The most prominent North Caucasians among the ISIS ranks have been the Chechens. In a new report from HSI, Anna Borschevskaya takes a closer look at Chechens in ISIS, and discusses their possible […]
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Mapping Libya’s Jihadists
Six years after protests first erupted in February 2011 against the brutal and repressive rule of Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi, Libya remains a country beset by deepening political fragmentation, bloody internecine conflict and accelerating […]
The bombers and the bombed
ANALYSIS: Cross-referencing the videos published by the US-led coalition and by A’maq, the Islamic State’s most important auxiliary media wing, can provide us with insight into how civilians are caught in the crossfire. […]
Iraq and the offensive against ISIS
How civilians are treated now will set the standard for the future. By Alvhild Strømme, Media Adviser, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Since the offensive to re-take Mosul from ISIS started one month ago, […]
‘Defeating’ the Islamic State? Lessons from Libya
As the American election nears, each day brings fresh news of territorial losses by the Islamic State (ISIS) in the center of its Caliphate, Mosul. As the coalition of Iraqi Army soldiers, Kurdish […]