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How the Islamic State’s Propaganda Feeds Into Its Global Expansion Efforts
Co-written by Bridget Moreng and Nathaniel Barr Even before the dramatic blitzkrieg...
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Despite Coalition Military Gains, No End in Sight in Anti-IS Campaign
The Kurdish Peshmerga commander sat on a couch at his headquarters in Sulaymaniyah. On a nearby table there was a bowl of dried fruit and nuts. Two large sniper rifles lay on the floor by his des...
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Who killed more terrorists, Obama or Bush? It depends
Some critics of President Barack Obama take issue with what they see as a cold-hearted attitude toward the threat of terrorism. Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace brought up this criticism in an...
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In Race to Capture Syria’s Raqqa, Assad May Have Edge
Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria has shrunk by nearly a quarter in the past few months, but Kurds, Syrian rebels and forces loyal to embattled President Bashar al-Assad have all grabbe...
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Operation Hemorrhage: The Terror Plans to Wreck the West’s Economy
Every European who flies frequently knows the airport in Zaventem, has spent time in the ticketing area that was strewn with blood, limbs, broken glass, battered luggage and other wreckage. ...
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FDD senior fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross says this may be the first time the same jihadi terrorist cell has been able to carry out two attacks. ...
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Osama bin Laden’s ‘Bookshelf’ Reveals al Qaeda’s Long Game
When 113 new documents recovered in 2011 during the fatal raid on...
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Remember the war in Yemen? The U.S. Air Force is there
Since beginning an air war against in Houthi rebels in Yemen last year, the Saudis and their allies have relied on U.S. tankers to refuel their aircraft in flight. And these missions con...
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Neither Remaining Nor Expanding: The Islamic State’s Global Expansion Struggles
Co-written with Nathaniel Barr Judging from the Islamic State’s propaganda, it would appear the group is rapidly overtaking the Muslim world. The Islamic State has declare...
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The CIA’s Syria Program and the Perils of Proxies
Almost every aspect of the Obama administration’s policy toward Syria has been scrutinized, lambasted or praised in recent months, but one of the most significant facets, the CIA’s co...
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How ISIS Makes Money: Oil Sales
The Islamic State, popularly known as ISIS, is in many ways an innovative economic actor. But its method of bringing oil to market has been anything but cutting-edge. ISIS took advantage of a bla...
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The Islamic State vs. Al-Qaeda: The War Within the Jihadist Movement
Co-authored with Nathaniel Barr and Bridget Moreng The post-Arab Spring period has seen extraordinary growth in the global jihadist movement. In addition to the ...
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Fixing How We Fight the Islamic State’s Narrative
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Over the past couple of years, counter-messaging has been driven to the forefront of countering violent extremism (CVE) efforts undertaken by...
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Paris Terror Attacks Indicate That Age of Urban Warfare May Just Be Beginning
The atrocities in Paris are not just terrorism: They represent yet another example of an urban warfare attack designed to kill, terrorize and shut down a major city for an extended period of time...
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The Social Science of Online Radicalization
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr As Charlie Winter noted&nbs...
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Druze Clues
Co-written by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi The market for extremism has been so disrupted by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (also known as ISIS) and its penchant for extraordinary...
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U.S. Admits: We Can’t Protect Syrian Allies From Russia’s Bombs
United States officials conceded Thursday that there is little the they could do in Syria to protect CIA-vetted rebels, the very people the American government trained and armed, who are now comi...
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Extreme Makeover, Jihadist Edition: Al-Qaeda’s Rebranding Campaign
Since the Islamic State made its dramatic military advance from Syria into Iraq more than a year ago — capturing...
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Oh, Great. Now ISIS Says It Can Shoot Down Aircraft
The self-proclaimed Islamic State released photos showing its fighters using surface to air missiles in Egypt’s restive Sinai, the terror group’s latest effort to strike at the...