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AQIM Collaborating with Criminal Networks to Fund Jihadist Operations
January 03, 2019
According to a report from US think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has developed networks of cooperation with criminal organizations in the African Maghreb to support jihadist operations in North and West Africa and to use the region as a platform for Islamist activities in Europe.
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North African Salafist Networks Shift to Violent Jihadism
January 03, 2019
The steady growth of Salafist Islamist networks across the northern and western regions of Africa known as the Maghreb over the last two decades indicates a shift toward political activism and violent jihadism supported by Saudi funding for Maghrebian schools, mosques, and religious education institutes.
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Strasbourg Attack Suggests Links to Jihadist Networks
January 03, 2019
The suspect in an attack that killed three and wounded several people in a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, presented strong evidence of jihadist links through his behavior and a history of Islamic radicalization in prison.
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Saudi Regime Continues to Stifle Media Critics
January 03, 2019
Despite the ongoing international blowback against Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Wahhabi monarchy continues to stifle media critics, engineering the ban of a television anchor from a Saudi-owned talk show broadcast from Dubai after he criticized the regime’s repressive social policies.
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IS Forces Remain Resilient in Final Battles in Syria, Iraq
January 03, 2019
Remaining Islamic State (IS) forces still controlling small portions of territory on the Syria-Iraq border are demonstrating strong resilience in the face of the US-led coalition fighting for the complete military defeat of the caliphate.
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