
President of the International Crisis Group, Jean-Marie Guéhenno: Fanatics, Charlatans, and Economists
Throughout the world, it seems, crisis is gripping national politics. In election after election, voter turnout has hit historic lows. Politicians are universally reviled. Mainstream parties, desperate More...

ISIS – Portrait of a Jihadi Terrorist Organization (part 1)
– / By The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, Israel/ This study examines the nature of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), an Islamic Salafist-jihadi terrorist More...

Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader: officials
– The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday. The officials declined More...

ISIS Twitter Account Confirms Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Death
A Twitter account affiliated with Al-I’tisaam Media announced Tuesday that it would publish details regarding the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his succession, IraqiNews.com reported. The More...

Egyptian Militants Pledge Allegiance to ISIS
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a jihadi organization based in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula that has carried out several attacks targeting Egyptian security forces, has pledged allegiance to the Islamic More...

Egypt’s Most Dangerous Militant Group Swears Allegiance to ISIS
Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most dangerous anti-government group, has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Reuters reported. Ansar had told Reuters in the past that it was receiving More...

Al Qaeda Recording Attacks ISIS, Calling for Gentler Caliphate
Muhammad bin Mahmoud Rabie al Bahtiyti, a.k.a. Abu Dujana al Basha, a senior al Qaeda official, on Friday released an audio attack against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the SITE Intelligence Group More...