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Continued Fighting Between Islamic State and AQAP Complicates Security in al-Bayda
The United States has declared the fall of the Islamic State’s (IS) physical caliphate in Syria, but the group has found fertile ground outside of Syria and Iraq. The group has fared particularly well in some locations and struggled to expand in others, but even... MORE
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Shamima Begum and The New Era of Stateless Jihadism
Shamima Begum has been the talking point of the international media and has dominated the headlines after her British citizenship was stripped, the most public example of an Islamic-State (IS)-bride-turned-stateless-jihadist. With IS losing its last enclave in Baghouz, Syria, the group’s members, like Begum, are... MORE
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The Man Behind the Houthi Missile Program—Commander Ibrahim Ali al-Shami
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 Force commander who had defected to the Houthi militia—Ibrahim Ali al-Shami (al-Tagheer, January 19). The operation was carried out as... MORE
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Hot Issue – War Without End in Yemen: The Saudi-UAE Rivalry to Prolong the Conflict
Executive Summary March 26th marked the end of the fourth year of the Saudi led war in Yemen. Four years of devastating aerial bombing and tens of billions of dollars have borne few results. The Houthis retain control of the northwest and most of Yemen has... MORE
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The Kremlin Prepares to Defend Venezuela’s Maduro Regime by All Means
A Russian task force of some 100 men has landed in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, arriving on two military planes—a super-large Antonov An-124 military transporter and an aging long-range Il-62M passenger jet, also belonging to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Both jets took off from... MORE
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Russian Special Operations Forces: Image Versus Substance
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated members of the country’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) on their professional day, February 27 (inaugurated in 2015), underscoring this service’s instrumentality in the “eradication of terrorists in Syria and securing peace in Crimea and Sevastopol during the historical referendum [sic]”... MORE
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Kremlin Tries to Pivot Attention to Syria Upon Release of Mueller Report
The conclusion of the 22-month-long investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller and the presentation of his report to United States Attorney General William Barr is certain to capture prime international attention for weeks to come—and to directly impact on many global points of tension. Russia... MORE
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Iran and Azerbaijan Proceed With Rapprochement as Diplomatic Exchanges Multiply
Iranian-Azerbaijani relations have been firmly on track toward rapprochement since the election of President Hassan Rouhani in Iran and the subsequent progress on the nuclear deal and lifting of Western sanctions. In the last five years, the presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran met 12 times,... MORE
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Alleged Coup Attempt Exposes Hazimite Faction Within Islamic State
As Islamic State (IS) was losing its last strongholds in Syria to the advancing, U.S.-backed, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), there were reports of a coup attempt against its leader Abu Baker al-Baghdadi. The attempted ouster of the IS leader started with reports about fighting near... MORE