Janatan Sayeh

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Janatan Sayeh |Behnam Ben Taleblu

Negotiations are a means but not always to the same end. The White House is seriously considering indirect talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Axios reported on April 2. This follows President Trump’s March 5 letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in which the president warned of military action against Iran’s atomic infrastructure if the Islamic Republic failed to reach a nuclear deal within two months.

3 weeks ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Janatan Sayeh |Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOI) serves as the long arm of the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism. Washington should treat it accordingly. On March 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned three MOI officials for their role in the kidnapping and probable death of former FBI agent Robert A. Levinson, whom Tehran’s agents abducted on Iran’s Kish Island in 2007.

1 month ago | longwarjournal.org | Janatan Sayeh |Thomas Joscelyn

Veteran Egyptian jihadist now an al Qaeda leader in Syria | Ahmed Salama Mabruk, a veteran Egyptian jihadist, is now a key figure in Al Nusrah Front. Mabruk’s dossier stretches back to the early 1980s, when he was first imprisoned following the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. He reportedly oversaw Egyptian Islamic Jihad and al Qaeda networks in the 1990s, before being captured in a CIA-led manhunt.

2 months ago | longwarjournal.org | Janatan Sayeh |Bill Roggio |Behnam Ben Taleblu |Joe Truzman

Analysis: From Afghanistan to America: the rising reach of the Islamic State Khorasan Province | Four years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the threat posed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has expanded beyond the region, now endangering both America and Europe. With the group actively recruiting and transferring fighters across borders, regional actors such as the Taliban, Iran, Tajikistan, and Pakistan have proven unable to curb its growth.

2 months ago | longwarjournal.org | Janatan Sayeh |Bill Roggio |Thomas Joscelyn

Analysis: From Afghanistan to America: the rising reach of the Islamic State Khorasan Province | Four years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the threat posed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has expanded beyond the region, now endangering both America and Europe. With the group actively recruiting and transferring fighters across borders, regional actors such as the Taliban, Iran, Tajikistan, and Pakistan have proven unable to curb its growth.