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April Briefs
April 23, 2013
PHILIPPINE MILITARY OPERATIONS TARGET ABU SAYYAF GROUP LEADERS
Nicholas A. Heras
Philippine security forces recently engaged in a series of operations against the militant Salafist organization Abu Sayyaf Group...
Who’s Who in the Jordanian Opposition: Part Two
March 27, 2013
Inspired by the Arab Spring, the Salafi-Jihadists of Jordan have been holding demonstrations in several cities. As citizens take to the street to demand political reform, jihadists have shown that they are large in number...
Succession Scenarios after Talabani: The Irreplaceable PUK Leader
March 27, 2013
Jalal Talabani, president of Iraq and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Yeketî Nistîmanî Kurdistan: PUK), was admitted to a hospital in Baghdad on December 17, 2012 after he reportedly suffered a stroke. The PUK is one...
A Snapshot of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Meshaal
February 27, 2013
While Ismail Haniyah is the prime minister of Hamas, many have speculated that the chief of the organization’s political bureau, Khalid Meshaal, has been the true leader of the group. Meshaal is a charismatic statesman who has...
Hussam Abdullah Sabbagh: The Most Powerful Salafist Street Commander in Tripoli
February 27, 2013
Hussam Abdullah Sabbagh (a.k.a. “Abu Hassan”) is an important anti-Assad Lebanese Salafist commander in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. A popular commander of Salafist fighters in Tripoli’s northern, impoverished and...
February Briefs
February 27, 2013
IRAQI AL-QAEDA AFFILIATE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ INCREASES ATTACKS ACROSS IRAQ
Nicholas A. Heras
The Iraqi al-Qaeda affiliate Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) has maintained a steady rate of attacks over the last few months. On...
Murder in Paris: Parsing the Murder of Female PKK Leader Sakine Cansiz
January 31, 2013
Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez, three female members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Parti Karkerani Kurdistan – PKK) were murdered in Paris on the night of January 9 (The Kurdistan Tribune, January 10). The three...
A Tale of Defection: The Story of Syrian Major General Abdulaziz al-Shalal
January 31, 2013
In a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood action movie, Syrian Major General Abdulaziz al-Shalal snuck across the Syrian border into neighboring Turkey on the night of December 21, 2012, trekking across the dangerous Cilvegozu border...
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