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This video grab shows Malian security personnel detaining a man after Mali's army said a military training camp in the capital, Bamako, was attacked on September 17 2024.

Bamako attacks expose the fragility of AES states

A recent jihadist attack on Mali's capital and a growing threat from northern rebels reportedly getting help from Ukraine begs the question: is the Sahel a new Russia-West battleground?

Aman Bezreh 28, Sep 2024

Jihadists were able to portray the presence of US troops as an 'occupation', which some extremists fell prey to, birthing the first wave of jihadist terrorism, which lasted through the 1990s.

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How jihadists exploited the aftermath of the First Gulf War to build a global terrorist network

Jihadists were able to portray the presence of US troops in the region as an 'occupation', which some extremists fell prey to, birthing the first wave of jihadist terrorism in the 1990s.

Charles Lister 12, Aug 2023

FILE PHOTO: Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn/Handout via REUTERS

The Killing of al-Zawahiri

Al-Qaeda was linked to the Taliban through the "pledge of allegiance" that Osama bin Laden first offered in the 1990s to his Taliban counterpart Mullah Omar. The two sides renewed the "pledge of…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 05, Aug 2022

1- Syrian demonstrators wave flags during a demonstration against the Syrian regime on the 11th anniversary of the Syrian Revolution. 15 March 2022, Syria, Idlib City. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa

11 Years of Syrian Political Impediment

Syria welcomed the 11th anniversary of the outbreak of the March popular protests with some shocking statistics, as the latest figures indicate that around seven million have been displaced within…

Jiwan Soz 18, Mar 2022

Captured Afghan al Qaeda members sit on a bench as they are presented to the media in Tora Bora, in this file picture taken December 17, 2001. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

Iran - Al-Qaeda Relation: A Marriage of Convenience

Discussing the relation between al-Qaeda and Iran develops into a conversation about quite a perilous situation. After all, the two conjoin over terroris operations on an international level in terms…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 05, Mar 2022

French Barkhane force soldiers who wrapped up a four-month tour of duty in the Sahel leave their base in Gao, Mali, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File)

W. African Extremist Groups Pose Threat to Multinational Forces

There are numerous al-Qaeda and ISIS factions active in the Lake Chad and Sahel region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and other West African countries. The threats posed by…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 04, Feb 2022

How to Win Friends and Wage Jihad

In its 2018 National Defense Strategy, the Trump administration announced that “inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism,” is the United States’ main national security challenge. The world’s…

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Varsha Koduvayur 12, Jul 2019

The Changing Contours of the Terror Threat

As the forces of ISIS are gradually defeated and its tactics change, violent extremism and its consequences remain a major threat to international peace, and therefore the need for a nuanced…

Yasmine El Geressi 12, Oct 2018

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