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Operations, Plots & Attacks

Learn more about specific terrorist operations, plots, and attacks through the case studies, profiles, and lessons learned articles that we have produced.

January 21, 2026

Feature Commentary: Red Teaming Hamas’ Options

Brian Michael Jenkins

October 14, 2025

Ten Years Later: The Legacy of the Paris Attacks on Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks in the West

Alexandre Rodde

Hamas Plots in Europe: A Shift Toward External Operations?

Matthew Levitt

September 26, 2025

Militant Violence in Jammu and Kashmir Post-Abrogation of Article 370

Animesh Roul

August 20, 2025

Tehran’s Homeland Option: Terror Pathways for Iran to Strike in the United States

Matthew Levitt

July 24, 2025

The Escalation of U.S. Airstrikes in Somalia and the Role of Perceived Threats to the U.S. Homeland

David Sterman

June 26, 2025

Generation Jihad: The Profile and Modus Operandi of Minors Involved in Recent Islamist Terror Plots in Europe

Erik Hacker

Regional Terrorism Trends Before and After October 7

Suat Cubukcu, Eoin B. Healy, Adam Blackwell

Feature Commentary: An Assessment of Operation Rough Rider

Gregory Johnsen

May 30, 2025

The Evolution of the Islamist Terror Threat Landscape in Germany Since 2020

Julika Enslin