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An Afghan security force inspects bullet holes at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, December 2017.

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How ISIS’ Strategy Is Evolving

U.S. policy needs to change quickly to meet the evolving threat, both in terms of its operations in the region and of its counterterrorism priorities at home.

Michael P. Dempsey

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ISIS Jan 18, 2018 Snapshot

How ISIS’ Strategy Is Evolving

U.S. policy needs to change quickly to meet the evolving threat, both in terms of its operations in the region and of its counterterrorism priorities at home.

Michael P. Dempsey

ISIS Dec 22, 2017 Snapshot

The Jihadist Threat Won't End With ISIS' Defeat

Numerous additional Salafi jihadist organizations will be ready to take ISIS' place as long as the conditions that gave rise to such groups persist.

Barbara F. Walter

Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and ISIS in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 2014.

From the Archives Dec 15, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS Could Rise Again

The victory over ISIS is incomplete: the group could resurrect its caliphate where it was born, in Iraq and Syria.

Benjamin Bahney and Patrick B. Johnston

ISIS Oct 27, 2017 Snapshot

The Lives of Foreign Fighters Who Left ISIS

In our conversations over the last year with several current and former Russian-speaking fighters, which comprise the largest group of foreigners in ISIS, we learned...

Vera Mironova, Ekaterina Sergatskova, and Karam Alhamad

An ISIS militant making an announcement in Tabqa, Syria, August 2014.

ISIS Oct 13, 2017 Snapshot

Inside ISIS’ Dysfunctional Schools

Much of what is known about ISIS’ educational system is based on the group’s own propaganda, but there is a significant gap between the group’s virtual world and the...

Kinana Qaddour

ISIS Oct 9, 2017 Snapshot

Was ISIS Responsible for the Las Vegas Attack?

Why a false claim regarding the massacre in Las Vegas seems at odds with ISIS’ strategy.

Michael S. Smith II

ISIS Sep 22, 2017 Snapshot

Will Former ISIS Fighters Help the Rohingya?

Al Qaeda has used the occasion of renewed violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to release an unofficial call to arms. The question is who is going to answer...

Vera Mironova and Ekaterina Sergatskova

Rohingya children in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, September 2017.

From the Archives Aug 25, 2017 Snapshot

What Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga Believe

Peshmerga views of the post-ISIS regional order are key to understanding Iraq’s political future.

Matthew Franklin Cancian and Kristin E. Fabbe

Peshmerga forces gather in the east of Mosul to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 2016.

ISIS Aug 25, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS' Blueprint

A document produced by al Qaeda nearly a decade ago sheds light on ISIS' approach to terrorist attacks in the West.

Nathaniel Barr

ISIS Aug 21, 2017 Snapshot

How Saudi Arabia Is Stepping Up in Iraq

Recent diplomatic meetings signal an improvement in relations between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Firas Maksad and Kenneth M. Pollack

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 2017.

ISIS Aug 18, 2017 Snapshot

Preparing for ISIS, 3.0

ISIS’ public statements and actions, possibly including yesterday’s attack in Spain, provide a clear road map of the group’s intentions elsewhere.

Michael Dempsey

A police officer stands by a cordoned off street after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain,

ISIS September/October 2017 Review Essay

True Believers

ISIS’ land may be vanishing, but the dream of a true Islamic state—of heaven on earth—remains.

Graeme Wood

ISIS Jul 18, 2017 Snapshot

Washington's Dead End in Syria

Washington’s approach to fighting ISIS in Syria—and in particular the local Kurdish partner it has chosen—has granted a victory that can last only as long as the...

Sam Heller

A camp for people displaced from fighting in Raqqa, Syria, July 2017.

ISIS Jul 14, 2017 Snapshot

The Names of Jihad

Although noms de guerre have been a common practice in combat for centuries, ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq have turned them into an art.

Vera Mironova and Karam Alhamad

An ISIS fighter films a parade in Raqqa, July 2014.

ISIS Jul 4, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS Hits Iran

After three years of trying to strike Iran, the Islamic State (ISIS) finally succeeded in June

Ariane M. Tabatabai

People hold pictures at the funeral of victims of the attacks on the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran, June 2017.

From the Archives Jun 28, 2017 Snapshot

Crisis in Mindanao

After a year in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is confronting a full-fledged crisis on his home island of Mindanao.

Richard Javad Heydarian

A bomb explodes during a government air strike in Mindanao, June 2017.

ISIS Jun 22, 2017 Snapshot

Is ISIS Leader Baghdadi Still Alive?

Rumor has it that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in an airstrike. Even if this rumor proves false, it is still worth considering what his death would mean.

Colin P. Clarke

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaking at the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul, July 2014.

ISIS Jun 20, 2017 Snapshot

Do Copts Have a Future in Egypt?

Egypt's Coptic Christians are a scapegoated minority that has become the target of ISIS attacks in recent months. They are facing the systematic destruction of their...

Nina Shea

A nun cries as she stands at the scene inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral following a bombing, December 2016.

ISIS Jun 8, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS' Yazidi Genocide

It has now been a year since a UN commission determined that ISIS had committed genocide against the Yazidis, but until recently, the true extent of the group's...

Valeria Cetorelli, Isaac Sasson, Nazar Shabila, and Gilbert Burnham

A Yazidi boy who was kidnapped by ISIS hugs his grandmother after being returned to his family, February 2017.

ISIS Jun 3, 2017 Snapshot

The Scramble for Eastern Syria

The game for who will rule eastern Syria after the Islamic State (or ISIS) is on.

Andrew J. Tabler

A Syrian government soldier gives a victory sign while looking out over east Aleppo, November 2016.

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