Islamic State & Predecessor Groups
This is the gateway to resources, research, and analysis the Combating Terrorism Center has produced over the last decade about the Islamic State, also referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) and Da`ish, and its predecessor groups (al-Tawhid wa-al-Jihad, al-Qa`ida in Mesopotamia (AQI), Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin, Hilf al-Muttayibin and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)).
Additional CTC research and analysis about factors shaping the conflict in Iraq and Syria is also included. These resources contextualize the development of the Islamic State. Resources are organized into five categories: major reports, CTC Sentinel articles, CTC Perspectives, CTC commentary about the early development of AQI, and declassified primary sources produced by AQI, ISI, and other militant groups in Iraq.
Major Reports
August 15, 2022
Risks, Recruits, and Plots: Understanding and Mitigating the Influence of the Islamic State in Malaysia
September 29, 2021
Cash Camps: Financing Detainee Activities in Al-Hol and Roj Camps
June 28, 2021
Structure of a State: Captured Documents and the Islamic State’s Organizational Structure
September 24, 2020
The Terrorist Lists: An Examination of the U.S. Government’s Counterterrorism Designations Efforts
July 20, 2020
Rising in the East: A Regional Overview of the Islamic State’s Operations in Southeast Asia
June 23, 2020
