Jihadism

March 8, 2025 | Mariam Wahba |

Double Dhimmi: The Plight of Christian Women in the Middle East.

The systemic persecution of Christian women in the Middle East underscores a harrowing reality that their suffering is not just the collateral damage in a war of ideologies but a targeted assault on the very essence of pluralism. It's time the West acknowledged the plight of the Dhimmi in its own battle for freedom and dignity.

February 25, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Netanyahu calls for the demilitarization of southern Syria

On February 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for southern Syria to remain demilitarized in the wake of the collapse of the Bashar al Assad regime. “We will not allow forces from the...

December 30, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: December 30, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Troops Eliminate “Many Dozens” of Terrorists in Overnight Ambush in Jabalya Area | IDF, Operating in Northern Gaza, Eliminates 14 Terrorists, Including Six October 7 Participants...

December 27, 2024 | Charlie Werb |

Turkey and JNIM: Jihadist messaging signals possible conflict between two ascending forces in the central Sahel

After years of Turkey progressively asserting its position in the central Sahel, recent months have seen Jamaat Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims, JNIM), Al Qaeda’s...

December 18, 2024 | Caleb Weiss |

Jihadi history: Kenyan detainee transferred out of Guantanamo shows the extent of Al Qaeda’s jihad in East Africa

The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced yesterday that longtime Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu was transferred to his native Kenya. The Ugandan-born Kenyan national...

December 16, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Understanding Syria’s pleasantly surprising new ruler Sharaa

He told journalists the region’s problem is the Iran regime while he chooses diplomacy to settle disputes with Israel

December 8, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Assad Is Gone: What Happens to Syria Now?

On 9/11, Sunni Islamism attacked the U.S. and suffered a crushing American response that allowed Iranian Shia Islamism to rise and dominate parts of the Middle East. On 10/7, Shia Islamism – with the...

December 3, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer, David Adesnik, Bill Roggio, Joe Dougherty

What’s next for Syria? Assad, Jihadist terrorist groups, and chemical weapons

July 13, 2024 | Caleb Weiss |

Jihadis mount prison mutinies across Africa

Over the last few days, jihadis have mounted two attacks inside prisons in Somalia and Niger. While the mutiny inside the Nigerien prison was successful, the Somali prison assault appears to have been...

July 8, 2024 | |

Turkey Open to Hosting Syrian Leader for Normalization Talks

Turkey is open to repairing ties with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad more than a decade after severing diplomatic relations with Damascus at the outbreak of the Syrian civil war...

December 18, 2023 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Biden Should Get Tough on Tehran to Better Stand with Israel Against Hamas

he Biden administration’s Middle East policy exhibits a troublesome contradiction impeding both its credibility and effectiveness. Despite its continuing support for Israel,...

November 16, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s ‘Aid’ Organization Is a Front for Supporting Terrorism

Turkey’s premier aid organization, the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms (IHH), with strong links to the government, actively supports terrorist causes and should be designated as a Foreign (FTO)...

August 4, 2023 | Bill Roggio, Caleb Weiss

Islamic State confirms death of yet another leader, appoints new ‘caliph’

The Islamic State confirmed that its previous leader and self-styled “caliph”, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi, was killed earlier this year In doing so, it also disputes claims he was killed...

November 22, 2022 | Joe Truzman, Caleb Weiss

Jihadis issue vague threats against World Cup

In online statements, both al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and al Qaeda’s general command issued vague threats against the FIFA World Cup and its host Qatar. Islamic State supporters have additionally...

September 17, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Treasury Sanctions Jihadist Financiers in Turkey for the Seventh Time Since 2019

The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated five Turkey-based individuals on Thursday for providing a range of financial and travel facilitation services to al-Qaeda. The new designations — the seventh...

May 20, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Treasury Sanctions Jihadist Financiers in Turkey – For the Fifth Time in Two Years

The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated a Turkey-based company and three Turkey-linked individuals on Monday for facilitating the Islamic State’s (IS’) financial networks and transactions. The...

October 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman |

Washington Should Avoid a Self-Inflicted Wound in the Sinai

Withdrawing from the Multinational Force and Observers might be penny-wise, but would certainly be pound-foolish.

June 14, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

U.S. reportedly targets 2 senior al Qaeda figures in airstrike in Syria

Two al Qaeda leaders were reportedly killed in a drone strike in Syria’s Idlib province earlier today, according to jihadists on social media. Pictures of the car carrying them were posted on Telegram...

April 27, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

UN finds ‘disturbing increase in violence’ following U.S.-Taliban deal

There was a “disturbing increase in violence” in Afghanistan following the signing of a withdrawal agreement between the U.S. and Taliban on Feb. 29, according to a new report by the United Nations...

January 20, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Al-Qaeda’s senior leadership praises jihadists in Mali and Somalia

Al-Qaeda’s senior management, or general command, has released a two-page statement praising the jihadists in Mali and Somalia. Al-Qaeda has strong branches in both East and West Africa, and the international...