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4 days ago | 
fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Ahmad Sharawi |Bill Roggio
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1 week ago | 
fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Ahmad Sharawi |Bill Roggio
Al-Sharaa and the Iraq and Iran threats
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1 week ago | 
longwarjournal.org | Ahmad Sharawi |Bridget Toomey |Joe Truzman |Bill Roggio
Iraqi militias largely rely on rhetoric in response to Israel-Iran conflict—for now | Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have refrained from attacking Israel directly since the start of the war between Israel and Iran on June 13. However, there have been two unclaimed attacks on US interests in Iraq since Operation Rising Lion began, and the Iraqi groups have ramped up anti-Israeli and anti-American rhetoric, threatening US interests and mobilizing supporters through propaganda channels.
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2 weeks ago | 
longwarjournal.org | Bill Roggio |Ahmad Sharawi
As the US continues to reduce its military footprint in Syria, US Central Command launched an airstrike that killed Rakhim Boev, who it identified as “a Syria-based ISIS official who was involved in planning external operations threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and civilians.”
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2 weeks ago | 
longwarjournal.org | Bill Roggio |Ahmad Sharawi
The US military killed an Islamic State (IS) commander in an airstrike in northwestern Syria on June 10. The commander, who was identified as Rakhim Boev, was involved in planning attacks against the US and its allies outside of Syria. US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the strike that killed Boev on X on June 12.
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2 weeks ago | 
fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Bill Roggio |Ahmad Sharawi
The US military killed an Islamic State (IS) commander in an airstrike in northwestern Syria on June 10. The commander, who was identified as Rakhim Boev, was involved in planning attacks against the US and its allies outside of Syria. US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the strike that killed Boev on X on June 12.
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2 weeks ago | 
longwarjournal.org | Bill Roggio |David Daoud |Ahmad Sharawi
By Bill Roggio, David Daoud, & Ahmad Sharawi | June 11, 2025 | Bill, David, and Ahmad discuss recent news that Israel is quietly arming a militia in Gaza to challenge Hamas. Drawing lessons from Iraq, Lebanon, and Afghanistan, they unpack the risks, precedents, and possible blowback of empowering Gaza clans with murky pasts. Powered by RedCircle
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2 weeks ago | 
fdd.org | Elizabeth Robbins |Ben Cohen |Ahmad Sharawi
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Islamist movement dedicated to the remaking of society and government according to the dictates of Islamic law, or sharia. Founded in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, an Egyptian schoolteacher who famously asserted that “Islam is the solution,” the Brotherhood quickly became influential among Egypt’s poor by providing educational and health services alongside a steady diet of Islamist teachings.
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3 weeks ago | 
fdd.org | Zachary Berman |Ahmad Sharawi |Bill Roggio
June 2, 2025 | The John Batchelor Show The threat to the Druze of Syria
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1 month ago | 
longwarjournal.org | Bill Roggio |Ahmad Sharawi
The new Syrian government is integrating a Central Asian terrorist group that is part of Al Qaeda’s network into its military, despite the objections of US President Donald Trump. The head of this terror group, the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), is based in Afghanistan and issues orders to his followers in Syria.
