Excerpts from The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center* ISIS alleges Chinese technology experts joined the Caliphate The ISIS forum website has announced that 400 Chinese missile and technology experts and engineers recently … [Read more...] about ISIS Advances – January 22-28, 2015
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ISIS: Portrait of a Jihadi Terrorist Organization
1. This study examines the nature of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), an Islamic Salafist-jihadi terrorist organization founded a decade ago as a branch of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. It established itself during the fighting against the … [Read more...] about ISIS: Portrait of a Jihadi Terrorist Organization
No State – For Now. Meanwhile, PA Security Forces Work with Hamas
Left: Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV commentator reports on the graduation exercises of the national security forces' officers' training course. In the background on the left is a poster of Ibrahim Daoud al-Bala'wi, a national security force operative … [Read more...] about No State – For Now. Meanwhile, PA Security Forces Work with Hamas
Hamas Trains to Attack the IDF
Left: Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operatives simulate an attack on an IDF post and abduct "an IDF soldier," dragging him away to the left (Paltimes.net, December 27, 2014). Careful examination of the list of Gazans killed last summer during … [Read more...] about Hamas Trains to Attack the IDF
Evaluation of the U.S. Campaign against ISIS*
"Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy." (Statement by the President on ISIS. White House, press release, September 10, 2014) The American campaign … [Read more...] about Evaluation of the U.S. Campaign against ISIS*
ISIS Propaganda Campaign – Update
Left: Image of an ISIS baby in ISIS social media propaganda campaign The following are excerpts from Spotlight on Global Jihad (December 10-16, 2014). The battle for hearts and minds conducted by ISIS Detention of an Indian citizen who ran an ISIS … [Read more...] about ISIS Propaganda Campaign – Update
Spotlight on Global Jihad
Left: ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula December 1-9, 2014 - Main events In Syria and Iraq, the US-led campaign against ISIS continues. In the city of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria, the fighting continues with no decisive victory by either … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Global Jihad
Hamas Terrorist Networks’ Expansion
Left: These Hamas terrorists were handled from Turkey and captured in Judea and Samaria Hamas Military-Terrorist Networks Uncovered in Judea and Samaria In August and September 2014 the Israeli security forces uncovered two Hamas military-terrorist … [Read more...] about Hamas Terrorist Networks’ Expansion
Hamas Directing Terrorism from Turkey*
1. In August and September 2014 the Israeli security forces exposed two Hamas military-terrorist networks operating in Judea and Samaria. They recruited squads to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli targets, including showcase attacks in … [Read more...] about Hamas Directing Terrorism from Turkey*
ISIS’s Public Support for Egyptian Jihadis
Left: Call for aid to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis on the ISIS forum. Photo: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis operative who blew himself up in the security directorate building in the southern Sinai Peninsula on October 7, 2013. The inscription reads: “Together … [Read more...] about ISIS’s Public Support for Egyptian Jihadis