Violence and Security

US Official Warns of IS Resilience

August 07, 2019

The most recent quarterly report of the Lead Inspector General of the US Defense and State Departments on drawing down the anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition in Iraq and Syria warns of Islamist resilience and recommends improved training of local forces and a focus on humanitarian needs in refugee camps.
UK Counter-Terrorism Chief Seeks Social-Inclusion Measures

August 07, 2019

The head of Britain's counter-terrorism operations is calling for the incorporation of diverse social-inclusion measures that can address the core structural and educational factors that sustain Islamist extremism and that are contributing to the growth of right-wing nationalist extremism in the UK.
Taliban Continue Afghan Jihad During Peace Negotiations

August 07, 2019

Taliban forces continue their jihadist campaign inside Afghanistan, most recently with a high-casualty attack against a police station in Kabul, while the Islamist group engages in negotiations with the US over the anticipated draw-down of American troops in the war-torn country.
UNSC Warns of Forthcoming Spike in Islamist Terror Attacks

August 05, 2019

A new UN Security Council (UNSC) report by expert monitors of Islamist-extremist groups warns of the imminent threat of renewed terror attacks against Western targets before the end of the year 2019.
Refugee Camps in Syria Present Opportunities to IS

August 05, 2019

The humanitarian crisis conditions in the many refugee camps across Syria in the aftermath of the country's devastating civil war represent a radicalization opportunity for Islamic State (IS) fighters, who use such camps as an ideological training ground for the caliphate ideology.
Death of Hamza bin Laden May Signal Power Shift to IS

August 02, 2019

The announcement by US officials of the death of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden's favorite son and apparent heir to the leadership of the Islamist terror organization may tell a deeper story about a power shift from al-Qaeda to Islamic State (IS) in the global Islamist ecosystem.
IS Brainwashes Children in Afghanistan

August 02, 2019

Recent photos posted by Islamic State (IS) fighters active in Afghanistan show children cheering as they watch the beheading of a Taliban fighter, underscoring IS's use of shock techniques to accustom children to violence and Islamist radicalization.
Philippines Authorities Arrest Bin Laden Associate

August 02, 2019

The arrest of a close associate of Osama bin Laden's family in the Philippines has trained a spotlight on the expanding, active presence of radical Islamist organizations using the Philippines as a hub for jihadist operations.
US-Taliban Negotiations Won't End Afghan Islamism

August 01, 2019

While the US-Taliban negotiations are moving steadily toward a US military withdrawal from Afghanistan and toward peace in the country's four-decade war, there are no mechanisms for guaranteeing a renunciation of the Islamist ideology and activities of the Taliban or for enforcing any Taliban counter-terrorism pledge.
Pakistani Taliban Destabilize with Violent Attacks in Key Province

July 30, 2019

Pakistan’s branch of the Islamist extremist Taliban was involved in several recent violent engagements with the Pakistani military in the Baluchistan province area, an active space for Islamist extremists on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and a geopolitically crucial space in the China-Pakistan economic corridor.