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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.

November 28, 2023

The Road to October 7: Hamas’ Long Game, Clarified

Devorah Margolin, Matthew Levitt

August 30, 2023

The Enduring Duel: Islamic State Khorasan’s Survival under Afghanistan’s New Rulers

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines, Abdul Sayed

July 26, 2023

Guns, Drugs, and Smugglers: A Recent Heightened Challenge at Israel’s Borders with Jordan and Egypt

Matthew Levitt, Lauren von Thaden

June 23, 2023

The Allen, Texas, Attack: Ideological Fuzziness and the Contemporary Nature of Far-Right Violence

Ashley A. Mattheis, Amarnath Amarasingam, Graham Macklin, Marc-André Argentino

July 31, 2012

AFGP-2002-008602

February 24, 2014

Toronto Star Cites the CTC Sentinel

February 18, 2014

Wall Street Journal Cites the CTC Sentinel

September 24, 2013

Washington Post Cites the CTC Sentinel

September 23, 2013

Operations, Plots & Attacks

Sentinel Articles

The Road to October 7: Hamas’ Long Game, Clarified

The Enduring Duel: Islamic State Khorasan’s Survival under Afghanistan’s New Rulers

Guns, Drugs, and Smugglers: A Recent Heightened Challenge at Israel’s Borders with Jordan and Egypt

The Allen, Texas, Attack: Ideological Fuzziness and the Contemporary Nature of Far-Right Violence

Primary Sources

AFGP-2002-008602

Media Coverage

Toronto Star Cites the CTC Sentinel

Wall Street Journal Cites the CTC Sentinel

Washington Post Cites the CTC Sentinel

The Telegraph Cites the CTC

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