
Briefs

Yudi Lukito Kurniawan: AQAP-Trained Indonesian Terrorist Arrested
Executive Summary: Indonesia captured former Jemaah Islamiya (JI) jihadist Yudi Lukito Kurniawan (YLK) in August 2024. YLK trained with JI veterans and Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters for many years, but failed to attack the Singaporean exchange in 2015, after which time he remained at... MORE

Abu Shujaa: West Bank’s Most Wanted Militant Killed in Israeli Operation
Executive Summary: The most wanted militant in the West Bank, Mohammed Jaber, better known as "Abu Shujaa," was eliminated on August 29, 2024. Jaber’s Tulkarm brigade, which had previously proved to be a headache for the Israel Defense Forces in the city of Tulkarm in... MORE
Latest Profiles

Mohammad Bazzi, Talal Chahine, and Nazem Ahmad: Hezbollah’s Three Global Financiers in Focus
Executive Summary: Investigations of Hezbollah’s financing network over the last several years have identified three major funders of the terror group: Mohammad Bazzi, Talal Chahine, and Nazem Ahmad. The arrest of the former two and the destruction of the third’s network is expected to significantly... MORE

Shamin Mahfuz: A Retrospective of Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya Incarcerated Founder in Bangladesh
Executive Summary: Md Shamin Mahfuz, the founder of Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya (JAFHS), a prominent jihadist group in Bangladesh loyal to al-Qaeda, was arrested in June 2023. Despite the successful arrest of many JAFHS leaders and militants, the group remains a threat, especially given... MORE

Hafiz Gul Bahadur: Pashtun Militant Fostering Jihadist Factional Unity Along Pakistan’s Durand Line
Executive Summary: Hafiz Gul Bahadur is a Pakistani militant who has been active in the region since 9/11. Bahadur has a network of affiliates, called the “Hafiz Gul Bahadur group,” which has been involved in a series of attacks on Pakistani forces over the past... MORE

General Tariq Saleh: A Thorn in the Side of the Houthis
Executive Summary: In Yemen, the internationally recognized government-aligned National Resistance Forces (NRF) are led by General Tariq Saleh, the nephew of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh’s faction holds a critical chokepoint, which prevents the Houthis from seizing the rest of the country’s Red Sea... MORE