The Global Jihad

Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 11-17, 2015)

This week, the Kurdish forces managed to capture the city of Tal Abyad, northern Syria (near the Turkish border). The Druze population living in the area of Al-Suwayda, southern Syria, is under twofold pressure by jihadi organizations. The Druze population in the northern Syrian Golan Heights (in the region of the village of Khader) fear
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 10-16, 2015)

This past week another rocket was fired at Israeli territory, falling inside the Gaza Strip. This past week there was a rise in the number of Molotov cocktails and stones thrown at Israeli security forces and Israeli transportation.
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In the second part of the interview granted by Abu Muhammad al-Julani

In the second part of the interview granted by Abu Muhammad al-Julani, he strongly attacks ISIS and refutes the rumors about his organization’s intention to break away from Al-Qaeda, saying that the Iranians aspire to dominate the Middle East and reestablish the Persian Empire*
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (June 4-10, 2015)

In Syria, ISIS continued its momentum of achievements in several battle zones. In Iraq, there were no significant developments this week. In Libya, the operatives of ISIS’s branch are expanding their areas of control and influence.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 3 – 9, 2015)

This past week terrorist events focused on the two instances of rocket fire targeting the Ashqelon region and other locations in the western Negev. Israel reiterated its policy of considering Hamas responsible for all rocket fire from the Gaza Strip (although Israel is aware it has been carried out by rogue terrorist organizations and that
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (May 28 – June 3, 2015)

ISIS continued to consolidate its control over the region of Palmyra and the Syrian Desert, after taking over the city. At the same time, ISIS mounted a military operation in the northern Aleppo province, taking over several cities, including the town of Soran, and came close to the Bab al-Salameh crossing, one of the eight
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