ISIS Goes After BTS, Harry Styles, Elon Musk, and Drag in Declaration That ‘End Times’ Are Near
ISIS derided Korean boy band BTS, British pop star Harry Styles, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk as having “absolutely disgusting” influence and claimed that...
Gender-based Terrorism in Pakistan
The involvement of women in acts of terror is not a new phenomenon at a global level. However, it has gained significant attention in...
The Looming Problem for al-Qaeda’s Affiliate Alliances
Over nine months after Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death, al-Qaeda has still not announced his successor. There is a general consensus that veteran al-Qaeda operative Sayf al-Adl...
Islamic State-K burrowing deep, spreading wide in South Asia
Terror group is extending radical reach well beyond Afghanistan, capitalizing on public dissatisfaction with corruption, inequality and violence The rise of Islamic State Khorasan...
Decimated Daesh: How feared terror group’s leaders were taken down
Daesh, a terror group formed from al-Qaeda offshoots in Iraq and Syria, has been a primary focus in global counterterrorism efforts in the last...
The war on terror: Offense or defense?
Islamic and Palestinian terrorists consider Israel to be a critical beachhead—and proxy—of the United States in the Middle East, and a significant collaborator with...
Toulouse and the birth of modern jihadism
When two young men embellish a Toulouse FC replica shirt with the name of the city’s most notorious mass murderer, is it just a...
Militant in Iran identified as al-Qaeda’s probable new chief in U.N report
Saif al-Adel, who is wanted by the United States in connection with the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, has been...
Muslims in Southeast Asia are Targets for Islamic State Propaganda
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is again in the spotlight after claiming responsibility for the fighting in a church in eastern...
Analysis: How dependable is US offer of help with terror threat
A SPIKE in terrorist attacks in Pakistan has once again forced the United States and its old — but not always close — ally...