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Syrian Statelets and Intelligence Games: Al-Sham’s New Mukhabarat
A novel Alawite-Shi’a security network may be developing in the Assad statelet now defining western Syria. It consists of an archipelago layered with remnants...
The strategic significance of the Syrian conflict
Considering the quantity and virulence of the groups taking part in the Syrian war, which has been going on uninterruptedly for six years, in...
The significance of Iran’s presence in Syria
At least since 2014 the presence of Iranian forces in the Syrian war has certainly ensured both political stability and military success on the...
The Islamic State’s Foreign Policy
The ideology of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that conquered substantial parts of Syria and Iraq has been described...
Xiamen BRICS Summit: Triumph for Indian Diplomacy
The 9th BRICS summit was concluded on September 4, 2017 in Xiamen, China. The BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) group was formed in...
Making a Monster: She Doesn’t Regret Torturing Women for ISIS
Authors: Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. A teenage girl from rural Syria dreamed of becoming a doctor, but the war and...
Jihadist terrorism in Italy: Exhortations and prophecies
Moez al-Fezzani, a Tunisian citizen popularly known by his initial nom de guerre Abu Nassim, was arrested with other Daesh-Isis members in Sirte, between...
Refugee Crisis Raises Humanitarian and Security Concerns
Europe has experienced an increasing influx of people since 2014, most of them migrants and refugees from conflict-affected areas like Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and...
Suicide Bombing or Holy Autothysis?
On November 9, 2005 a Belgian woman in her late 30’s - Liliane Degauque –entered history as the first European woman to blow herself...
How to Counter ISIS Wolf-packs
The Barcelona murders are leading counter-terror specialists to study a new ISIS doctrine urging assassins to burrow into their adopted nations in the West...