Reflections on Ramadi
“Reflections on Ramadi is republished with permission of Stratfor.” Analysis Editor’s Note: This analysis was written by Stratfor’s lead military analyst, Paul Floyd, who served in the U.S. Army’s 75th...
View ArticleISIS Targeting Saudi Arabia
From Defense One: But today, in Dammam, a city on the Saudi eastern coast, a man dressed as a woman blew himself up outside a Shiite mosque and killed three others. (The attack would have been far more...
View ArticleThe Jihadist Trap of Here and Now
“The Jihadist Trap of Here and Now is republished with permission of Stratfor.” By Scott Stewart In recent weeks, I have found myself spending a lot of time thinking about the jihadist strategy of al...
View ArticleEgypt, Israel May Join Against ISIS
From Arutz Sheva: An Egyptian source has revealed that if after launching a brutal attack in Sinai the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group approaches Gaza, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi may “invite” the...
View ArticlePro-ISIS Indonesian Pilots
From The Intercept: “Both [pilots] appear to be influenced by pro-IS elements including extremist online propaganda by well-known radical Indonesia outlets and a suspected Indonesian foreign terrorist...
View ArticleChatanooga and Terrorism
From Commentary Magazine: It is a demonstration of the terrifying fact that there will always be holes in the net and, despite the best efforts of law enforcement, the threat to the homeland cannot be...
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Syria: A Chronology of How the Civil War May End
“Syria: A Chronology of How the Civil War May End is republished with permission of Stratfor.” Analysis Editor’s Note: The conflict in Syria is entering a critical phase. Turkey has at long last...
View ArticleTajikistan Commander Trained By U.S. Joins ISIS
From Patriots&Politics: The commander, Gulmurod Khalimov, is Tajikistan’s highest-ranking military member to join the Islamic terror group to-date. In the video, Khalimov claims to have trained...
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The Geopolitics of the Syrian Civil War
“The Geopolitics of the Syrian Civil War is republished with permission of Stratfor.” By Reva Bhalla Editor’s Note: With the war in Syria showing no signs of abating, we republish our Jan. 21, 2014,...
View ArticleUnit of Kurdish Women Take Fight to ISIS
From The Daily Mail: Xate Shingali, 30, who performed traditional Yazidi folklore music all over northern Iraq, was granted special permission to form the unit by the Kurdish President. She formed the...
View ArticleMinneapolis Source of Homegrown Terror
From The New York Times: This city’s struggle with terrorism recruitment showed itself on two fronts Wednesday. In the morning, a Somali-American teenager admitted in court here that he had tried to...
View ArticleAmerican Vets Fighting With Kurds Against ISIS
From VeteransToday: The men are part of an unusual fringe of American veterans joining the war against Islamic State. They go, even as their president and Pentagon leaders strive to keep U.S. forces...
View ArticlePlot To Kill Queen of England Stopped
From The Daily Express: One plot foiled by MI5 involved a massive bomb blast at a ceremony in London on August 15 on the 70th anniversary of VJ Day. The Queen, Prince Charles and other senior members...
View ArticleAmericans and Other Foreigners Fighting ISIS
From New York Times Magazine: I found a 26-year-old American civilian named Clay Lawton standing alone, just outside the village. Square-jawed, with large eyes and bright teeth, he was a volunteer...
View ArticleISIS Flags To Be Burned At Mizzou
From The Washington Times: Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia are holding an Islamic State flag-burning demonstration on Thursday in response to the terror group’s gross human-rights...
View ArticleCondi Rice and Bob Gates on U.S., Russia Relations
From The Washington Post: One can hear the disbelief in capitals from Washington to London to Berlin to Ankara and beyond. How can Vladimir Putin, with a sinking economy and a second-rate military,...
View ArticleUS Immigrants Arrested For Terror Plots
From The Daily Mail: US authorities have charged at least 66 men and women with ISIS-related terror plots on American soil – including a handful of refugees, Daily Mail Online can reveal. The terror...
View ArticleSyrians Caught At Texas Border
From Breitbart.com: UPDATE: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that eight Syrians were taken into custody at the Laredo port of entry. Two federal agents operating under the...
View ArticleTurkey Shoots Down Russian Jet
From Sky News: A Turkish official said two Russian planes approached the Turkish border and were warned before one of them was shot down, adding their information shows Turkish airspace was repeatedly...
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