My most recent Intel Brief highlighting the dangerous implications posed by a Trump administration draw down of our forces in Northeast Syria. 1/5

thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

geolocation of a Belgian IS recruiter at Ehsas NGO's orphanage in Kunduz google.com/maps?ll=36.7... he doesn't seem to be aware or care about the fact that the videos he's posting on the internet made it fairly easy to pinpoint his exact location

Jean-Louis Denis, one of the most prolific recruiters of Belgian foreign terrorist fighters for the Syrian war a decade ago, has embraced the Taliban. In a series of videos posted last week, he announced his hijra to Afghanistan about 3 months ago (1/10)

Full translation & overview of Islamic State editorial on the New Orleans attack, covering issues such as the fact that the group may praise & bless attacks without officially claiming them, and what the attack means for the wider U.S.-led war on the group www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/islamic-st...

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.

It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

Obviously everyone should be reading everything @ajaltamimi.bsky.social's put out over the past 2 weeks

www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/the-new-sy...

Who are HTS, the Syrian rebels who stunned the world by storming Syria's second city after a three-day blitz against Russian-backed Assad regime forces? Read Institute jihadism scholar Aaron Y. Zelin's groundbreaking study of the group.
www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

A sequence of maps of the Syrian frontlines posted by
@Levant_24_ (Twitter) these last few days ...

29XI24 8:55 -> 1
30XI24 20:30 -> 2
1XII24 12:15 -> 3
1XII24 16:25 -> 4

For those curious about Jawlani and his evolution, I've been tracking every single media release/public appearance he has had since January 2012 jihadology.net/2020/05/27/a...

It's been a terribly long time since I reported on Belgian foreign fighters in Syria. The passing of one of 100+ of them we lost track of is a good opportunity for a first post on this platform. His name is Mohammed Chourouhou and he left Brussels for Syria on October 6, 2013 (1/9)

Everything in this Le Monde article is pointing to the fact that IS Central Command is planning major operations in Europe again ...

Un réseau de l’organisation Etat islamique qui voulait rallier l’Europe démantelé en Côte d’Ivoire et à Madagascar

www.lemonde.fr/internationa...