Weapons & Tactics

Gun. Knife. Bomb. Vehicle-Ramming. Suicide Attack. Mixed Method Assault. Terrorists face a variety of choices when it comes to weapons and tactics. Learn more about trade-offs and specific preferences.

August 8, 2019

Returnee Foreign Fighters from Syria and Iraq: The Kosovan Experience

Kujtim Bytyqi, Sam Mullins

May 29, 2019

Terrorist Attacks Against Jewish Targets in the West (2012-2019): The Atlantic Divide Between European and American Attackers

Mitchell D. Silber

Terrorism on the Teardrop Island: Understanding the Easter 2019 Attacks in Sri Lanka

Amarnath Amarasingam

April 26, 2019

Doxing and Defacements: Examining the Islamic State’s Hacking Capabilities

Audrey Alexander, Bennett Clifford

March 21, 2019

The Islamic State’s Revitalization in Libya and its Post-2016 War of Attrition

Lachlan Wilson, Jason Pack

Hezbollah’s Procurement Channels: Leveraging Criminal Networks and Partnering with Iran

Matthew Levitt

December 14, 2018

No End in Sight for the al-Shabaab Threat to Somalia

Harun Maruf, Dan Joseph

The Islamic State Inside Iraq: Losing Power or Preserving Strength?

Michael Knights

September 10, 2018

From Caliphate to Caves: The Islamic State’s Asymmetric War in Northern Iraq

Derek Henry Flood

The Houthi War Machine: From Guerrilla War to State Capture