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The new tactical-strategic configuration of the US Forces in Syria
The operations carried out by Inherent Resolve, the complex US-led coalition in Syria, had been announced as early as April 1, 2016 by the...
The Dream of Durable Peace
The constant efforts for an enduring peace in Afghanistan essential for the long term and plausible peace for the people has always been a...
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement
According to some very recent official Syrian sources, last April over 5,000 jihadists entered from the Turkish border, heading for Idlib and Aleppo. They...
Understanding Arab-Islamic Politics: Advocating the Case of the Political Culture Approach (A)
The chronicles of human history are mainly the struggle between despotic, oppressive governments, on the one hand, and freedom from tyranny and the aspiration...
The ISIS psychological warfare and the attack against the EgyptAir plane
So far Al Baghdadi’s Caliphate has been very successful in using the techniques of psychological warfare. From professional footage and commercials of its ferocious...
The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond
Research on the insurgency and the appearance of local jihadist groups within the North Caucasus after the dissolution of the Soviet Union has been...
The Apocalyptic Islamic Global Jihad Groups and International Relations: the 7th Century is Back (B)
The main question is whether the West is capable of halting its internal decay and to revive itself, or whether it will be accelerated,...
The Apocalyptic Islamic Global Jihad Groups and International Community: the 7th Century is Back (A)
The history of humanity is, in essence, the history of wars, peace agreements, balances of power, and cycles of wars. Every time any protagonist...
The Islamic State’s fake story: Russian FSB spy
In May 2016, Al-Hayat Media Center of the Islamic State released a new issue of Russian magazine “Istok”, which contains an article about so-called...
The Libyan Failure: Obama and Clinton’s Forgotten War
On February 17th, 2011 the Arab Spring swept Libya. Within a couple of weeks, Tripoli had fallen and the National Transitional Council was established...