The Fall of Mosul: How ISIS Managed to Take the City
"When the jihadists advanced towards Mosul on 6th June 2014 their aim was just to take a neighborhood for a ...
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Terror Attack in Spain: What we know so far
"As remarked by F. Reinares, various elements (e.g. the complexity of the plot, as well as trips abroad by members ...
The Children of the Caliphate
“The stories coming from Iraq show an organised and structured military training which aims to cultivate an army of loyal ...
The Islamic State conflict: Why the Caliphate will survive in Iraq
"Without long-term political resolutions, it inevitably becomes difficult to crush IS’s insurgency because of the pragmatic politics of IS which ...
Iraq’s parliament passes law legalising Shia militias: the end of Iraq?
"They now number over 100,000 men and fight with heavy weaponry, including tanks, artillery and rocket launchers" (By Osservatorio Mashrek) ...
IRobot: Advanced Warfare in the Levant
"The supposedly "barbaric" and "medieval" jihādists and insurgents rejecting Western democracy were converting counter-IED robots into IEDs and continuously innovating ...
Goodbye Iraq
"After two years since the proclamation of Caliphate in Syraq the international community has failed to curb the institutionalisation of ...
Erdogan: Mosul offensive will commence October 19
“The agreement which is signed between the Peshmerga and Arabs for the offensive is very important” Erdogan said in a ...
Are conflicts in Syria, Iraq becoming the experimental enviroment of next generation war?
“It is evident by these cases that terrorists and insurgents are increasingly turning to teleoperated weaponry to support and augment ...
The Arabian Winter: ISIS, al-Qa’ida and the Middle Eastern Wars
"Islamic militants use social media because we use social media; they seek resources…money…hydrocarbons…weapons…in the way that many actors do across ...
“The Islamic State is a stable entity”: interview with Loretta Napoleoni
"Islamic State has been very skillful in attracting the young Muslims generations. I think that this is related as well ...
The Iraqi Civil War: What will happen after the battle of Mosul?
"The problem is not in liberation of Mosul, it is what happens after ISIS. This is a very important point. ...
Mosul Plan: Carter Offers Details on USA Deployment
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and one of his senior commanders offered some details about the role of the 560 additional ...
Chilcot Report: A timely reminder for a change in British policy
"The unveiling of the long-awaited Chilcot report has reconfirmed the devastating political and geo-political consequences of Britain's military support for ...
Italy support to Russian strategy in Syria fuelled the migration crisis.
"Firas Fayyad: Italy's support for Russia's intervention effectively means that they are supporting Assad and recognise the legitimacy of the ...
Syria: the Raqqa Campaign and its consequences
"The siege of Raqqa and fall of ISIS’s strongest citadel in Syria will not herald the end of the regional ...