Violence and Security

Iran Uses European Embassies as Platform for Terrorism

January 02, 2019

Albania, France, and Belgium are among the European countries whose governments have reported evidence that Iran is using its European embassies to target anti-Islamist, anti-regime opponents in Europe and as staging grounds for terrorism inside the EU.
IS Resources Will Sustain Its Threat Capacity

December 26, 2018

Experts on the Islamic State (IS) concur in estimates that IS leadership has systematically hidden approximately $400 billion in loot in combined legal and criminal operations worldwide, a move that will sustain the Islamist terror group’s threat capacity in the wake of the IS military collapse in its core caliphate territories in Iraq and Syria.
US Congressman Warns of Bangladeshi Islamist Networks in America

December 19, 2018

Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana, together with security experts and nongovernmental organizations, are raising concerns about the Bangladeshi radical Islamist group Jamaat-e-Islami’s activities inside the US based on its links to diverse charitable and educational groups in North America.
Islamist Terror Group Expands as Threat to Southwest Asia

December 19, 2018

The Southwest Asian Islamist extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba has strengthened its ideological and operational capacity over the last decade by integrating itself into Pakistan’s military-intelligence complex and using the region as a platform for cross-border attacks.
Islamist Extremists Expand Use of Drones

December 19, 2018

According to research compiled by the Washington-based New America Foundation, Islamist extremist groups are expanding their use of drone technology in their military operations, with the latest evidence pointing to the introduction of drones for jihadi activities in Africa, augmenting similar trends in the Middle East.
US Faces Challenges on Estimates of Afghan Islamist Forces

December 18, 2018

The US military's latest quarterly report on estimates of Taliban forces in Afghanistan faces ongoing challenges in accuracy of numbers and capacity, since the focus on the Taliban fails to take into account the full ecosystem of Islamist extremist actors operating in the Southwest Asian state.
Women Shed Light on al-Shabaab’s Vulnerabilities

December 18, 2018

The East African jihadi group al-Shabaab is expanding its regional footprint by actively recruiting women and conscripting children by force, while women who have escaped the extremist Islamist group reveal that the best antidotes to recruitment tactics are economic development and access to education.
British Report on Homeland Attacks Finds Shortcomings

December 18, 2018

The British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has released a report on the five major Islamist jihadi attacks that occurred in Britain in 2017, concluding that the country’s security, police, and intelligence agencies continue to suffer from poor information-sharing and are failing to shut down jihadist activity on social media platforms.
Boko Haram Kills 100 Soldiers in Ongoing Jihad in Nigeria

December 18, 2018

Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist extremist group whose name means Western education is a sin, killed an estimated 100 Nigerian government soldiers in the last week in the group’s ongoing jihad to impose sharia law throughout the West Africa country.
Bosnian Authorities Arrest Islamist Militant Linked to Embassy Attack

December 18, 2018

Bosnian police arrested an individual with ties to the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front on suspicion of plotting terrorist activities in Bosnia and for suspected assistance to the Islamist militant who perpetrated the 2011 attack on the US Embassy in Bosnia’s capital city of Sarajevo.