Author: Aaron Y. Zelin
Articles of the Week – 12/11-12/17
Threat Perception, Policy Diffusion, and the Logic of Terrorist Group Designation – Mirna El Masri and Brian J. Phillips, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3mbbDVC
Seasoned Skeptics Why Syrian Kurds Have Resisted Political Islam – Sirwan Kajjo and Oula A. Alrifai, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3GPrYay
Tuesday December 14:
Neither Local, Nor Transnational, But Both: The Islamic State in Congo – Ryan O’Farrell, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy: https://bit.ly/3IXdnLY
Thursday December 16:
Moderating Extremism: The State of Online Terrorist Content Removal Policy in the United States – Bennett Clifford, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/3q7zqqK
Consolidation of Nonstate Armed Actors in Fragmented Conflicts: Introducing an Emerging Research Program – Mohammed M. Hafez, Michael Gabbay, and Emily Kalah Gade, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: bit.ly/3mxpmqj
Islamic State in Khorasan Province Counters Taliban with Formidable Media and Propaganda Offensive – Riccardo Valle, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/3IVf0tH
State Accompli: The Political Consolidation of the Islamic State Prior to the Caliphate Nadeem Elias Khan and Craig Whiteside, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3F5JlDD
New video message from Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Brigades’ (Liwā’ al-Tawḥīd)’s Ja’far: “Constants On the Path of Jihād, Third Episode””
For prior parts in this video series see: #2 and #1.
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New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #317″
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: The Islamic State — al-Nabā’ Newsletter #317
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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “On the Fifth Anniversary of the Occupation of Aleppo”
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — On the Fifth Anniversary of the Occupation of Aleppo
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New issue of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan magazine: “al-Ṣamūd Magazine #191″
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — al-Ṣamūd Magazine #191
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New video message from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: “Operations Carried Out By the General Directorate of Intelligence Against the Kharijites”

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Military Wing: Condolences on the Martyrdom of a Group of Mujāhidīn From Liwā’ al-Zubayr Bin al-‘Awām”
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Military Wing- Condolences on the Martyrdom of a Group of Mujāhidīn From Liwā’ al-Zubayr Bin al-‘Awām
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New release from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s Abū al-Barā’ al-Ibbī: “Concealing the Secrets of the Mujāhidīn Groups”
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū al-Barā’ al-Ibbī — Concealing the Secrets of the Mujāhidīn Groups
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New video message from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn: “A Raid on a Checkpoint of the Apostate Militias: ‘Alī Yālī Village – Middle Shabelle Islamic Province”

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