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Rwandan Counter-Terrorism Special Units and Mozambique police patrol streets in the town of Palma as Rwanda provided military assistance after the militant group Ansar al-Sunna seized critical locations in the region rich in natural gas and valuable metals, in Palma, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique on December 18, 2023. (Cyrile Ndegeya/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Rwandan Counter-Terrorism Special Units and Mozambique police patrol streets in the town of Palma as Rwanda provided military assistance after the militant group Ansar al-Sunna seized critical locations in the region rich in natural gas and valuable metals, in Palma, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique on December 18, 2023. (Cyrile Ndegeya/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Islamic State in Mozambique: The Cabo Delgado Conflict since 2021
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Tom Gould
Tomás Queface
Tomás Queface
Tomás Queface
Fernando Lima
Fernando Lima
Fernando Lima
Tom Gould, Tomás Queface & Fernando Lima
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Screengrab from a 2014 video by the Islamic State titled "Join the Ranks" featuring two Uzbek fighters. (Source: Authors)
The Islamic State’s Central Asian Contingents and Their International Threat
Lucas Webber
Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Tech Against Terrorism
Riccardo Valle
Researcher focused on jihadism, armed groups, and politics in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
Lucas Webber & Riccardo Valle
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Militants of The Movement for the Salvation of Azawad stand on a dune in the deserted area of the Meneka region in Mali during an anti jihadist patrol on February 4, 2018. (Souleymane Ag Anara/AFP via Getty Images)
Militants of The Movement for the Salvation of Azawad stand on a dune in the deserted area of the Meneka region in Mali during an anti jihadist patrol on February 4, 2018. (Souleymane Ag Anara/AFP via Getty Images)
Danger at Senegal’s Gates: The Jihadist Expansion toward Southwestern Mali
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Mathias Khalfaoui
Independent Consultant
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Hudson Institute Logo
Sahel Security Analysis (SSA)
Mathias Khalfaoui & Sahel Security Analysis (SSA)
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Huthi soldiers march during an official military parade marking the ninth anniversary of the Huthi takeover of the capital Sanaa, on September 21, 2023. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)
Yemen’s Truce: The Calm before the Storm
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Nadwa al-Dawsari
Nadwa al-Dawsari
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A fully veiled woman walks with her daughter as civilians fleeing the Islamic State's group embattled holdout of Baghouz gather in a field on February 13, 2019, in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-Islamic State Narratives on Women and Feminism: Analyzing IS Supporters’ India-centric Narratives
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Suraj Ganesan
Independent Researcher, Terrorism and Insurgency in South Asia
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Meili Criezis
Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, PhD student at American University
Suraj Ganesan & Meili Criezis
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Destroyed vehicles and damaged buildings in the village of Baghouz in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province near the Iraqi border a day after the Islamic State group's "caliphate" was declared defeated by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on March 24, 2029. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images)
The Islamic State in Dera’a: History and Present Situation
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Arabic translator, Editor at Castlereagh Associates
Charlie Winter
Director of Research, Extrac
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi & Charlie Winter
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A mural of Mahsa Amini showing support for the people of Iran is presented by artist Scott Marsh, on November 4, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. (Saverio Marfia via Getty Images)
The Mahsa Amini Protests and the Defeat of Islamism in Iran
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Saeid Golkar
UC Foundation Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Saeid Golkar
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