The September 2022 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor starts off with a brief on Peruvian Communist rebel leader “Jose” Palomino. It also features profiles on three other militants: Ka Juanito Magbanua, Bashir Zaib, and Zhasulan Dyuisembin.
The November Issue of Militant Leadership Monitor features two briefs by Nicholas A. Heras. The first focuses on the recent announcement of the formation of al-Jabhat al-Islamiya (Islamic Front), a coalition of seven powerful opposition groups in Syria, with a look at one of its... MORE
The October Issue of Militant Leadership Monitor features two briefs by Nicholas A. Heras. The first focuses on Ugandan militant Salafist leader Jamil Mukuli who has been accused of complicity in the attack on Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The second brief concerns Shaykh... MORE
In this Quarterly Special Report (QSR) on the rise of al-Shabaab, we focus on the various militants who are guiding al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-aligned militant organization that aims to impose Shari’a in Somalia. The group began as a radical youth wing of Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union... MORE
This issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with a profile by Guy Fricano of Mexico's Miguel Trevino of Los Zetas who is being targeted for character assassination. Arif Jamal provides a portrait of the top LeT ideologue Amir Hamza. In in-depth look at Mallam Muhammadu, the ideological... MORE