The resurrection of #alQaeda's "Inspire" brand, re-energised by #Israel's #Gaza war, continues. Latest is Inspire Guide no.8, analysing May's #Mannheim stabbing. It's now out in French too perhaps with #Olympics in mind. The series offers tips for lone #jihad in the West

US air strikes have done little to deter #Yemen's #Houthis. This is the blunt assessment of the Vice Admiral heading US🇺🇸 naval efforts in the Middle East. Read Jeff Seldin's piece for Voice of America, with comments from me & Edmund Fitton-Brown. voanews.com/a/houthis-unde…

It's not every day one of your alumnae becomes an Honorary #Druid! Congratulations to Carol Bell, who's also an industrialist, financier, TV broadcaster (in Welsh!), archaeologist & the 1st woman board member of the Football Association of Wales. Wow.

UN Envoy's #Yemen Briefing to #SecurityCouncil today · Houthis becoming more hardline: dozens of humanitarian staff detained incl 13 UN; UN Human Rights Office seized · Military escalation · Banking crisis averted (for now) · Floods, cholera, misery · UN peace efforts persist

#AlQaeda in #Yemen has claimed its biggest attack since launching its Arrows of Truth campaign 2 years ago: a suicide car bomber rammed the barracks of #UAE-backed forces in Mudiya, Abyan, allegedly killing/injuring 50. [Also note #AQAP's new media design which appeared mid-July]

And now for something cheerful: this weekend's soundtrack!

#AlQaeda has released a message purporting to be from the suicide bomber who perpetrated Friday's attack on the barracks of southern forces in Abyan, #Yemen. He was from Ibb. (Interesting choice of background...)

The #women rowers of Girton College, Cambridge University Cambridge University demonstrate their incredible strength

It's getting messy in #Yemen's south, with signs of so-called #alQaeda blurring with mainstream militias. #AQAP has itself issued a "Statement of Clarification". It clarifies little, but it does show that: 1) AQAP is keen to deny links to the Giants' Brigades 2) AQAP wants to

Important piece in The Times and The Sunday Times by Mark Sellman on how weapons are being sold on social media platforms like X to the benefit of #Yemen's #Houthis. Includes commentary from me, Edmund Fitton-Brown, US🇺🇸 Special Envoy Lenderking, JMDavis & Tech Against Terrorism thetimes.com/article/e2e8e7…

Wonderful news that Errollyn Wallen CBE has been appointed Master of the King's Music! Errollyn became an Honorary Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge University Cambridge University in May. Click here for our "in conversation" - she's inspiring, funny & refreshingly modest: youtu.be/qRpswWK9F58?fe…

Glad to have contributed to this paper on the Geopolitics of the #RedSea Campaign being waged by #Yemen's #Houthis. Published by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. bakerinstitute.org/research/blowb…

No end in sight for #RedSea attacks. 2 #oil tankers were hit yesterday. It's interesting that #Yemen's #Houthis have claimed responsibility for hitting the Greek-operated tanker but NOT the Saudi one. Why? After nearly a decade of conflict with Saudi, the Houthis have switched

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