On the Horizon: The Future of the Jihadi Movement
...Hamming, “The Beginning of a New Era? The Hamas-Israel War and the Terror Threat in the West,” CTC Sentinel 16:10 (2023). [13] For example, see “The World’s Muslims:...
View ResultConvergence and the CT Return on Investment: A Framework
...the case of [Amin] Abu Rashid in the Netherlands,23 who has been accused of financing Hamas within Europe. He [was allegedly] using the European Palestine Conference as a...
View ResultLooking West: The Houthis’ Expanding Footprint in the Horn of Africa
...evolved into an organization that now has regional reach and the ability to impact the global economy. Since declaring their support for Hamas following Hamas’ October 7, 2023,...
View ResultA View from the CT Foxhole: Ahmad Zia Saraj, Former General Director of the National Directorate of Security of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
...in that level of confidence that they think they can do anything and nothing can stop them. So, it’s started from that and the attack by Hamas also...
View ResultOctober/November 2023
...kidnapping of civilians [on October 7] baldly contradicts Hamas’ articulated revised political strategy since it took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Ironically, Hamas’ sharp tactical shift...
View ResultCracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in Al-Qa`ida From 1989-2006
Though it has long been known that al-Qa’ida has suffered from disunity at the leadership level, analysis of documents declassified from the Harmony Database allow us to gain...
View ResultJihadi ‘Counterterrorism:’ Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Versus the Islamic State
...(PIJ) against Israel as well as terrorism in the West against purported blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. In the Hamas-Israel hostilities in May 2021, senior HTS ideologue Abu...
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