Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are secretly trying to negotiate a coordinated air and ground campaign targeting ISIL in Syria and Iraq. Kjetil Stormark /Twitter: @kjetilstormark Intelligence and security officials from Jordan, Saudi […]
ISIS
The quest for the caliph(ate)
ANALYSIS: With several national intelligence services using all their resources to hunt him down, the self-declared “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi needs to maintain the fighting spirit of his mujahedeen force while establishing his […]
Syrian jihad, from Antwerp
IN DEPTH: At least 100 people have left the Netherlands to fight in Syria. In neighbouring Belgium, the number is even higher. Family members and researchers point to the Belgian group Shariah4Belgium as […]
Jihadist mindset
ANALYSIS: Our interview with Jordanian militant Islamist Abu Sayyaf provides insight into the revolutionary mindset of Salafi jihadism. Øyvind Strømmen At least 500 Jordanians are thought to be involved in Syria’s raging civil […]
Zarqawi’s legacy
“The impact of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is stronger than that of Osama bin Laden,” says the Jordanian researcher Hassan Abu Hanieh. Hisham Allam and Øyvind Strømmen A militant Salafi Muslim leader known as […]