Violence and Security

Executions on the Rise in Iran

February 10, 2021

The Iran Human Right Monitor reports that Iran’s courts have increased death sentences that disproportionately target ethnic minorities, political dissidents, and non-violent criminals in an attempt to use executions as a tool for intimidation and silencing of any opposition or “corruption” of the regime’s Islamist power structure.
Iran-Hezbollah Collaborate on Cyber Programs for Islamist Asymmetrical Warfare

February 10, 2021

According to a new report by Israeli experts at the ClearSky Cyber Security firm, Iran and Hezbollah have developed a multi-faced collaboration on cyber financing, technology, and capabilities, using disruption and other malign operations to wage asymmetrical warfare that support Islamist ideological and geopolitical priorities
US Treasury-Defense Update Reveals Key Facilitators of Global Islamist Terrorism

February 08, 2021

The US Treasury Department's recent update to the US Department of Defense on international terrorist financing and operations identifies Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey as key facilitators of global Islamist financing, extremism, and violence.
HRW: UAE's Human Rights Violations Continue Despite Regime Rebrand

February 08, 2021

In a detailed report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW), the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) diplomatic rebrand as a liberalizing, tolerant Islamic theocracy stands in sharp contrast to the widespread repression of human rights that targets free speech and labor rights activists across the Wahhabi Islamic kingdom.
Al Shabaab Expands Islamist Extremist Control in Kenya

February 03, 2021

Kenyan state officials are warning about the expanding territorial control of al Shabaab, the al Qaeda affiliate, over large portions of the country's northeast, highlighting the deteriorating security environment in East Africa.
Turkey Asked Mob Boss to Murder U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson

February 03, 2021

Turkey is seeking the extradition of a Turkish mob boss who was arrested last year in Argentina following his statements that officials in the Islamist government recruited him to plan the murder of U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, who was imprisoned for supporting a 2016 coup attempt.
UNHCR Condemns Iran Prisoner Executions

February 03, 2021

The Middle East Monitor reports that the official condemnation by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) of Iran's execution of 28 prisoners over the past month highlights the systemic violations of citizen's civil and political rights by the Middle Eastern regime.
France 24: Al-Shabaab Continues Jihad in Somalia’s Capital

February 02, 2021

Somalia’s homegrown jihadist group, al-Shabaab, continued its war to create a sharia state, with a truck bomb and militant assault on the capital city of Mogadishu, targeting a major hotel frequented by state and international officials, generating civilian casualties.
IS Targets Women in Turkish-Occupied Syria

February 02, 2021

Resurgent IS militants operating in the Turkish occupied zone in northern Syria are targeting Arab and Kurdish women for assassination, signaling the Islamist extremist group’s resilience, as well as cooperation with Turkey.
Turkey Threatens France with Mobilization of Islamist Groups Across EU

February 02, 2021

Turkey’s President Erdogan has threatened France’s President Emmanuel Macron that Turkey will mobilize nationalist-Islamist groups in France and across Europe, in response to critiques of Ankara’s foreign policy adventurism and support for radical Islamism, stating that “no European in any part of the world can walk safely in the streets".