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Jihadism in Mozambique Destabilizes East Africa
June 17, 2019
Attacks on government and civilian targets in Mozambique signal the destabilizing impact of the Islamic State Central Africa Province’s (ISCAP) expanding scope and capacity of jihadist ideology and operations on the weak states of East Africa.
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Europol Report: IS Targets Female Millennials for Recruitment
June 17, 2019
A new report by Europol describes the rationale and impacts of the Islamic State’s (IS) new strategy targeting female millennials for recruitment.
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Turkey’s President Slams Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
June 17, 2019
At a summit meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
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Hezbollah Plans Jihadi Attacks in North America
June 17, 2019
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and other security authorities report that operatives from the Iran-supported and Lebanon-based jihadist organization Hezbollah have been gathering intelligence on and planning attacks against major targets in the US and Canada.
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Syria’s Idlib Province Is Islamist State-in-the-Making
June 17, 2019
The unfolding humanitarian crisis provoked by the Syrian regime’s escalating war to retake the Idlib Province from violent Islamist extremists is also an intensifying security crisis with implications for the Mideast and the US.