Geostrategy-Direct The Egyptian army is conducting military operations on its own against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Sinai, an Egyptian military spokesman said in denying reports of assistance from (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. counterterrorism officials, despite rumors to the contrary, believe Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is not only alive but focused on rebuilding the terror organization by (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Islamic State (ISIS), which had vowed to attack polling stations on May 12, did not disrupt what was a low-turnout parliamentary vote in Iraq that was full of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. intelligence was often hamstrung in its counterterrorism efforts due to the Obama administration’s practice of leaking classified information on operations for political gain, current and former American (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Islamic State (ISIS) has entered a “new phase,” and will wage jihad against what it considers apostate governments in the Middle East, a spokesman for the terror organization (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A group of prominent French imams have publicly voiced their outrage “at the confiscation of our religion by criminals.” In a condemnation of anti-Semitism and Islamist terrorism published (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The “false flag” theory which suggests anti-Assad rebels carried out a chemical attack on their own loyal population in order to keep President Donald Trump from pulling U.S. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Syrian rebels in the town of Douma agreed to surrender after the recent suspected posion gas attack, giving President Bashar Assad what was seen as his biggest battlefield (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement last week that U.S. special forces would soon pull out of Syria comes as Islamic State (ISIS) has re-grouped and re-emerged in (more…)