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Boko Haram Looks to Islamic State to Expand Territorial Control in Africa
June 24, 2015
The period since the March 2015 presidential elections in Nigeria has witnessed a significant revitalization of operational actions and territorial control by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, based on tactical changes and a rebranding effort associated with the group's collaboration with the Mideast-based, violent extremist movement known as Islamic State ("IS").
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Cameroon Emerges as Strategic Player in African Security Response Against Boko Haram
June 24, 2015
Given that the rapid expansion of Boko Haram's operational area from Nigeria to the entire Lake Chad region of Africa is creating a geopolitical zone of military and economic instability that cuts across West and Central Africa, transatlantic strategic experts are moving to integrate Cameroon into regional and international security architectures aimed to counter the spread of extremist Islamism in Africa.
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IS Continues Eradication of Mideast's World Civilizational Sites
June 24, 2015
The Islamic State ("IS") has placed explosives and landmines around the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, signaling likely preparations to destroy yet another one of the world's civilizational sites in part of its ongoing camping to eradicate all historical sites deemed heretical by the fanatical Islamist group.
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Syrian Islamist Attacks on Druze May Lead to Conflict Spillover with Lebanon and Syria
June 24, 2015
Mideast security experts warn that a recent spate of attacks against Syria's Druze minority by the Islamist militias of the Jabhat al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, threaten to draw Lebanon and Israel, whose own Druze populations live on the borders with Syria, into a broader regional conflagration.
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OIC Politicizes Qatar World Cup as Muslim World's Right Threatened by Islamophobic West
June 24, 2015
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC") adopted a resolution calling on the governments and media in its 57-member-states to condemn "the Western media campaign against Qatar as the host of the 2022 World Cup," referencing the scandal that has engulfed the International Federation of Association Football ("FIFA") administration regarding questionable bidding practices for World Cup host-countries, as Islamophobic, built on "bias and prejudice" that violates the "right of all the peoples of the Muslim world."
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