Geostrategy-Direct A convoy of more than 300 Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists which was allowed to leave the battleground at the Syria-Lebanon border is stuck in eastern Syria after U.S.-lead (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A new geopolitical bloc emerged after U.S. President Donald Trump forged a counterterror condominium earlier this year involving Saudi Arabia and key Sunni Muslim states. That new bloc, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The last of 12 suspects in the Barcelona terror attack who was still at large was shot and killed by police on Aug. 21, Spanish authorities said. “Shortly (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct As 2,000 jihadists fight for Islamic State’s (ISIS’s) last stronghold in Syria, the terror organization is looking to expand its presence in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and elsewhere. Brett (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct While “cathartic,” the May 2, 2011 operation that resulted in the death of Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was merely a “steppingstone” in an “epic” American fight (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A group of jihadists, which officially split from Al Qaida has taken control of the Syrian city of Idlib after a deadly battle with a rival group backed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct While its self-styled Caliphate is on the verge of falling, Islamic State (ISIS) is likely to remain a formidable insurgency group with as many as 13,000 jihadists remaining (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The downfall of the Islamic State (ISIS) caliphate, precipitated by the loss of Mosul in Iraq and the reported death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi comes as (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Islamic State (ISIS) is exploiting human trafficking networks to move jihadists from the battlefields of the Middle East to Europe and Asia with designs on doing the same (more…)