Lucas Webber

Canada

Co-Founder and Editor at Militant Wire

Co-Founder @MilitantWire. Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at @TechvsTerrorism. Research Fellow at @TheSoufanCenter

Articles

History of ISKP’s War Against China: Killing of Mine Worker Marks Latest Act

1 month ago | militantwire.com | Lucas Webber

On January 21st, 2025, Islamic State’s Khurasan Province (ISKP) jihadists using automatic rifles shot a Chinese mining worker to death in Afghanistan’s Northeast Takhar Province while being driven with his interpreter to the Dasht-e-Qala district when their vehicle was ambushed. The Islamic State (IS) officially claimed the attack not long after, which is the latest in ISKP’s intensifying campaign of targeting foreign nationals.
Russia’s Private Army: Wagner’s Rise and Reckoning

1 month ago | militantwire.com | Lucas Webber

In the summer of 2023, after engaging in a brutal battle of attrition against Ukrainian forces over the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where thousands of drugged up Russian convicts employed by the private military company the Wagner Group had been thrown at Ukranian defenses, taking the city inch by tiny inch, Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin announced via Telegram that he was starting a “March for Justice.” Enraged by what he saw as the Russian Ministry of Defense’s corruption and...
Baloch Militants Intensify Guerrilla Warfare Against China in Pakistan

Nov 17, 2024 | militantwire.com | Lucas Webber

On October 7 in Karachi, Pakistan, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) carried out a suicide bombing against a convoy of Chinese nationals departing from the country’s largest airport. Two Chinese nationals were killed and another was amongst at least 10 others who were injured in the blast. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb stated that those targeted in the attack were involved in ongoing energy debt restructuring negotiations between China and the Pakistani government.
Marking Targets – Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) Continues...

Oct 2, 2024 | thekhorasandiary.com | Riccardo Valle |Lucas Webber |Iftikhar Firdous

Marking Targets – Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) Continues to Vilify Turkey’s Role in the Middle East and Afghanistan Published | March 03,2023 By | Riccardo Valle , Lucas Webber In early December last year, Turkey announced the arrest of two Islamic State (IS) militants accused of plotting an attack inside the country on New Year’s Eve.
Tajik Taliban Publishes Video Threatening Dushanbe after ...

Oct 2, 2024 | thekhorasandiary.com | Lucas Webber |Riccardo Valle |Iftikhar Firdous

Tajik Taliban Publishes Video Threatening Dushanbe after Attacks on Tajikistan Published | October 19,2023 By | Lucas Webber , Riccardo Valle Dushanbe accused Jamaat Ansarullah jihadists of launching an armed incursion from Afghanistan into Tajikistan on September 6, clashing with security forces before being killed and their massive weapons cache was seized.
September 2024 – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Sep 11, 2024 | ctc.westpoint.edu | Kristina Hummel |Samuel Mikel Bowles |Caleb Weiss |Lucas Webber

From the EditorIt has been 23 years since 9/11. In our feature article, Edmund Fitton-Brown, who for years coordinated the United Nations’ monitoring of the global jihadi threat, examines the current threat outlook. He writes that “the period since 2017 will likely come to be regarded as one of calm and exceptional security, when CT agencies had a clear upper hand over the threat. Unfortunately, it is difficult to see any means by which that period will be long extended.
Islamic State-Somalia: A Growing Global Terror Concern

Sep 11, 2024 | ctc.westpoint.edu | Kristina Hummel |Caleb Weiss |Lucas Webber

According to news reports citing several unnamed senior U.S. officials, the leader of the Islamic State’s Somali branch quietly became the global head of the Islamic State last year. This is far from confirmed. But it is clear the group is growing as a threat. Over the last three years, the Islamic State’s Somalia Province has grown increasingly international, sending money across two continents and recruiting around the globe.
Islamic State Increasingly Targeted and Threatened Western Sporting Events in Advance of the Paris Olympics

Aug 21, 2024 | jamestown.org | Lucas Webber

Executive Summary:Islamic State (IS) and its Afghan affiliate, Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), have become increasingly active in terms of operations and propaganda since Hamas’s assault on Israel on October 7, 2023 and the Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow on March 22. This rhetoric disproportionally targeted sporting events, especially the July 26–August 11 Paris Olympics and the June 14–July 14 UEFA Euro Football Championship in Germany.
ISIS-K Goes Global

Aug 1, 2024 | almendron.com | Colin Clarke |Lucas Webber

Over the past few weeks, French authorities have uncovered several terrorist plots targeting the 2024 Olympic Games, which began last week in Paris. In one of them, an 18-year-old Chechen man planned to attack an Olympic soccer match in the French city of Saint-Étienne. He was allegedly in contact with a member of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). The disrupted plot was just the latest in a spike of terrorist activity linked to ISIS.
Growing ISKP Threat Pushes Russia Closer to Taliban

Jul 29, 2024 | jamestown.org | Lucas Webber

Executive Summary:In Russia, the growing threat of the Islamic State in Khorasan (ISKP) has pushed the Kremlin to expand ties with the Afghan Taliban and consider delisting the jihadist organization as a designated terrorist group. ISKP views Russia as a top-tier target due to, among other grievances, the legacy of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Chechen wars, and the 2015 military intervention in Syria to support Bashar al-Assad’s forces.