Middle East

August 22, 2016

The Hard March to Mosul: A Frontline Report

Derek Henry Flood

Al-Qa`ida Uncoupling: Jabhat al-Nusra’s Rebranding as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

Hezbollah’s Pivot Toward the Gulf

Matthew Levitt

A View from the CT Foxhole: Adam Szubin, Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Dept. of Treasury

Nicole Magney, Paul Cruickshank

Destroying the Islamic State Hydra: Lessons Learned from the Fall of its Predecessor

Truls Tonnessen

July 27, 2016

The Polarizing Effect of Islamic State Aggression on the Global Jihadist Movement

William McCants

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons: A Profile of the Arm’s-Length Proxy of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party

Metin Gurcan

The Enduring Influence of Anwar al-Awlaki in the Age of the Islamic State

Scott Shane

A View from the CT Foxhole: Hazim Fouad and Behnam Said, Analysts at the Bremen and Hamburg Verfassungsschutz

Paul Cruickshank

Deciphering Competition Between al-Qa`ida and the Islamic State

Clint Watts