Abu Ghraib

June 24, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Islamic State’s Varying Fortunes in North Africa

The jihadist group that calls itself the Islamic State has increasingly set its sights on expanding into North Africa. The eighth issue of the group’s English-language magazineDabiq...

October 9, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Islamic State’s Anbar Offensive and Abu Umar al-Shishani

The recent gains in Iraq’s Anbar province by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have, justifiably, garnered a great deal of media attention. McClatchy ...

August 15, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,it is a...

February 10, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence

Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...

February 3, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence

Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...

December 29, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Al Qaeda’s Big Year

Any way you measure it, 2013 was a good year for al Qaeda. It wasn’t supposed to be. Shortly after the United States killed the group’s charismatic leader, Osama bin Laden, a couple o...

October 3, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Syrian Refugees Face an Increasingly Horrific Situation in Turkey

KILIS, Turkey and JARABULUS, Syria —  Malek, a 46-year-old Syrian farmer who lives outside the Kilis refugee camp in a litter-infested lot, asked me, “Will our suffering last lon...

September 30, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Al-Qaeda’s Offensive Against Iraq’s Sahwa

Co-authored by Bridget Moreng Though it was largely considered a spent force at the time the U.S. withdrew from Iraq, al-Qaeda in Iraq’s (AQI) rebound is by now unden...

June 13, 2011 | Clifford D. May

Not the News

The elite media's coverage of Iraq is a fiasco

February 24, 2011 |

More on the Saudi Jihadist Arrested in Texas

 Dan, the Justice Department has put out a press release describing what is in the arrest complaint on which Khalid Ali-M. Aldawsari (a legal immigrant here on a student visa) is being detai...

August 29, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Pakistani forces thwart triple suicide bombing attack

Pakistani paramilitary forces from the Frontier Corps repelled a deadly Taliban suicide attack on a military camp near the Kohat Tunnel. Three suicide vehicles were used in the attack, G...

February 20, 2007 | Michael I. Krauss The American Thinker

See Cynthia and Mohamad Play Tag Team

Last August, after the Lebanese/Hezbollah war on Israel ended, we observed the irony that one country sending troops to the new, purportedly more effective, United Nations Interim Force in Lebano...

September 28, 2005 | Clifford D. May

They Shoot Schoolteachers, Don’t They?

To The Washington Post they were simply “gunmen.” The New York Times non-judgmentally called them “armed men.”  The elite media fastidiously avoid such harsh...

May 17, 2004 | Knight Ridder Syndication

The Damage is Done, Now Here’s How to Fix It

Authored by Andrew Apostolou The News that American soldiers abused Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison is being treated as a knockout blow for the U.S. war in Iraq. Commen...

May 6, 2004 | The Wall Street Journal

Double Standards on Abu Ghraib

The media coverage of the violations of American law against Iraqi prisoners is in grave danger of setting a dangerous double standard for America and the Arab world. The administration must be v...