“Terrorism in Africa: The Imminent Threat to the United States”
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Tripoli
Turkey’s Secret Proxy War in Libya?
Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni accused...
Op-eds
Is Libya the Next Stronghold of the Islamic State?
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Exactly four years after the protests that kicked off the Libyan revolution, the country has again...
Op-eds
New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden’s Secret Ties With Iran
This week, prosecutors in New York introduced eight documents recovered in Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan as evidence in the trial of a terrorism suspect. The U.S. government accuse...
Op-eds
New Report by FDD Scholar Outlines Civil War in Libya
WASHINGTON- A new report authored by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, outlines how Libya’s civil war between the Dignity and Dawn campaig...
Press Releases
Doha’s Dangerous Dalliance
Co-authored by Luke Lischin Qatari support for Islamist non-state actors has been an escalating source of tension for the monarchy in some of its vital relationships. Qatar&rsqu...
Op-eds
Former U.S. Marine Killed by Islamic State’s Tripoli ‘Province’
Two gunmen entered the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli Tuesday morning. When their shooting rampage was over, ...
Op-eds
Ansar al Sharia Libya Showcases Spoils of War, Key Personalities in Video
Ansar al Sharia, an al Qaeda-linked group in Libya, has released a six-minute-long video showing its spoils won during a recent battle against forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar. The group cl...
Op-eds
Analysis: Osama bin Laden’s Documents Pertaining to Abu Anas al Libi Should be Released
A senior al Qaeda operative known as Abu Anas al Libi has died in the US as he was awaiting trial. Al Libi was ca...
Op-eds
The Benghazi Report
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes After a long day on November 13, 2013, Speaker of the House John Boehner walked down the marble hallways of the Longworth House Office Building t...
Op-eds
Beheshti Never Came to Tripoli
This Sunday marks the 36th anniversary of the disappearance of Lebanese-Iranian cleric Musa as-Sadr during a visit to Libya in 1978. While it has long been unders...
Op-eds
Libya’s Islamist Counteroffensive
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Through much of June and the first half of July, fighting between the forces of rogue General Khalifa Hifter and Benghazi’s Islamist militias...
Op-eds
Ansar al Sharia Ally A Key Figure in Benghazi Security Failures
A key figure in the security failures surrounding the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya is fighting alongside members of Ansar al Sharia, which is one of the terrori...
Op-eds
Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya
Download the full written testimony here (PDF). Ch...
Congressional Testimonies
Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa
Watch the hearing here. Chairman Kaine, Ranking Member Risch...
Congressional Testimonies
Anas Al-Liby’s Pakistan Qaeda Connection
The recent counterterrorism raids in Libya and Somalia highlight a fundamental flaw in the U.S. Government’s analysis of al Qaeda. A common misconception is that there is a distinct, fixed...
Op-eds
Ansar al Sharia Mans Security in Benghazi
More than ten months after the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, Ansar al Sharia is even more entrenched in Libyan society. Members of Ansar al Sharia in Benghazi were repo...
Op-eds
Salafi Jihadism in the North African Regional Context
Chairmen Poe and Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Members Sherman and Deutch, distinguished members of the subcommittees, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the threat of jihadist terroris...
Congressional Testimonies
Blame for Benghazi Goes Deeper Than a Conspiracy
Many conservatives suspect that the U.S. State Dep...
Op-eds
Iran’s Time Bomb
When US Vice-President Joe Biden finally got to comment on Iran in his recent speech at the policy conference of the American Israel ...