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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Terrorism
Terrorism
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The Shabab control large parts of Somalia and raise considerable funds through local taxation and extortion. The group has carried out deadly attacks not only in Somalia but also in Kenya and Uganda.
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Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaves after signing an agreement with the United States during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha on February 29, 2020 (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
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The aftermath of an attack by Islamist rebels on the village of Aldeia da Paz last year outside Macomia, Mozambique.
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People wave Lebanese flags and chant to mark the one-year anniversary of anti-government protests on October 17, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Indonesian Muslims wearing masks and maintaining social distance perform Friday prayer at the At-Tin Grand Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 5, 2020. (Eko Siswono Toyudho/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Nigerian refugee women at the growing Awaridi refugee settlement now home to 9,000 plus mostly northern Nigerians who fled Boko Haram violence over the past few years.
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Afghan security officials patrolled a highway in the southern province of Helmand in August. The province is a Taliban stronghold.
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Ezra Cohen
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
