Militant Leadership Monitor
Showing 113–128 of 165 resultsSorted by latest

Militant Leadership Monitor – March 2016
The March issue of Militant Leadership Monitor is a special country-focused issue on militancy in Libya, namely Islamic State activity within Libyan borders.

Militant Leadership Monitor – February 2016 Issue
The February issue of Militant Leadership Monitor provides profiles of Islamic State recruiters and hackers, Pakistani militants, and Fulani herdsmen.

Militant Leadership Monitor – March 2012 Issue
The March 2012 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with two briefs - one covers the Indian Mujahideen's Yasin Bhatkal, while the other details the leadership vacuum in the Upper Huallaga Valley. Following the theme of leadership vacuums, the first article profiles the questionable status... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – January 2016 Issue
The January 2016 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with briefs about Turkmen Iraqi leader, Arshad al-Salehi, and a Libyan military commander by the name of Salam Jadallah al-Ubaidi. The first profile in the issue describes the significance of Abu Wardah Santoso in the uptick... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – November 2015 Issue
The November 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor starts off with a brief of Major General Muhammad Khaddour, the Syrian loyalist commander in charge of the Raqqa, Deir al-Zor and al-Hasakah Governorates, where the Islamic State is located. Nicholas Heras follows this up with a... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – October 2015 Issue
The October 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor covers several militants connected with the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq. Nicholas Heras begins with a brief on Shaykh Auws al-Khafaji and Shaykh Ammar al-Lami, the Secretary General and primary adjutant, respectively, of an Iraqi Shi'a group that fights on behalf... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – September 2015 Issue
The September 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with a brief on Saqr Abu Qutaiba, the leader of a Syrian armed rebel group who would like to receive training and weapons from the United States. This is followed by a brief on Shaykh Saleh... MORE

European Foreign Fighters in the Islamic State
In this Quarterly Special Report (QSR), Jamestown looks at European foreign fighters within the Islamic State. One of the most unique aspects of the Islamic State organization is its targeted recruitment of foreign fighters. Thousands of men and women from around the world have traveled... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – August 2015
The August 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with three briefs. Nicholas Heras first looks at Shaykh Hammoud Saeed al-Mikhlafi, a key ally of Saudi Arabia against the Houthis in Taiz. Then, Matthew Czekaj discusses Poland's first suicide bomber with the Islamic State, Jacek... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – July 2015 Issue
The July 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor covers militants from Libya to Pakistan. Nicholas Heras begins with a brief on Muhanna Jaffala, an Aleppan student turned rebel leader who was just severely injured in an assassination attempt. Heras follows with another on Faraj al-Barassi, the Libyan... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – June 2015 Issue
The June 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor starts off with a brief of Captain Abd al-Nasr Shmeir, a former Syrian soldier turned militia leader in the Damascus suburban area of Ghouta. Nicholas Heras follows this up with one on Shaykh Abu Rateb al-Homsi, a... MORE

Who’s Who Among the Islamic State’s Commanders, Clerics and Affiliates
One year after the capture of Mosul on June 9, 2014, the militant movement known as the Islamic State has become one of the world’s most widely known terrorist organizations. The rise of this jihadist group has set off shock waves in Western capitals as... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – May 2015 Issue
The May 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with a brief on trans-Saharan jihadist Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, who recently switched allegiance from al-Qaeda to the Islamic State, by Nicholas Heras. He follows with another on Abu Humam, who leads one of the local jihadist groups to... MORE

Militant Leadership Monitor – April 2015
The April 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor covers militants from Syria to South Sudan. Nicholas Heras begins with a brief on Abu Abd Allah al-Shami, a leading Salafist commander in Syria. He follows with another on Anas bin Ali bin Abdul Aziz al-Nashwan, a... MORE

The Kenyan Face of al-Shabaab
Three months before the recent storming of Garissa University College in Kenya by al-Shabaab militants, Jamestown analyst Muhyadin Ahmed Roble wrote that the Somali terrorist group was still capable of mounting devastating attacks and remained a viable threat in regional security. In light of these... MORE
