Posted on Thu, August 10, 2017 at 22:00 pm CEST
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How One Arab Swallow Does Not Make a Spring

What was the main factor leading to failure or success of the Arab revolts… Read more

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Crethi Plethi • Culture • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Iranian Protests • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • Politics • Syrian Revolution • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, January 9, 2017 at 11:26 am CET
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Iranian Concerns Grow Over Russia’s Syrian Policies

Iranian criticism of Russia is not new… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Politics • Russia's Middle East Policy • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, September 18, 2016 at 23:12 pm CEST
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ISIS: What Next?

ISIS: an overview and future trends… Read more

Topics: Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iraq • Islamic State • Islamic Terrorism • Libya • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 16:03 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in the Syrian Civil War

Iranian Involvement in the Syrian civil war… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, October 14, 2015 at 21:46 pm CEST
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Who Was Hossein Hamedani, the Senior IRGC Commander Killed in Syria

Hossein Hamedani was the most senior Iranian military officer on a foreign operation to be killed in 36 years… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shia Islam • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, September 10, 2015 at 22:15 pm CEST
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How the Jihadi Civil War Began

How the jihadi civil war began that is now raging in Syria and Iraq… Read more

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Iraq • Islamic State • Jabhat al-Nusra • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 14, 2015 at 22:00 pm CEST
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Hijrah to the Islamic State: ISIS Updates its Manual for Foreign Fighters

Updated security recommendations issued by ISIS to operatives traveling to Syria are designed to address preventive measures by European countries and Turkey… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic State • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, February 11, 2015 at 19:08 pm CET
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Kobani: A Symbol of Kurdish Resistance

After nearly five months of fighting for Kobani, the Kurds recaptured the town on January 26… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic State • Jihadism • Kurdish People • Syria • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, January 24, 2015 at 19:54 pm CET
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The American Campaign against ISIS

America underestimated ISIS as a potential but not immediate security threat… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iraq • Islamic State • Islamic Terrorism • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, September 29, 2014 at 12:37 pm CEST
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Open Letter to Abu Bakr al-Bagdhadi: Muslim Scholars vs Traditional Islamic Narrative

Is there a false Islam… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamic State • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, February 19, 2014 at 21:56 pm CET
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Kidnapped Nuns No Longer Bear the Cross

Christian women hostages of Islamic jihadis… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Christianity • Islamic Fundamentalism • Jihadism • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, November 17, 2013 at 23:25 pm CET
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The Al-Nusra Front’s Major Role in the Rebel Takeover of a Large Syrian Army Arsenal

A large rebel military operation took control of a Syrian army precinct in the village of Mahin… Continue reading

Topics: Jabhat al-Nusra • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, October 20, 2013 at 21:37 pm CEST
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Islamic Doctrines Justify Sex Jihad

The practice of sex jihad has specific doctrinal validation in Islam… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Sharia Law • Slavery in Islam • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 17, 2013 at 21:24 pm CEST
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, Leader of Al-Qaeda, Urges Jihadist Rebels in Syria to Unite and Establish an Islamic Caliphate

Establishing an Islamic country in Syria opens the way to the restoration of the Islamic Caliphate and the liberation of Jerusalem… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 17, 2013 at 19:01 pm CEST
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Sex Jihad and Western Disbelief

Sex jihadis in Syria have sex with countless rebels… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Jihadism • Religion • Sharia Law • Slavery in Islam • Syrian Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Thu, October 17, 2013 at 18:58 pm CEST
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Pregnant with Aids: Tunisian Girl Recounts Her Sex Jihad in Syria

The sex jihad in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Religion • Slavery in Islam • Syrian Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:10 am CEST
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The Al-Nusra Front’s Battle for Hearts and Minds

Al-Nusra Front uses video sharing websites, social media and blogs as a means of disseminating information on its operations, messages and views to broad target audiences in the Muslim world… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:10 am CEST
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Filling the Governmental Vacuum by the Al-Nusra Front and Other Jihadist Organizations

Al-Nusra Front and other jihadist organizations place considerable importance on establishing a governmental alternative in the so-called “liberated territories”… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:09 am CEST
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Description of the Al-Nusra Front’s Military Activity

The Al-Nusra Front combines guerilla warfare against the Assad regime, the Syrian army and security apparatuses with indiscriminate acts of terrorism against civilians… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:09 am CEST
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The Human Composition of the Al-Nusra Front

The Al-Nusra Front consists of a core group of Iraqi Al-Qaeda and Syrian Salafist-jihadi operatives joined by thousands of volunteers from the Arab/Muslim world and the West… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:08 am CEST
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The Al-Nusra Front’s Structure, Leadership and Functioning

The military frameworks of the Al-Nusra Front may in the long run create jihadist core networks in other countries… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:08 am CEST
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The Al-Nusra Front’s Ideology

The Al-Nusra Front is inspired by Al-Qaeda’s ideology… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:07 am CEST
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The Founding of the Al-Nusra Front and its Collaboration with Other Rebel Organizations

The Syrian civil war can be viewed in the wider context of the intense upheaval that is currently gripping the Arab world… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:07 am CEST
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Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al-Qaeda Salafist-Jihadi network, Seeks to Establish an Islamic Caliphate in Greater Syria

The Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s representative in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, September 26, 2013 at 16:01 pm CEST
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Syrian Rebels Say: We Demand Radical Islamism; U.S. Says: We Can’t Hear You!

Thirteen Syrian rebel groups demand an Islamist state in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy