Ludovico Carlino

Ludovico Carlino is a Middle East and North Africa analyst at IHS Country Risk specializing in jihadist movements across the region. His articles have been published in The Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Monitor, Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst, Jane’s Intelligence Review and Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Monitor.

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Al-Qaeda’s Man in Syria—A Post-Mortem Profile of Hurras al-Din Leader Abu al-Qassam al-Urduni

10.06.2020 Ludovico Carlino

On June 14, two senior al-Qaeda leaders were reportedly killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Syria’s Idlib province while traveling in their car...

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Iran

AQAP’s New Emir: Who is Khalid Batarfi?

04.02.2020 Ludovico Carlino

On February 23, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a video message from its prominent scholar Hamid al-Tamimi confirming the death of the group’s...

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Middle East

Sahelian Jihadists with the Islamic State in Libya: A Post-Mortem Profile of Abu Asim al-Sudani

09.30.2019 Ludovico Carlino

On July 11, 2019, Islamic State’s (IS) weekly publication al-Naba released a tribute to a “martyred” Sudanese fighter who had initially fought for IS’s West...

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Chad

The Man Behind the Houthi Missile Program—Commander Ibrahim Ali al-Shami

04.03.2019 Ludovico Carlino

On January 17, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced that an intelligence operation conducted in Sanaa resulted in the killing of a former Yemen Air...

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Yemen