Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION The decades of military efforts and loss of human lives on the part of western governments against terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, and most recently ISIS, have proven insufficient to eliminate the threat of militant jihadi terrorist…
By Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: Last week’s U.S. airstrike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Quds force, was both decried and celebrated across the Middle East and in the West by many disparate groups.…
https://youtu.be/-3TVjO_nH2Y by Anne Speckhard Applying the Law in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 105th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS Brand series. This video features 24-year-old Syrian, Abu Qadir, who was interviewed by Anne Speckhard and Ahmet S. Yayla in…
https://youtu.be/D73ItroZOxk Anne Speckhard A Cub of the Caliphate’s Jihad is the 72nd counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS Brandseries. It features fifteen-year-old Syrian, ISIS Cub of the Caliphate, Ibn Omar who was interviewed in November 2015 in southern Turkey…
Al Shabaab, the Somali based terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda, reached its long arm into Kenya again on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. According to the police, the attacks began around three pm in which gunmen jumped out of a…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.& Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. As published in Homeland Security Today PDF here Abstract: This paper is based on the research interviews of 101 ISIS returnees, defectors, and ISIS prison cadres conducted by the International Center for the Study…
by Anne Speckhard, Ardian Shajkovci & Neima Izadi as published in Homeland Security Today PDF here Iraq remains a divided country riven by sectarian grievances and political and internal security challenges. The government of Iraq has also failed to efficiently…
By Anne Speckhard & Neima Izadi PDF Here In 2017, ISIS suffered major territorial and military defeat in Iraq. Despite the achieved success, the group remains active and in control of small pockets of territory in Iraq. It also continues…
by Anne Speckhard & Neima Izadi PDF here With estimates of 3000 foreign fighters traveling to Syria and Iraq, Jordan had the highest per capita number of foreign fighters. In addition to Abu Musab Zarqawi having been the leader of al…
Giving the Best of Syria to the Islamic State Caliphate features 22-year-old Syrian Abu Valid, a former Free Syrian Army commander forced to join ISIS, who was interviewed in December 2015, in southern Turkey, by Anne Speckhard and Ahmet Yayla.…