'France has charged the ex-wife of a top Islamic State official with crimes against humanity on suspicion of enslaving a teenage Yazidi girl in Syria' france24.com/en/europe/2024…

#bringaustinhome

Eid Mubarak!

كل عام وانتم بخير

تقبل الله منا ومنكم صالح الأعمال و عيد مبارك عليكم وعلى أحبابكم

#Eid Mubarak #Eid #Eid UlFitr

My latest article highlights increased efforts by #ISIS members to stage #prison_breaks , with three incidents occurring within a week in Northern #Syria . It illustrates the different tactics used in various areas and the future threats they pose. en.majalla.com/node/314516/op…

Hoping and praying that this awful ordeal ends for Elizabeth as soon as possible.

NEW: I extensively interviewed two senior leaders of Hamas.

HuffPost pressed them on civilians on Oct. 7, Israel-Palestine’s future & more.

We sought news & relevant, rarely heard perspectives. We brought back analysis unlike any US outlet. Please read:
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Regardless of the perpetrator, al-Qahtani's killing will deepen the division and hostility among the different factions within HTS, increasing risks to its unity and future. Check out my recent piece to learn more about this matter. en.majalla.com/node/310846/op…

Huge news if you follow Jihadism or Syria and Iraq:

Abu Maria Al-Qahtani dies in northern Syria; rumors he’s been assassinated.

This is a profile of him based on close knowledge of & conversations with him by me in New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/argument/what-…

Woah, very significant development

This week’s cover story: The Fragile Crown by Tanya Gold

Inside:
• Lewis Goodall on the monarchy’s survival
• JK Rowling and Scotland’s hate law
• Shiraz Maher on Islamic State

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The Globalist: Victoria Craig on Turkey’s local and mayoral elections, Shiraz Maher on the return of #Isis , Ryan Neelam of The Lowy Institute on Australia’s diplomatic deficit and Austria’s vacancy tax with Alexei Korolyov bit.ly/3IYU327

A short piece I wrote on this for Hoover Institution - 'Policing Language in the Intelligence Community: The IC DEIA’s Assault on “Problematic Terminology” in Counterterrorism Analysis' hoover.org/research/polic…

🧵🚨The attempts by ISIS members to break out of prison have persisted, totaling 3 incidents within a week. Following the attempt on the 24th, another breakout was reported yesterday, the 28th, in Raqqa. 1/4 enabbaladi.net/693359/استعصاء-ومحاولة-هروب-من-سجن-الأحداث-ب/

“There was a depressing familiarity to Islamic State’s (IS) attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow on 22 March.”

🖊️ Shiraz Maher
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'What distinguishes the global jihadist movement from other reactionary and militant movements is its resilience and lack of sentimentality,' says Co-Director Shiraz Maher in his latest piece for The New Statesman newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…

“There was a depressing familiarity to Islamic State’s (IS) attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow on 22 March.”

🖊️ Shiraz Maher
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