In a not-so-surprising development, the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya has changed its name to the Revival and Renewal Association, according to a statement the group released on 1 May. The reason, it said, was "to revive the call to adhere to a (...)
Between January 2011 and December 2020 terrorism in Egypt passed through four phases. The first phase, between 11 February 2011 and 29 June 2012, was the period in which the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) assumed control after president (...)
Following the arrest of Mahmoud Ezzat on 28 August several news sources have reported that the Muslim Brotherhood has appointed Ibrahim Mounir as acting supreme guide.
While the Muslim Brotherhood has yet to confirm this officially a number of (...)
The arrest of Mahmoud Ezzat, acting supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, delivered the toughest blow the Islamist organisation has received in the past five years. It will have a profound impact on the organizsation, and raises several (...)
While the nature and frequency of terrorist attacks peaked in the years that followed the 2011 Revolution, sustained counter-terrorist campaigns over the last six years have succeeded in eliminating leading terrorists, drying up their sources of (...)
Natural disasters and epidemics bring out many people's tendency to search for divine explanations and cures. The phenomenon creates ideal soil for extremist religious groups which leap upon the opportunity to exploit such crises for recruitment, (...)
The spread of Covid-19 across the world, including the Middle East, has raised the question as to the impact of this pandemic on the fight against terrorism and on the Islamic State (IS) group in particular. Since governments everywhere are (...)
The news from the White House confirming the death of Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in a commando operation carried out in coordination with Iraqi intelligence, Syrian Kurds and some Arab states in Idlib, Syria, on the night (...)
Before unveiling its new strategy called “Felling cities temporarily as a modus operandi for fighters”, the central organisation of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria put it to a trial run, in part to test the impact of the second part (...)
At the end of May this year, the Islamic State (IS) group announced the end of the stage of fighting it called “vengeance for the Syria Province”, set in motion following its defeat in Baghouz in March and carried out by its affiliates around the (...)
On 23 March, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) defeated Islamic State (IS) forces in their last stronghold in Baghouz and nearby pockets on the banks of the Euphrates River, ending a six-month campaign that the SDF began in Deir Al-Zor with the (...)
Before unveiling its new strategy called “Felling cities temporarily as a modus operandi for fighters”, the central organisation of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria put it to a trial run, in part to test the impact of the second part (...)
On 23 March, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) defeated Islamic State (IS) forces in their last stronghold in Baghouz and nearby pockets on the banks of the Euphrates River, ending a six-month campaign that the SDF began in Deir Al-Zor with the (...)
The map of extremist Islamist organisations in the region is highly fluid in terms of organisational structures and alliances. This has engendered a set of new threats to the security of countries in the region, stemming from the relocations of (...)
The map of extremist Islamist organisations in the region is highly fluid in terms of organisational structures and alliances. This has engendered a set of new threats to the security of countries in the region, stemming from the relocations of (...)
One effect of the upheavals that swept the region since the Arab Spring in 2011 was that the Egyptian military was forced to undertake exceptional and unconventional duties along Egypt's borders.
In the case of the western border, not only did it (...)
On 9 February the General Command of the Egyptian Armed Forces launched Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018 (COS), a massive military campaign against terrorist groups in the Sinai.
The operation comes two and a half months after President (...)
On 9 February the General Command of the Egyptian Armed Forces launched Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018 (COS), a massive military campaign against terrorist groups in the Sinai.
The operation comes two and a half months after President (...)
For several years, Egypt has been the victim of one of the fiercest waves of terrorism in its contemporary history.
It began in August 2012 with the “Ramadan massacre” in Rafah, claiming the lives of 16 soldiers, and reached its highest peak in (...)
اقرأ باللغة العربية
For several years, Egypt has been the victim of one of the fiercest waves of terrorism in its contemporary history. It began in August 2012 with the “Ramadan massacre” in Rafah, claiming the lives of 16 soldiers, and reached its (...)
اقرأ باللغة العربية
In April 2003, the Iraqi state fell to an American invasion. The consequences were the preface to all that the region is now seeing in the way of breakdowns at every level. But the most important and dangerous consequence was the (...)
اقرأ باللغة العربية
The Egyptian state has endured unprecedented “pressure” on its national security over the past six years. Two consecutive revolutions resulted in severe structural turmoil in state and society. Growing activities by terrorist (...)