caliphate' |
Quilliam Foundation |
October 2015 |
| ISIS Is Facing a Cash Crunch in the Caliphate |
Newsweek |
September 23, 2015 |
| The Flood Of Syrian Refugees Puts ISIS On The Defensive |
NPR |
September 22, 2015 |
| Syrian rebels say they've helped hundreds defect from Islamic State |
McClatchy |
September 21, 2015 |
| Russian sleight of hand boosts embattled Syrian regime |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
September 14, 2015 |
| Interview: On Kidnapped Turkish Workers in Baghdad |
TRT World News (English) |
September 12, 2015 |
| Assad Turns Fifty |
Carnegie Endowment |
September 11, 2015 |
| For the West, wishing that ISIS would just go away |
The Arab Weekly |
September 11, 2015 |
| Discussion on the situation in Syria |
BBC Radio 5 Live |
September 10, 2015 |
| Druze leader's death brings home ghosts of Syria's war |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
September 8, 2015 |
| Islamic State: The Future of Global Jihad? |
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism: 2015 Conference |
September 8, 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State at Home & Abroad |
15th World Summit on Counter Terrorism |
September 8, 2015 |
| Debating Syria's war- again |
Al-Jazeera English |
September 7, 2015 |
| A Man Apart in Suwayda |
Syria Direct |
September 7, 2015 |
| Pied Piper Petraeus |
NOW Lebanon |
September 7, 2015 |
| This teenager maps the Syrian war from his bedroom |
BBC |
September 1, 2015 |
| The War Against ISIS Through Social Media |
American Foreign Policy Council |
September 2015 |
| The war between Islamic State and al-Qaeda: |
Valens Global |
September 2015 |
| Fierce Fighting in N. Syria as Turkey Launches Air Raids |
Voice of America |
August 31, 2015 |
| Can Iraqi forces drive ISIL out of Anbar? |
The National |
August 31, 2015 |
| Pentagon Not Targeting Islamic State Training Camps |
Washington Free Beacon |
August 28, 2015 |
| Syrian rebels: Turkey tipped al Qaida group to U.S.-trained fighters |
McClatchy |
August 24, 2015 |
| Wilayat West Africa Reboots For The Caliphate |
CTC Sentinel (West Point) |
August 21, 2015 |
| US Claims Airstrike Kills Islamic State's Second-in-Command |
Voice of America |
August 21, 2015 |
| Islamic State Affiliates Press Hamas |
CTC Sentinel (West Point) |
August 21, 2015 |
| Governing The Caliphate: The Islamic State Picture |
CTC Sentinel (West Point) |
August 21, 2015 |
| Panel: The Progress of the War Against the Islamic State |
Musings on Iraq |
August 19, 2015 |
| As Rifts Open Up in Syria's al-Qaeda Franchise, Secrets Spill Out |
Carnegie Endowment |
August 10, 2015 |
| Are Saddam-era soldiers secretly behind the rise of Islamic State? No. |
The Jerusalem Post |
August 9, 2015 |
| Interview: Airstrikes on Islamic State and their Effectiveness |
Al-Jazeera English |
August 8, 2015 |
| Perspectives on Terrorism Releases New Issue on ISIS |
Lawfare Blog |
August 6, 2015 |
| Analysis: Arabs see US-trained anti-Islamist force as only fit to 'play paintball' |
Jerusalem Post |
August 6, 2015 |
| Profile: 1920s Revolution Brigades |
Mapping Militant Organizations (Stanford University) |
August 2015 |
| Profile: Jaysh Rijal al-Tariqat al-Naqshbandia (JRTN) |
Mapping Militant Organizations (Stanford University) |
August 2015 |
| The Mystery of ISIS |
New York Review of Books |
August 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State and Removing Presence on Social Media |
Sky News |
July 25, 2015 |
| Turkey vows to fight Islamic State, calls it 'primary threat' |
McClatchy |
July 24, 2015 |
| Four things we can learn from a translation of Assad's new recruitment ad |
Al-Bawaba |
July 24, 2015 |
| Pentagon says top Al-Qaeda figure in Syria killed in US airstrike |
Al-Jazeera America |
July 21, 2015 |
| Hamas in the firing line? |
Al-Jazeera English |
July 19, 2015 |
| How the Dominoes Will Fall After ISIS Takes Damascus |
Fiscal Times |
July 13, 2015 |
| Islamic State recruits must complete application form: supporter |
The Australian |
July 11, 2015 |
| In IS-ruled Raqqa, new class divide creates tensions with local Syrians |
Middle East Eye |
July 10, 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State and Alleged 4th July Threats |
NBC News Philadelphia |
July 3, 2015 |
| Inside 'The Caliphate Army': ISIS's Special Forces Military Unit Of Foreign Fighters |
International Business Times |
July 3, 2015 |
| Explaining Syria |
Geographical |
July 2, 2015 |
| In Ramadi, the Islamic State settles in, fixing roads and restoring electricity |
Washington Post |
July 2, 2015 |
| Interview: On Child Recruits and Islamic State Training Camps |
Mishpacha |
July 1, 2015 |
| Only 100 'Moderate Rebels' Left in Syria |
Clarion Project |
July 1, 2015 |
| The Virtual 'Caliphate': Understanding Islamic State's Propaganda Strategy |
Quilliam Foundation |
July 2015 |
| A Year Ago Today, ISIS Announced Its Plan to Create an Islamic State |
Mother Jones |
June 29, 2015 |
| Amid distrust, life returns slowly to Tikrit after ISIL |
The National (UAE) |
June 28, 2015 |
| Druze residents in Israel denounce its Syria policy |
Al-Jazeera English |
June 28, 2015 |
| How is ISIL Expanding? |
Al-Jazeera English |
June 27, 2015 |
| What We Have Learned Since ISIS Declared a Caliphate One Year Ago |
TIME |
June 25, 2015 |
| Syria's Druze in the line of fire as war finally catches up with them |
The National (UAE) |
June 25, 2015 |
| Report: Syrian Islamists led by Nusra Front unite near Israel's border |
The Jerusalem Post |
June 23, 2015 |
| Trapped Between Assad, Israel, and al Qaeda |
Foreign Policy |
June 22, 2015 |
| How ISIS Is Spreading Terror Far Beyond Iraq and Syria |
Fiscal Times |
June 21, 2015 |
| Baghdadi: The enigmatic IS jihadist chief |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
June 21, 2015 |
| Kurds pushing south and west from Tel Abyad |
The Times |
June 19, 2015 |
| Entering and Leaving the Islamic State |
BBC Radio 5 Live |
June 19, 2015 |
| Captured fighter details Islamic State's Turkey connection |
Al-Monitor |
June 17, 2015 |
| The future of al-Qa'ida |
Al-Jazeera English |
June 17, 2015 |
| Interview: Administering Terror: Life Under ISIS Rule |
The Takeaway (New York Times et al.) |
June 17, 2015 |
| ISIS didn't ban pigeon breeding because of bird genitals |
iMediaEthics |
June 16, 2015 |
| On ISIS video executing a 'spy' in 'Tigris Province' |
Daily Mail |
June 16, 2015 |
| Pentagon: IS 'Cracking' from Kurdish Advance, US Air Power |
Voice of America |
June 16, 2015 |
| Isis: People trafficking, smuggling and punitive taxes boost Islamic State economy |
International Business Times |
June 16, 2015 |
| IS suffers 'biggest setback' as Kurds take Syria border town |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
June 16, 2015 |
| State Dept Memo: "Our Narrative is Being Trumped by ISIL's" |
Clarion Project |
June 16, 2015 |
| Offering Services, ISIS Ensconces Itself in Seized Territories |
New York Times |
June 16, 2015 |
| ISIL's evolving socio-political strategy |
Al-Jazeera English |
June 10, 2015 |
| Isis: Public health, fishing bans and sex slave guides make up rest of jihadi dossier |
International Business Times |
June 9, 2015 |
| Islamic State isn't just destroying ancient artifacts — it's selling them |
Washington Post |
June 8, 2015 |
| ISIL's year of terror |
The National (UAE) |
June 8, 2015 |
| Pro-Islamic State Group Claims Responsibility for Rocket Attacks on Israel |
Vice News |
June 4, 2015 |
| Islamic State Undeterred by Mounting Body Count |
Voice of America |
June 3, 2015 |
| Isil bans pigeon breeding to stop women being seen on roofs |
The Daily Telegraph |
June 3, 2015 |
| Islamic State 'Entrenching' in Syria, Iraq |
Voice of America |
June 2, 2015 |
| Islamic extremist killed as internal tensions hit Gaza |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
June 2, 2015 |
| '2,300 Humvees in Mosul alone': Iraq reveals number of US arms falling into ISIS hands |
Russia Today |
June 1, 2015 |
| Islamic State sets up 'ministry of antiquities' to reap the profits of pillaging |
The Daily Telegraph |
May 30, 2015 |
| Syria's Sunnis and the Regime's Resilience |
CTC Sentinel (West Point) |
May 28, 2015 |
| Honeymoon in caliphate's 'New York' points to Islamic State's welfare for fighters |
Associated Press |
May 26, 2015 |
| Islamic State's Gains Reveal New Prowess on Battlefield |
Wall Street Journal |
May 25, 2015 |
| Syrian official: Islamic State Militants in Palmyra's Museum |
Associated Press |
May 23, 2015 |
| Islamic State: How it is run |
BBC |
May 22, 2015 |
| The Taking of Ramadi: Behind ISIS's Bloody Assault |
The Fiscal Times |
May 21, 2015 |
| Life For Residents Of ISIS Caliphate Is So Expensive It Could Be Its Downfall |
International Business Times |
May 20, 2015 |
| The ISIS March Continues: From Ramadi on to Baghdad? |
Foreign Policy |
May 19, 2015 |
| Ramadi's fall casts doubt on al-Abadi's control of Iraq war |
The Financial Times |
May 19, 2015 |
| Despite US strikes, IS advances in Syria, Iraq |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
May 19, 2015 |
| Fall of Ramadi: why it matters |
Sydney Morning Herald |
May 19, 2015 |
| US Targeting ISIS Leaders Won't Stop ISIS Advances In Iraq, Syria |
International Business Times |
May 18, 2015 |
| War with Isis: The grim reality of life under the Islamist group in Iraq |
The Independent |
May 16, 2015 |
| Baghdadi message reaffirms IS leadership |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
May 15, 2015 |
| Islamic State Takes Ramadi Government Center; Government Troops Fleeing |
McClatchy |
May 15, 2015 |
| Don't fish with dynamite, don't argue over the pool table, 'cub scouts' and a school for English jihadi children |
Daily Mail |
May 15, 2015 |
| New Islamic State audio ends talk that leader Baghdadi is incapcitated |
McClatchy |
May 14, 2015 |
| Does New Tape Prove ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Is Alive? |
Daily Beast |
May 14, 2015 |
| Weekly Report |
Syrian Heritage Initiative |
May 12, 2015 |
| Training for Iraq's Sunni tribesmen to fight Islamic State off to slow start |
McClatchy |
May 12, 2015 |
| Desknote: The Growing Threat of ISIS in Yemen |
American Enterprise Institute: Critical Threats |
May 6, 2015 |
| What 'Draw Muhammad' shootings say about Islamic State reach |
Christian Science Monitor |
May 5, 2015 |
| ISIS Claims Link to Shooting at Texas Event Showing Muhammad Cartoons |
New York Times |
May 5, 2015 |
| As Tensions Rise, Pro-IS Group In Gaza Complains Hamas 'Worse Than Israel' |
Radio Free Europe |
May 5, 2015 |
| Rise Of The Islamic State And the Fading Away of the Rest of the Iraqi Insurgency Interview With Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi |
Musings on Iraq |
May 4, 2015 |
| Injured Baghdadi may never resume control of Isil |
The Daily Telegraph |
May 1, 2015 |
| The Cult of the Offensive: The Islamic State on Defense |
CTC Sentinel (West Point) |
April 30, 2015 |
| Why Nusra Front represents the middle ground for many Syrians |
Middle East Eye |
April 30, 2015 |
| Interview: Saudi arrests of Islamic State cells |
Al-Jazeera English |
April 28, 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State Administration |
WJR Radio Detroit |
April 23, 2015 |
| The Real Power Behind the Islamic State |
Think Progress |
April 22, 2015 |
| ISIS takes over government functions: Birth certificates, vaccinations, 'till death do us part... |
Catholic Online |
April 21, 2015 |
| Islamic State bans archaeology due to fears of idol worship |
The Washington Times |
April 21, 2015 |
| How ISIS Controls Life from Birth to Foosball |
CNN |
April 21, 2015 |
| Bloody battle for Iraq develops into a war on two fronts |
Daily Telegraph |
April 18, 2015 |
| Iraqi security forces report killing long-sought Saddam aide |
McClatchy |
April 17, 2015 |
| Elusive Top Aide to Saddam Hussein Believed Killed |
Wall Street Journal |
April 17, 2015 |
| Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam's deputy thought killed in Iraq |
Financial Times |
April 17, 2015 |
| 'Their reward is slaughter': ISIS beheads 'six Syrian soldiers' in front of young children |
The Daily Mail |
April 17, 2015 |
| Islamic State Fighters Launch Offensive in Iraq Province |
Wall Street Journal |
April 16, 2015 |
| Interview: Sinai Attacks by the Islamic State |
Al-Jazeera English |
April 13, 2015 |
| How a Marvel Comic Hero Became the Icon of the Fight Against ISIS |
TIME Magazine |
April 13, 2015 |
| Isis: Inside the struggling Islamic State economy in Iraq and Syria |
International Business Times |
April 11, 2015 |
| "To the Point"- Is ISIS in Retreat? |
KCRW (broadcast on NPR) |
April 9, 2015 |
| ISIS tweets reveal how the group rules its territories |
New Scientist |
April 8, 2015 |
| Indonesia and Austria counter ISIS on social media |
Sci Dev Net |
April 3, 2015 |
| Associated Forces: Why the Differences between ISIL and al-Qaeda Matter |
Just Security |
March 30, 2015 |
| Houthi Militants Launch Assault on Yemeni City of Taiz |
Wall Street Journal |
March 22, 2015 |
| Interview: On Islamic State Expansion in Yemen, Tunisia & Nigeria |
RTE Radio (Ireland) |
March 21, 2015 |
| Mosul: A Bridge Too Far? |
War on the Rocks |
March 18, 2015 |
| The Islamic State's African Long Con |
Foreign Policy |
March 16, 2015 |
| Interview: Islamic State 4 years into Syrian revolt |
Al-Jazeera English |
March 14, 2015 |
| Pro-government forces press further into Tikrit |
The Washington Post |
March 13, 2015 |
| Shiite 'Soldiers of God' Color Tikrit Battle |
Wall Street Journal |
March 12, 2015 |
| Does timing of latest ISIS video signal its growing fears of defections? |
Christian Science Monitor |
March 11, 2015 |
| The Real Target of ISIS's Child Soldier Execution Video |
The Daily Beast |
March 11, 2015 |
| The ISIS Penal Code |
Arutz Sheva |
March 10, 2015 |
| "To the Point"- Discussion on Tikrit Offensive |
KCRW (broadcast on NPR) |
March 10, 2015 |
| Boko Haram and IS tie-up is just propaganda - for now |
Agence France Presse (AFP) |
March 10, 2015 |
| Why the US is sitting out Iraq's most important offensive on ISIL |
Al-Jazeera America |
March 6, 2015 |
| Could Islamic State's 'looting economy' face defeat? |
CNBC |
March 5, 2015 |
| BBC World Service Interview: On Killing of Jabhat al-Nusra Commanders in Idlib |
BBC World Service |
March 5, 2015 |
| Fatwa allows ISIS to play foosball as long as the little men are beheaded |
Examiner.com |
March 5, 2015 |
| The US is sitting out Iraq's big battle in Tikrit — but Iran isn't |
PRI's The World |
March 4, 2015 |
| Who Are the Pro-Assad Militias? |
Carnegie Endowment |
March 2, 2015 |
| 32 Islamic State Fatwas |
Jihadica |
March 2, 2015 |
| Isis fatwa allows table football only with beheaded figures |
International Business Times |
March 2, 2015 |
| IS Militants Can Play Table Football -- As Long As Figures Are 'Beheaded' |
Radio Free Europe |
March 2, 2015 |
| Iraq launches offensive against Isis |
The Financial Times |
March 2, 2015 |
| Islamic State propaganda may be drawing Western coalition into 'holy war' |
The Japan Times |
March 2, 2015 |
| From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State |
Brookings Institution |
March 2015 |
| Interview: On 'Jihadi John' and the Islamic State |
BBC Radio Oxford |
February 27, 2015 |
| How ISIS Runs a City |
TIME Magazine |
February 26, 2015 |
| Submission to UN General Assembly Human Rights Council |
UN Human Rights Council |
February 25, 2015 |
| Islamic State experts worry U.S. is underestimating fight for Mosul |
McClatchy |
February 25, 2015 |
| Iran opens a new front against Israel |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
February 23, 2015 |
| The Murky Strategy Behind Recapturing Mosul |
The Atlantic |
February 22, 2015 |
| The Terrorist Parody Video Is Now a Problematic Meme |
VICE News |
February 21, 2015 |
| Video Presentation on the Rise of the Islamic State |
Mahfil Ali |
February 20, 2015 |
| Inside Story: Iraqi Showdown Against ISIL? |
Al-Jazeera English |
February 20, 2015 |
| Iraqi forces ill-prepared to retake Mosul in spring, say analysts |
The National |
February 20, 2015 |
| The Islamic State's Justification for Burning the Jordanian Pilot Alive |
The PCMD Gazette |
February 20, 2015 |
| Here's a List of Rules from The Islamic State – Oh, and They are Hiring |
The PCMD Gazette |
February 19, 2015 |
| Kobane Still Riddled With Unexploded ISIS Munitions |
Newsweek |
February 18, 2015 |
| New front in Islamic State war as Egypt retaliates in Libya for beheadings |
McClatchy |
February 16, 2015 |
| Syrian Rebels Fighting Assad Seek Israeli Help |
Voice of America |
February 14, 2015 |
| The Fight for Mosul: Learning From the Past |
Carnegie Endowment |
February 11, 2015 |
| Rivals on Women & Minorities: ISIS v Iran |
Woodrow Wilson Center |
February 10, 2015 |
| Inside the World of ISIS Propaganda Music |
Mother Jones |
February 9, 2015 |
| Quick demise of ISIS terrorist group unlikely, experts say |
TribLive |
February 7, 2015 |
| ISIS Bans Apple iPhones, iPads, iPods In The Caliphate Due To Fears They're Being Tracked |
International Business Times |
February 6, 2015 |
| ISIS is raising the stakes |
Associated Press (AP) |
February 6, 2015 |
| ISIS: Muhammad Is Okay With Us Burning People |
Daily Caller |
February 4, 2015 |
| Islamic State militants celebrated death of Jordanian pilot in early January |
I24 News |
February 4, 2015 |
| Jordan to Execute Jailed Terrorists after Pilot Burned Alive |
Israel National News |
February 3, 2015 |
| Why Partitions Don't Work |
Politico |
February 2, 2015 |
| Interview Panel: Islamic State Attacks in Sinai Peninsula |
Al-Jazeera English |
January 30, 2015 |
| BBC World Service Interview (Negotiations for Prisoner Exchange with the Islamic State) |
BBC World Service |
January 29, 2015 |
| Iraqi female jihadist an important symbol for IS |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
January 29, 2015 |
| Who Is Sajida Al-Rishawi? And Why Is She So Important To ISIS? |
Buzzfeed |
January 28, 2015 |
| Islamic State suffers 'devastating' blows but biggest fighting still ahead |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
January 28, 2015 |
| Gunmen Stage Deadly Attack on Libyan Hotel |
Wall Street Journal |
January 28, 2015 |
| Fiery Islamic State group cleric gives voice to radicals |
Associated Press (AP) |
January 28, 2015 |
| Islamic State sets 24-hour deadline for Iraqi bomber's release |
McClatchy |
January 27, 2015 |
| Kurds Liberate Kobani From ISIS After Three Month Battle |
Buzzfeed |
January 27, 2015 |
| Backed By U.S.-Led Coalition, Kurds Take Kobani From ISIS |
NPR |
January 26, 2015 |
| After Liberation Of Kobane, Kurdish Battle With ISIS Is Not Over |
International Business Times |
January 26, 2015 |
| The Long Haul: Rebooting U.S. Security Cooperation in Iraq |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
January 24, 2015 |
| IS uses kids in propaganda targeting next generation |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
January 17, 2015 |
| The Paris Mystery: Were the Shooters Part of a Global Terrorist Conspiracy? |
The Intercept |
January 12, 2015 |
| Video of Paris gunman raises questions of affiliations |
Associated Press (AP) |
January 11, 2015 |
| Paris Attack Rallies Islamic Extremists, May Boost Support |
Associated Press (AP) |
January 10, 2015 |
| Kurds increase oil production despite Islamic State threat |
Middle East Eye |
January 9, 2015 |
| France on manhunt to find 2 missing gunmen responsible for Charlie Hebdo shooting |
Washington Times |
January 7, 2015 |
| Islamic State and al Qaeda Supporters Cheer 'Charlie Hebdo' Attackers on Social Media |
VICE News |
January 7, 2015 |
| Interview: Charlie Hebdo Shootings in Paris |
RTE News |
January 7, 2015 |
| The Islamic State Produced the Most Influential Song of the Year |
New Republic |
December 30, 2014 |
| Rebel groups form new coalition in Syria's Aleppo province |
I24 News |
December 26, 2014 |
| What's Next For Islamic State? |
Radio Free Europe |
December 22, 2014 |
| A 24-Year-Old Executive Created An Alarming New Model For Online Jihadists |
Business Insider |
December 20, 2014 |
| Islamic State's Threat to the Kurds in Syria and Northern Iraq |
Jamestown |
December 19, 2014 |
| Who Is ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? |
Newsweek |
December 19, 2014 |
| Syria – "Technicals," Where do they come from? Texas? |
Stand up America |
December 18, 2014 |
| Indian Police 'Not Taking Seriously' IS Threats After 'Shami Witness' Arrest |
Radio Free Europe |
December 15, 2014 |
| No Cause for Optimism on ISIS |
National Review Online |
December 15, 2014 |
| Man behind Shami Witness twitter account arrested by Indian authorities |
Channel 4 (UK) |
December 14, 2014 |
| He aspired to be a strategist |
The Times of India |
December 14, 2014 |
| Unmasking of ShamiWitness Offers Glimpse Into the Bizarre World of Islamic State Twitter Fanboys |
VICE News |
December 13, 2014 |
| ShamiWitness claimed to be a Libyan based in UK, was an IS fanboy than credible source |
The News Minute (India) |
December 13, 2014 |
| @shamiwitness: The man the western media calls an IS 'expert' |
Hindustan Times |
December 12, 2014 |
| 'Shami Witness': Twitter's top Islamic State 'jihadi' outed as a fake |
Christian Science Monitor |
December 12, 2014 |
| UN Maps Reveal Destruction of Thousands of Cultural Sites Across Syria |
HyperAllergic |
December 11, 2014 |
| In Setback For U.S. Efforts, Consensus Grows That ISIS Launched Attack From Turkey |
Huffington Post |
December 4, 2014 |
| Ansar al Islam coordinating with the Al Nusrah Front, Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar in Aleppo |
Long War Journal |
December 3, 2014 |
| ISIS- Islamic Extremism? |
AhlulBayt TV |
December 2, 2014 |
| The Revolutionary Command Council: Rebel Unity in Syria? |
Carnegie Endowment |
December 1, 2014 |
| Water-borne disease plagues IS-held city in Iraq |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
December 1, 2014 |
| Islamic State seen as interloper by larger militant groups |
Los Angeles Times |
November 30, 2014 |
| Interview: Foreign Fighters in Syria |
Al-Jazeera English |
November 30, 2014 |
| The top 10 sites to follow if you want to understand events in Iraq |
Foreign Policy |
November 28, 2014 |
| 'War of flags' rages in divided Iraq |
Middle East Eye |
November 28, 2014 |
| 'War of flags' as Iraqi forces battle IS jihadists |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
November 28, 2014 |
| The Assyrian Fighters in North Iraq |
Assyrian International News Agency |
November 27, 2014 |
| Jihadists tout training camps for children in Iraq and Syria |
Long War Journal |
November 27, 2014 |
| Jabhat al-Nusra's Gains In Idlib Pave The Way For An Al Qaeda Islamic Emirate In Syria |
International Business Times |
November 27, 2014 |
| 'Islamic State' stakes its claim in a broken Libya |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
November 26, 2014 |
| Islamic State toughens tactics in Iraq's Anbar, targeting potential enemies |
McClatchy |
November 24, 2014 |
| The Caucasus Soldiers' Group takes shape in Syria |
Trend News Agency (Azerbaijan) |
November 24, 2014 |
| More Jihadist Training Camps Identified in Iraq and Syria |
Long War Journal |
November 23, 2014 |
| Brutal Beheading Video Could Signal A Change In ISIS Recruitment Strategy |
International Business Times |
November 21, 2014 |
| Fear forges unlikely alliances with IS extremists |
Sydney Morning Herald |
November 21, 2014 |
| Tracking the Islamic State on Twitter |
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed |
November 20, 2014 |
| Danish jihadist 'possibly' in Isis beheading video |
The Local (Denmark) |
November 18, 2014 |
| IS Calls Nusra 'Apostates': Rejects Call For Ceasefire |
Syria Direct |
November 18, 2014 |
| Over 40 Japanese nationals fight with ISIS in Diyala and Salahuddin |
Iraqi News |
November 17, 2014 |
| Video Horror Conceals Jihadists' Turning Fortunes |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
November 17, 2014 |
| France 24 Interview: On the Islamic State's Beheading of Peter Kassig |
France 24 |
November 16, 2014 |
| West-Backed Syria Rebels Shaken on Multiple Fronts |
Associated Press (AP) |
November 15, 2014 |
| US airstrikes could bring militants closer together, analysts and fighters warn |
Middle East Eye |
November 14, 2014 |
| ISIS And Al-Qaeda, Together At Last? |
The Daily Dish |
November 14, 2014 |
| Pledging Allegiance to ISIS: Real Oath or Empty Symbolism? |
Wall Street Journal |
November 14, 2014 |
| Islamic State releases Baghdadi audiotape to dispel death rumors |
I24 News |
November 14, 2014 |
| Islamic State leader issues new speech, ending talk he'd been killed |
McClatchy |
November 13, 2014 |
| FP's Situation Report: 11 November |
Foreign Policy |
November 11, 2014 |
| How The Islamic State Wages Its Propaganda War |
NPR |
November 11, 2014 |
| Who's who at Islamic State |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
November 11, 2014 |
| If ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Is Killed, Who Is Caliph Of The Islamic State Group? |
International Business Times |
November 10, 2014 |
| What would Baghdadi's demise mean for ISIL? |
Al-Jazeera (America) |
November 10, 2014 |
| Main Islamist group in Sinai pledges allegiance to ISIS |
The Jerusalem Post |
November 10, 2014 |
| Would 'Invisible Sheikh's' Death Spell The End For IS? |
Radio Free Europe |
November 10, 2014 |
| How Isis got its anthem |
The Guardian |
November 9, 2014 |
| Not All Kurds Are Fighting Against the Islamic State — Some Are Joining It |
VICE News |
November 7, 2014 |
| ISIS Youth Recruitment: Life In ISIS-Ruled Raqqa So Grim, Parents Are Giving Up Their Children |
International Business Times |
November 6, 2014 |
| Did Egypt's Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis Pledge Allegiance to the Islamic State? |
The Jerusalem Post |
November 5, 2014 |
| Ansar Beit al-Maqdis denies swearing allegiance to Islamic State |
Middle East Eye |
November 4, 2014 |
| Iraq Violence Worsens as Shiite Militias Take Revenge on Sunnis |
Clarion Project |
November 4, 2014 |
| Amid Terror Attacks, Iraq Faces Water Crisis |
National Geographic |
November 4, 2014 |
| Egyptian Militant Group Denies Reports It Pledged Allegiance To IS |
Radio Free Europe |
November 4, 2014 |
| ISIS is still not expanding into Egypt |
Institute for the Study of War |
November 4, 2014 |
| Egypt claims connection between Hamas, Sinai militants and IS |
I24 News |
November 4, 2014 |
| So Much For That: Obama Syria Strategy In Tatters As U.S.-Backed Rebels Lose To Al Qaeda |
Huffington Post |
November 3, 2014 |
| Islamic State slaughter 50 Sunni tribesmen, women and children in Iraq |
Sydney Morning Herald |
November 3, 2014 |
| U.S.-Armed 'Vetted Moderate' Syrian Rebel Groups Surrender, Defect to Al-Qaeda |
PJ Media |
November 2, 2014 |
| Syrian rebels armed and trained by US surrender to al-Qaeda |
The Daily Telegraph |
November 2, 2014 |
| How the Islamic State Was Won |
Harper's Magazine |
November 2014 |
| The Islamic State |
The Soufan Group |
November 2014 |
| Islamic State- The Changing Face of Modern Jihadism |
Quilliam Foundation |
November 2014 |
| Behind the lines: The Jihadi connection |
The Jerusalem Post |
October 31, 2014 |
| Shteti Islamik, bëhet i modës mes të rinjve turq |
Zemra Shqiptare (Albania) |
October 29, 2014 |
| U.S-Backed Syrian Rebels' Pleas For Help Likely To Go Unanswered |
Huffington Post |
October 29, 2014 |
| Al Qaeda Seems to Want to Be Best Friends with the Islamic State Again |
VICE News |
October 29, 2014 |
| What will the next 20 years of Jordan-Israel relations look like? |
The Jerusalem Post |
October 27, 2014 |
| Who Are the Soldiers of the Islamic State? |
Carnegie Endowment |
October 24, 2014 |
| Children in the Islamic State |
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting |
October 24, 2014 |
| Jihadist training camps proliferate in Iraq and Syria |
Long War Journal |
October 24, 2014 |
| Interview: On IS and its sources of funding |
Al-Jazeera English |
October 24, 2014 |
| The British 22-Year-Old Making His Name as an Online Jihadi Hunter |
VICE News |
October 23, 2014 |
| Singing for the Islamic State |
Najemoi |
October 16, 2014 |
| Testimony Before House of Commons Defence Committee: Hearing on the Islamic State and Iraq |
UK Parliament |
October 14, 2014 |
| "Extremists" and "Moderates" in Kobani |
Warscapes |
October 13, 2014 |
| Soldier defections do not pose strategic risk: analysts |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
October 13, 2014 |
| Al Qaeda-ISIS Merger A Terrifying, But Unlikely Possibility |
Huffington Post |
October 10, 2014 |
| If ISIS Had a 3-24: The importance of propaganda, intimidation and conquests |
Foreign Policy |
October 9, 2014 |
| Nasheeds, the soundtrack of jihad |
Euro News |
October 8, 2014 |
| Inside Story: On Turkey, Kurds and Kobani |
Al-Jazeera (America) |
October 7, 2014 |
| As They Battle ISIS For Kurdish Town, U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebels Question Support |
Huffington Post |
October 7, 2014 |
| Video: Saudi Faction Swears Allegiance To Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar Emir |
Chechens in Syria |
October 4, 2014 |
| Meet The Man Lobbying America To Divide Iraq |
Mint Press News |
October 3, 2014 |
| In New Front Against Islamic State, Dictionary Becomes a Weapon |
New York Times |
October 2, 2014 |
| The U.S. Challenge of Turning Syria's Ragtag Rebels into a Fighting Force |
TIME Magazine |
September 30, 2014 |
| Are Syrian groups turning against the US? |
Al-Jazeera English |
September 30, 2014 |
| The War Nerd: Let's put Islamic State's menacing advance into perspective by… looking at a map |
Pando Daily |
September 28, 2014 |
| Syria's Islamic Rebels Fear US Could Hit Them |
Associated Press (AP) |
September 25, 2014 |
| Raqqa, The 'Boring' Syrian City Turned Caliphate Capital, Now The Target Of US Bombs |
Huffington Post (UK) |
September 25, 2014 |
| From Al Qaeda to ISIS: Terrorists Tactics |
Frontline Club |
September 24, 2014 |
| What is the Khorasan group? |
Al-Jazeera (America) |
September 23, 2014 |
| U.S.: Strikes on Islamic State, Khorasan in Syria first step of a years-long campaign |
McClatchy |
September 23, 2014 |
| U.S. hit 8 bases tied to al Qaida affiliate in Syria, 14 belonging to Islamic State |
McClatchy |
September 23, 2014 |
| Islamic State spokesman calls for 'lone-wolf' attacks in West |
McClatchy |
September 22, 2014 |
| Clever PR glosses over vile message |
The Times |
September 19, 2014 |
| British hostage John Cantlie, seized by Islamic State with James Foley, appears in new video |
McClatchy |
September 19, 2014 |
| Syrian Kurds, Arabs flee toward Turkey border as Islamic State advances |
The Washington Post |
September 19, 2014 |
| Militant 'on drugs' in film |
The Times |
September 18, 2014 |
| 'Fighting Has Just Begun,' Says Video Issued by Islamic State-Linked Group |
Wall Street Journal |
September 17, 2014 |
| War Will Keep Them Together |
The Daily Dish |
September 17, 2014 |
| Islamic State video threatens to kill US troops sent to fight |
Christian Science Monitor |
September 17, 2014 |
| U.S. Mission to Destroy ISIS Doesn't Faze Extremists |
TIME Magazine |
September 16, 2014 |
| Lebanon likely to play defense role in ISIS fight |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
September 16, 2014 |
| The Strange Irony Hidden Among The Highest Ranks Of ISIS |
Huffington Post |
September 12, 2014 |
| IS: How did the group come about? |
Al-Jazeera English |
September 12, 2014 |
| Attacking Syria may entangle US in rebel rivalries |
Associated Press (AP) |
September 12, 2014 |
| Why Islamic State poses a mortal challenge to Al-Qaeda |
Al-Jazeera (America) |
September 10, 2014 |
| I'm not completely ruling out an ISIS Wag the Dog Hypothesis, but... |
Open Salon |
September 9, 2014 |
| Is This Cyclops Baby the Muslim Antichrist? Not So Much |
Vocativ |
September 9, 2014 |
| ISIS Recruiting Westerners: How The 'Islamic State' Goes After Non-Muslims And Recent Converts In The West |
International Business Times |
September 8, 2014 |
| An American Citizen Might Be Helping the Islamic State With Social Media |
VICE News |
September 6, 2014 |
| Ted Cruz says ISIS crucifying Christians in Iraq, nailing them to trees |
Austin-American Statesman |
September 5, 2014 |
| The Death of Moroccan Exceptionalism: A Brief History of Moroccan Salafi Jihadism and Current Jihadist Trends |
Jihadology |
September 5, 2014 |
| U.S. kills top Somali terrorist; Islamic State leaders next, Obama says |
McClatchy |
September 5, 2014 |
| On the ground with Kurdish forces |
Sydney Morning Herald |
September 5, 2014 |
| With South Asia Push, Al Qaeda Tries to Show It Is Still Strong |
Wall Street Journal |
September 4, 2014 |
| Second beheading: More pressure on the West? |
Al-Jazeera English |
September 3, 2014 |
| Interview on Beheading of Steven Sotloff |
BBC World TV |
September 2, 2014 |
| Interview on Steven Sotloff Beheading |
al-Jazeera English |
September 2, 2014 |
| Interview on Iraq |
ABC Radio (Australia) |
September 2, 2014 |
| Interview: Stand-Off in the Golan Heights |
RTE News |
August 31, 2014 |
| Syrians adjust to life under ISIS rule |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
August 30, 2014 |
| Interview: On UK's raising terror threat level |
ChannelNews Asia (Singapore) |
August 29, 2014 |
| Huffington Post Live: How ISIS Gets Young Westerners To Join The Fight |
Huffington Post |
August 28, 2014 |
| Jihadists in Syria not likely to open a new front against Israel – for now |
The Jerusalem Post |
August 28, 2014 |
| EXPERT VIEWS: Is Islamic State a flash in the pan? |
Thomson Reuters Foundation |
August 27, 2014 |
| ISIL's Political and Military Power in Iraq |
Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel (West Point) |
August 27, 2014 |
| Has ISIS eclipsed al-Qaeda? |
Al-Arabiya (English) |
August 26, 2014 |
| 'Vein matching' to identify Jihadi John |
Daily Mail |
August 25, 2014 |
| London hip-hop artist Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary key suspect in hunt for killer of American journalist James Foley |
news.com.au |
August 24, 2014 |
| Foley video with Briton was staged, experts say |
The Times |
August 24, 2014 |
| CNN Interview: On Islamic State and Social Media |
CNN |
August 22, 2014 |
| Sectarian killings in Iraq leave at least 70 dead at Sunni mosque |
McClatchy |
August 22, 2014 |
| Sahwa-like resistance against ISIS unlikely to erupt in Syria's east |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
August 22, 2014 |
| The Re-Baathification of Iraq |
Foreign Policy |
August 21, 2014 |
| Powerless to stop ISIS, West may have no choice but to join forces with Iran, Hezbollah |
The Jerusalem Post |
August 21, 2014 |
| Assad's war on IS: Why now? |
Middle East Eye |
August 21, 2014 |
| After Foley murder, an effort to stamp out jihadi Twitter accounts |
Christian Science Monitor |
August 20, 2014 |
| Sky News Interview: On Iraq |
Sky News |
August 18, 2014 |
| France 24 Interview: On the Islamic State in Ninawa Province |
France 24 |
August 16, 2014 |
| Iraq's Sunnis split on prime ministerial nominee |
Financial Times |
August 13, 2014 |
| Iran embraces Maliki replacement as succession tensions ease in Baghdad |
McClatchy |
August 12, 2014 |
| BBC Newsnight: On the Islamic State |
BBC |
August 11, 2014 |
| Pro-Regime Militias in Syria: SAA Unit or Ad-Hoc Apparatus? |
Al-Jazeera Center for Strategic Studies |
August 4, 2014 |
| Army faces tough job to rid town of rebels |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
August 3, 2014 |
| Inside ISIS: The Making of a Radical |
Narratively |
August 2014 |
| Isis consolidates |
London Review of Books |
August 2014 |
| Islamic State's brutal videos send message to friend and foe alike |
McClatchy |
July 31, 2014 |
| Behind the Lines: Under Gaza's Shadow, Islamic State Advances |
The Jerusalem Post |
July 31, 2014 |
| Assad Prays As Syria Suffers Record Death Toll |
Associated Press (AP) |
July 28, 2014 |
| US Arms Some Syrian Rebels—Too Little, Too Late? |
The American Interest |
July 28, 2014 |
| Jihadist groups using Facebook, Twitter to spread their message |
The Jerusalem Post |
July 16, 2014 |
| As ISIS Advances in Eastern Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra Faces Loss of Control |
Syria Deeply |
July 16, 2014 |
| How Afraid Would You Be If This Cop Car Pulled You Over? |
The Blaze |
July 15, 2014 |
| Is Qatar Becoming a Rogue Regime? |
Commentary |
July 10, 2014 |
| Jihadist 'caliph' demands obedience in first appearance |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
July 6, 2014 |
| Interview on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's appearance in Mosul |
Voice of Russia |
July 6, 2014 |
| Global Talk: Will the Caliphate Lead to Iraq's Partition? |
The National |
July 3, 2014 |
| A self-declared Iraqi 'caliph' wants to rule the world. Can he? |
Christian Science Monitor |
July 2, 2014 |
| Update On Iraq's Insurgency Interview With Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi |
Musings on Iraq |
July 1, 2014 |
| ISIS Governance in Syria |
Institute for the Study of War |
July 2014 |
| Profile: Islamic Army in Iraq |
Mapping Militant Organizations (Stanford University) |
July 2014 |
| How the ISIS Declaration of a Caliphate Will Impact Its Status on the Ground |
Syria Deeply |
June 30, 2014 |
| Caliphate revival conjures up an idealised past |
The Guardian |
June 30, 2014 |
| Alarm, ridicule for declaration of Islamic state |
Associated Press (AP) |
June 30, 2014 |
| ISIS Declares New Islamic Caliphate |
Associated Press (AP) |
June 29, 2014 |
| For Iraqis, A Ramadan Filled With Fear And Uncertainty |
NPR |
June 29, 2014 |
| ISIS declares establishment of caliphate, demands allegiance from all Muslims |
McClatchy |
June 29, 2014 |
| How Islamic Fundamentalists Will Rule Mosul |
New York Times |
June 27, 2014 |
| Syria Intervenes |
The Daily Dish |
June 27, 2014 |
| Israel Could Get Dragged Into ISIS's War, Obama Admin Warns |
The Daily Beast |
June 27, 2014 |
| WATCH Islamists shout 'Allahu Akbar' while severing thieves' hands for Shariah law |
Washington Times |
June 26, 2014 |
| A Troubling New Report Regarding Christians in an Iraqi City |
The Blaze |
June 25, 2014 |
| Iraqi air strikes kill 19 in battle to reclaim largest oil refinery from ISIS as it's revealed 1,000 people - mostly civilians - have died during jihadi uprising |
The Daily Mail |
June 24, 2014 |
| The UK Can't Block ISIS Fighters From Facebook And Twitter Because Most Don't Break The Rules |
Buzzfeed |
June 23, 2014 |
| Who is behind Isis's terrifying online propaganda operation? |
The Guardian |
June 23, 2014 |
| ISIS mocks Michelle Obama on Twitter, boasts of Iraq victory |
Russia Today |
June 21, 2014 |
| BBC News at Five: Interview on ISIS |
BBC News at Five |
June 20, 2014 |
| BBC Radio Five Live- Interview on ISIS and Social Media |
BBC Radio Five Live |
June 20, 2014 |
| Iraq: Mission not accomplished |
MacLean's (Canada) |
June 20, 2014 |
| Iraq crisis: A look at ISIL's propaganda machine |
Global News (Canada) |
June 19, 2014 |
| This One Word on a Syrian Mural Says All You Need to Know About ISIS Insurgents' Ultimate Goal |
The Blaze |
June 19, 2014 |
| Iraqis, Saudis call shots in Raqqa, ISIL's Syrian 'capital' |
Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
June 19, 2014 |
| 10 Twitter Accounts You Should Follow to Understand What's Happening in Iraq |
PolicyMic |
June 17, 2014 |
| Iraq crisis: ISIS battles for Baghdad - June 14 as it happened |
The Daily Telegraph |
June 14, 2014 |
| Welcome to the New Iraq War |
The National Interest |
June 13, 2014 |
| Turkey Ignored Direct Warnings of ISIS Attack on Mosul |
Al-Monitor |
June 13, 2014 |
| How Militants Use Social Media To Win Support |
Sky News |
June 13, 2014 |
| ISIS' Secret Allies |
The Daily Beast |
June 13, 2014 |
| BBC Newsnight Interview- on Iraq |
BBC Newsnight |
June 12, 2014 |
| For ISIS, Iraq's Spoils Could Tip Balance in Eastern Syria |
Syria Deeply |
June 12, 2014 |
| BBC Newsnight Interview- on Iraq |
BBC Newsnight |
June 11, 2014 |
| Extremists in Iraq Continue March Toward Baghdad |
TIME Magazine |
June 11, 2014 |
| Al-Qaida breakaway pursuing an Islamic state |
Associated Press (AP) |
June 11, 2014 |
| Mosul Falls As Insurgents Gain in Iraq |
The Washington Post |
June 11, 2014 |
| Al-Jazeera America Interview on Iraq |
Al-Jazeera (America) |
June 10, 2014 |
| Why The Terrorists Are Winning in Iraq—And How That Could Cost Them Everything |
The Daily Beast |
June 10, 2014 |
| Maliki seeks state of emergency after ISIS seizes 2nd-largest Iraqi city |
McClatchy |
June 10, 2014 |
| Alarm as Iraq's Second City, US Equipment, Seized by Islamists |
Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) |
June 10, 2014 |
| ISIS: The al-Qaeda-linked Islamists powerful enough to capture a key Iraqi city |
The Washington Post |
June 10, 2014 |
| Interview on ISIS and Canadian foreign fighters |
Sun TV (Canada) |
June 4, 2014 |
| After Guantanamo, Freed Detainees Returned to Violence in Syria Battlefields |
Wall Street Journal |
June 4, 2014 |
| Interview on ISIS and Canadian foreign fighters |
CBC Radio Calgary |
June 4, 2014 |
| Interview on ISIS' foreign fighters in Iraq |
Canada Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) |
June 4, 2014 |
| Syria's ISIS takes scores hostage in ongoing battle with Kurdish militia |
McClatchy |
June 2, 2014 |
| Car bomb in Raqqa underscores rebel rivalries as Obama suggests more aid for Syria |
McClatchy |
May 29, 2014 |
| The ISIL's Stand in the Ramadi-Falluja Corridor |
Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel (West Point) |
May 29, 2014 |
| Syria Direct: News Update 28/05/2014 |
Syria Direct |
May 28, 2014 |
| Radical Islamists take hammer to Syrian artifacts |
Times of Israel |
May 22, 2014 |
| State of Jihad: The Reality of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria |
War on the Rocks |
May 21, 2014 |
| Dynamic Stalemate: Surveying Syria's Military Landscape |
Brookings Institution |
May 19, 2014 |
| Syrian Islamists' call for a free state likely directed at West |
McClatchy |
May 19, 2014 |
| Has al-Qaida lost its mantle as the leading jihadi organization? |
The Jerusalem Post |
May 19, 2014 |
| Who Are the Syrian Rebels - And Are They a Threat to Israel? |
Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) |
May 18, 2014 |
| Syria Direct: News Update |
Syria Direct |
May 11, 2014 |
| With Crucifixions in Raqqa, a Sign of Increasingly Violent Tactics |
Syria Deeply |
May 6, 2014 |
| Welcome to Jihad City, Syria |
The Daily Beast |
May 6, 2014 |
| Interview on ISIS' use of crucifixion punishments in Raqqa |
CNN |
May 2, 2014 |
| These Are the Horrifying Images of Torture Extremists in Syria Are Now Tweeting |
PolicyMic |
May 1, 2014 |
| Who's Who in the Syrian Civil War |
Clarion Project |
May 2014 |
| Brothers Killing Brothers |
RAND Corporation |
May 2014 |
| Islamic Extremists Now Crucifying People in Syria—and Tweeting Out the Pictures |
The Daily Beast |
April 30, 2014 |
| ISIS insurgents have almost surrounded Baghdad |
VICE |
April 29, 2014 |
| Police hunt 'wanted people' in Jordan following protests |
Middle East Eye |
April 28, 2014 |
| Iraq's Rebellious West Is Wild Card In Upcoming Parliamentary Elections |
Radio Free Europe |
April 25, 2014 |
| BBC Radio 4 PM Programme (Interview on British Fighters in Syria) |
BBC Radio 4 |
April 24, 2014 |
| BBC World Service Newshour (Interview on British fighters in Syria) |
BBC World Service |
April 24, 2014 |
| Experts: U.S. must have OKd transfer of missiles seen in Syria rebel videos |
McClatchy |
April 22, 2014 |
| Analysts: Ransom helps militant group in Syria pay for 4-front war |
McClatchy |
April 21, 2014 |
| Syria's Foreign Fighters Are There To Stay |
VICE News |
April 18, 2014 |
| Why the U.S. government is 'trolling' jihadists on social media |
CNN |
April 18, 2014 |
| ISIS, al-Qaeda and the Impact on Insurgencies in Iraq and Syria |
Centre for Academic Shi'a Studies |
April 16, 2014 |
| Can We Trust the Western Media's Coverage of Syria? |
Harvard Kennedy School: Shorenstein Center |
April 16, 2014 |
| Good media, bad politics? New media and the Syrian civil war |
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |
April 15, 2014 |
| Al Qaida rebels strike Syrian town seeking access to Iraq, oil |
McClatchy |
April 10, 2014 |
| Jihadists are embarking on 'Final Solution' in Middle East |
Catholic Herald |
April 10, 2014 |
| Assad Confident As Rebels Continue Latakia Offensive |
Syria Deeply |
April 8, 2014 |
| Atheists are now the terrorists in Saudi Arabia. You couldn't make it up |
Left Foot Forward |
April 4, 2014 |
| How One Jihadi In Syria Became A Twitter Sensation |
Buzzfeed |
April 1, 2014 |
| Rebels Push into Latakia, in a Symbolic and Strategic Offensive |
Syria Deeply |
March 27, 2014 |
| Rebels Reassure Christians After Capturing Key Syrian Border Town |
TIME Magazine |
March 27, 2014 |
| Tempered hope in renewed Latakia offensive |
NOW Lebanon |
March 27, 2014 |
| Behind the Lines: Israel-Syria border escalation |
The Jerusalem Post |
March 21, 2014 |
| With Iraq on the Brink, a New Sunni Insurgency Emerges |
PJ Media |
March 21, 2014 |
| Al-Qaeda Building its Network in Lebanon: Washington Post |
Al-Manar (Hezbollah: Lebanon) |
March 20, 2014 |
| At Start of Newroz, Syrian Kurdish Forces in Stalemate Against Islamists |
Rudaw |
March 20, 2014 |
| Fears for Lebanon's stability as al-Qaeda builds networks |
The Washington Post |
March 19, 2014 |
| Syrian army, Hezbollah storm Yabroud |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
March 15, 2014 |
| In Syrian province, Islamist militant group flexing its muscle |
Los Angeles Times |
March 14, 2014 |
| Al Qaeda splinter group in Syria leaves two provinces: activists |
Reuters |
March 14, 2014 |
| ISIS suicide attacks target Syrian Kurdish capital |
Al-Monitor |
March 13, 2014 |
| Blurring the Borders of Conflict: ISIS between Syria and Iraq |
Moshe Dayan Center (Tel Aviv University) |
March 10, 2014 |
| Sigh of relief after ISIL retreat |
Al-Jazeera English |
March 9, 2014 |
| Syria's Christians |
The Loopcast |
March 5, 2014 |
| Al-Tamimi: ISIS Claiming Control in Yarmouk 'Publicity Stunt' |
Syria Direct |
March 5, 2014 |
| ISIS joins other rebels to thwart Syria regime push near Lebanon |
McClatchy |
March 4, 2014 |
| Islamist Group Leaves Northern Syria |
The Media Line |
March 3, 2014 |
| The End of Jihadi Rule? |
Vocativ |
March 3, 2014 |
| Iraq's Resurgent Insurgency, Interview With Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi |
Musings on Iraq |
March 3, 2014 |
| Some Foreign Fighters Are Fleeing Syria — But Where Do They Go Next? |
Buzzfeed |
February 28, 2014 |
| Al-Qaeda Rebels in Syria Tell Christians to Pay Up or Die |
TIME Magazine |
February 28, 2014 |
| Militant Islamist group in Syria orders Christians to pay tax for their protection |
The Daily Telegraph |
February 28, 2014 |
| Bin Laden's Death Not An End: A Guide To Al-Qaeda's Resurgence |
Al-Ahram (Cairo) |
February 27, 2014 |
| It's Not You, It's Me: Key Questions on the al-Qaeda-ISIS Breakup |
Georgetown Security Studies Review |
February 25, 2014 |
| Five top Gitmo parolees who returned to terror |
USA Today |
February 25, 2014 |
| ISIS and damage limitation in the battle for Syria |
The Frontline Club (London) |
February 19, 2014 |
| Is Al-Qaeda Aiding Bashar Al Assad? |
The Daily Beast |
February 18, 2014 |
| Eye on the Battle: In Deir Ezzor, Nusra Maintains Upper Hand over ISIS |
Syria Deeply |
February 17, 2014 |
| BBC World Have Your Say: Syria |
BBC World Service |
February 14, 2014 |
| Al-Tamimi: ISIS Strategy "To Gain One Stronghold At A Time" |
Syria Direct |
February 12, 2014 |
| Eye on the Battle: Air Attacks on Aleppo Escalate During Peace Talks |
Syria Deeply |
February 12, 2014 |
| BBC World Have Your Say: Syria (Radio Appearance) |
BBC World Service |
February 12, 2014 |
| Al-Tamimi: ISIS is in a 'Post al-Qaeda' Moment |
Syria Direct |
February 11, 2014 |
| Syrian Kurds courting Turkmens |
Al-Monitor |
February 6, 2014 |
| Al-Qaeda disavows any ties with radical Islamist ISIS group in Syria, Iraq |
The Washington Post |
February 3, 2014 |
| Key al-Qaida militant reportedly killed in Syria |
Associated Press (AP) |
January 27, 2014 |
| The Rise of Shami Witness |
Business Insider |
January 20, 2014 |
| Syrian Kurds aim to benefit from Islamist infighting |
Al-Monitor |
January 16, 2014 |
| Away from spotlight of Syria aid conference, a murkier fund drive |
Christian Science Monitor |
January 15, 2014 |
| Western diplomats said to seek Syrian help against al-Qaeda militants |
The Washington Post |
January 15, 2014 |
| Assad fails to break Syrian stalemate despite rebel infighting |
The Financial Times |
January 15, 2014 |
| Al Qaida's ISIS takes 2 Syrian cities, executes scores of rivals |
McClatchy |
January 13, 2014 |
| Syria Rebels Turn Against Most Radical Group Tied to Al Qaeda |
The New York Times |
January 12, 2014 |
| Syrian Rebel Conflict Raises The Fortunes Of One Al Qaeda-Linked Group |
Huffington Post |
January 10, 2014 |
| West may not be winner in battle of 'good al-Qa'ida' vs. 'bad al-Qa'ida' |
McClatchy |
January 10, 2014 |
| Executed Prisoners Discovered at Al Qaeda Base |
The New York Times |
January 8, 2014 |
| Rebel-on-Rebel Violence Spreading in Syria |
Voice of America |
January 8, 2014 |
| Stretched thin, Syrian extremists are pressured |
The Washington Post |
January 8, 2014 |
| Syria's rebels challenge fearsome extremist group |
The Financial Times |
January 7, 2014 |
| Released From Captivity, Prisoners Praised God and Cursed Al Qaeda |
The New York Times |
January 6, 2014 |
| Syria's Revolutionaries Are Fighting Back Against Foreign Jihadists |
VICE |
January 6, 2014 |
| Syrian opposition fractures |
The Jerusalem Post |
January 5, 2014 |
| Rebels battle al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters across northern Syria |
The Washington Post |
January 5, 2014 |
| Al-Qaida group says responsible for Beirut bombing |
Associated Press (AP) |
January 4, 2014 |
| Al-Qaeda group in Syria claims Beirut bombing |
Times of Israel |
January 4, 2014 |
| Syria rebel coalition demands al Qaida affiliate answer for doctor's death |
McClatchy |
January 3, 2014 |
| Foreign fighters answer calls to join Syrian conflict |
The Los Angeles Times |
January 2, 2014 |
| Amnesty International Documents Abuses at ISIS Detention Centers in Syria |
The Media Line |
December 19, 2013 |
| Syrian Rebels Deny Weapons Stores Seized by Islamist Groups |
Rudaw |
December 15, 2013 |
| Speaker sheds light on Syrian conflict |
The Exchange (Franklin Pierce University) |
December 12, 2013 |
| State of the Battle: ISIS Detonates Suicide Car Bombs in Qamishli |
Syria Deeply |
December 12, 2013 |
| New rebel merger off to modest start |
NOW Lebanon |
November 29, 2013 |
| Jihadi groups 'devour' Syria's revolutionary children |
The Christian Science Monitor |
November 21, 2013 |
| Officials deny funds from Kuwait flow to Syria |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
November 20, 2013 |
| Turkey reevaluating its approach towards radical Syrian groups |
The Atlantic Post |
November 13, 2013 |
| Iraq keeps eye on Kurd-jihadist battle in Syria |
AFP (Agence France-Presse) |
November 11, 2013 |
| Turkey and its neighbours: A reset? |
The Economist |
November 9, 2013 |
| Iraqi Kurdistan more vulnerable to Al-Qaeda attacks |
Al-Monitor |
November 7, 2013 |
| In Show of Supremacy, Syria al-Qaida Branch Torches Church |
Syria Deeply |
October 30, 2013 |
| Al-Qaeda's corridor through Syria |
The Hindu (Chennai, India) |
October 25, 2013 |
| Why Suicide Bombs Became ISIS's New Military Tactic |
Syria Deeply |
October 23, 2013 |
| Taken by storm |
NOW Lebanon |
October 21, 2013 |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda, urges jihadist forces fighting the Assad regime in Syria to unite in a common struggle to establish an Islamic Caliphate. |
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Information Center (Israel) |
October 16, 2013 |
| Syria is 'just the beginning' for al-Qaeda |
Al-Alam (Iran) |
October 16, 2013 |
| Jihadists flooding into northern Syria put Turkey on edge |
Fox News |
October 15, 2013 |
| Syrian Arab Village Welcomes Kurdish Fighters |
Al-Monitor |
October 13, 2013 |
| Rival al-Qaeda-linked groups fortifying in Syria with mix of pragmatism and militancy |
The Washington Post |
October 13, 2013 |
| You Can Still See Their Blood |
Human Rights Watch |
October 11, 2013 |
| More Syria rebel groups leave U.S.-backed command amid worry 'moderates' will be shut out |
McClatchy |
October 11, 2013 |
| AQI's "Soldiers' Harvest" Campaign |
Institute for the Study of War |
October 9, 2013 |
| The Islamic State of Disobedience: al-Baghdadi Triumphant |
Jihadica |
October 5, 2013 |
| Erbil's Attack Has Al Qaida Fingerprints |
ORSAM (Turkish think-tank) |
October 4, 2013 |
| Al-Qaeda and the Attack in Erbil |
Rudaw |
October 2, 2013 |
| Al Qaida fighters resume attack on U.S.-backed rebels in northern Syria |
McClatchy |
October 2, 2013 |
| Scepticism greets toothless resolution on Syria's weapons |
Gulf Times |
September 29, 2013 |
| The Fragmented Forces Behind Assad |
The Jerusalem Post |
September 27, 2013 |
| A fresh fissure |
NOW Lebanon |
September 23, 2013 |
| Cease-fire called in Syria between Islamic group, U.S.-backed rebels |
McClatchy |
September 21, 2013 |
| Syrian rebels' 'big tent' strategy collapsing |
Al-Jazeera (America) |
September 20, 2013 |
| FSA squares off against al-Qaeda |
NOW Lebanon |
September 20, 2013 |
| Happy Ending: Jihadist Freed from Gitmo Killed Trying to Ethnically Cleanse Syria |
Frontpage Mag |
September 19, 2013 |
| Islamists' rise in Syria undercuts Kerry's claim they play minor role |
McClatchy |
September 19, 2013 |
| Syrian Civil War Fighters Include Ex-Guantanamo Detainees, Video Shows |
Reason.com |
September 18, 2013 |
| The Al-Nusra Front |
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Information Center (Israel) |
September 17, 2013 |
| Al-Qaeda leader calls for attacks to 'bleed' US economically |
Al-Jazeera (America) |
September 14, 2013 |
| Syria rebels face another foe: al-Qaeda linked militants |
Los Angeles Times |
September 12, 2013 |
| How Assad Wooed the American Right, and Won the Syria Propaganda War |
Foreign Policy |
September 10, 2013 |
| Making Sense of the Syrian Rebels' Order of Battle |
Foreign Policy |
September 6, 2013 |
| Meanwhile, Al Qaeda Distributes Back-To-School Materials In Syria |
Business Insider |
September 4, 2013 |
| US-led Syria strikes loom: 'murky' claims to war |
NDTV (New Delhi Television, India) |
August 29, 2013 |
| Lebanon Unlikely to Become Another Iraq |
The Daily Star (Lebanon) |
August 27, 2013 |
| The Middle East made simple...or maybe not |
Financial Times |
August 26, 2013 |
| Syrian refugees flood Iraqi border |
The Globe and Mail (Canada) |
August 19, 2013 |
| Presence of al Qaida-linked groups in northern Syria complicates rebellion |
McClatchy |
August 19, 2013 |
| Al-Qaeda faction in Syria hands out Teletubbies and Spiderman dolls |
The Washington Post |
August 13, 2013 |
| Barzani Calls Assyrian Massacre Victims 'Kurds' |
Assyrian International News Agency |
August 12, 2013 |
| Turkey's Syrian Kurdish Gamble: A Double Edged Sword |
Al-Monitor |
August 11, 2013 |
| Kurdish Civilians Fear Reprisals in Northern Syria |
Al-Monitor |
August 6, 2013 |
| Al-Qaeda Shows Its True Colors in Syria |
Institute for the Study of War |
August 1, 2013 |
| Iraq Attacks 'Disturbing,' Britain Says |
United Press International (UPI) |
July 24, 2013 |
| Iraq jailbreak highlights al-Qaeda affiliate's ascendancy |
The Washington Post |
July 22, 2013 |
| Analysis: War Within Wars in Syria |
The Jerusalem Post |
July 18, 2013 |
| Syrian Kurds Clash with Islamists, Prepare for Autonomy |
Israel National News |
July 17, 2013 |
| Clashes Re-Erupt in Syria Between Al-Qaeda, Kurds |
Al-Monitor |
July 16, 2013 |
| We have no beef with Israel, Syrian rebel group says |
The Times of Israel |
July 1, 2013 |
| American who allegedly fought with al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria indicted |
Fox News |
June 20, 2013 |
| Watching Syria's War: Suicide Bomb Shakes Aleppo |
New York Times |
June 20, 2013 |
| Interview: Russian Arms to Syria |
Arise News- TV |
May 28, 2013 |
| Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Mosul, Wounds Advisor on Christian Affairs |
Assyrian International News Agency |
May 10, 2013 |
| The Aftermath of Hawija |
BBC World Service |
April 29, 2013 |
| Protests in Iraq Post-Hawija |
Radio France Internationale |
April 27, 2013 |
| Iraq's Christian Leaders Warn of Dire Consequences |
Assyrian International News Agency |
April 9, 2013 |
| Syrian Soldiers Killed During Ambush in Iraq |
The Jewish Policy Center |
March 7, 2013 |
| How do we help the Syrian people? |
Vonvo.com |
February 25, 2013 |
| BBC World Have Your Say- Does Intervention Work? |
BBC |
February 25, 2013 |
| Intervention in Syria |
Vonvo.com |
February 23, 2013 |
| Are Palestinians More Divided Than Ever? |
BBC World Service: Have Your Say |
November 22, 2012 |
| Christians' fears about Syrian opposition will be hard to reconcile |
The Guardian |
November 13, 2012 |
| Syria crisis: Aleppo battle looms |
The Guardian |
July 26, 2012 |
| In Iraq la sfida della riscostruzione non è stata ancora vinta |
L'Occidentale |
July 7, 2012 |
| What's Happening in Iraq After the U.S. Withdrawal? |
PJ Media |
June 22, 2012 |
| Annan: Not too late for diplomatic solution in Syria |
The Jerusalem Post |
April 12, 2012 |
| Why are Political Cartoons Incendiary? |
The New York Times |
November 18, 2011 |
| Democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan |
The Propagandist |
July 5, 2011 |
