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IS Financial Capacity Drives Resilience, Resurgence
December 07, 2018
Islamic State (IS) leaders have built systematic financial machinery to support the jihadist group’s resilience in the aftermath of military defeat in the core territories of Syria and Iraq, using massive looting, expansive intimidation and protection rackets, and internationalized criminal activities to sustain a post-military resurgence.
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Report Identifies Iran, UAE as Transit States for Extremists in Africa
December 07, 2018
A new report by a UN Sanctions Monitoring Group has identified Iran and the United Arab Emirates as key transit states for criminal trade from which the Nigerian Islamist extremist group al-Shabaab is generating revenues for its jihadi war against the government of Nigeria and other governments across West Africa.
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Malaysian Arrests Show Robust Transnational Islamist Networks
December 07, 2018
Malaysian counterterrorism officials arrested eight European, American, and Middle Eastern nationals associated with an Islamic teaching center in the country on evidence of links to a Yemen-based terrorist group operating jihadi teaching centers in Southeast Asia.
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Turkish President Opens Germany’s Largest Mosque
December 07, 2018
During Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to Cologne, Germany, to open the country’s largest mosque, he was met with local supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Turkish nationalist-paramilitary Grey Wolves.
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Taliban “Emirate” Signals Islamism’s Durability
December 07, 2018
After almost two decades of US war against Islamist terrorism in Afghanistan, the jihadist Taliban control approximately 60 percent of the country in the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and continue fighting for full control, while also collaborating with al-Qaeda in the broader effort to expand sharia rule across Southwest Asia.
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