WTSP television interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Kendra Colon March 22, 2016 Author: Kendra ConlonPublished: 11:40 PM EDT March 22, 2016Updated: 11:40 PM EDT March 22, 2016 Sirens are heard on the streets of Brussels after ISIS claims terrorist fighters…
ISIS Operative Salah Abdeslam: A Not so True-Believer Terrorist A key member of the ISIS cell and only survivor of nine cadres who are believed to have been directly involved in the Paris attacks was caught alive this past week…
Mohamad Jamal Khweis & the Threat Posed by “Clean Skin” Terrorists: Unanswered Questions and Confirmations The case of twenty-six-year-old Mohamad Jamal Khweis—the American-born son of Palestinian immigrants living in Alexandria, Virginia—found by Kurdish Peshmerga forces escaping ISIS-controlled territory near Sinjar,…
Salah Abdelslam, Found Hiding out in Molenbeek, Belgium Salah Abdelslam—believed to be one of the November 13, 2015 Paris attackers in which one hundred and thirty persons were killed, was apprehended in a police takedown today in Molenbeek, a neighborhood…
Sydney Morning Herald article quoting ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Matthew Hall March 12, 2016 Amid strained relations between the US government and global tech companies over how to best counter terrorism, a leading academic has called for Twitter…
Sydney Morning Herald article quoting research by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Matthew Hall March 12, 2016 New York: Syrian defectors from Islamic State – including top commanders and a child groomed to be…
The Syrian army in recent weeks backed by Iranians, Hezbollah and Russian support, has gained considerable ground towards Aleppo and Raqqa. In fact, they have retaken eighteen villages back from ISIS, although some have been lost once again.[1] Regime forces,…
A huge internal fight inside ISIS occurred today in Raqqa in which two hundred members tried to defect and switch alliance to Jabhat al-Nusra. The uprising occurred in response to when ISIS executed Tunisian ISIS commander Abu Ubeyd al-Tunisi along…
Jewish Journal article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Veronique de Rugy March 2, 2016 We all intuitively understand that if your friend loses his house in a hurricane, the right thing to do is to invite him to…
World Policy Journal article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. From the Winter 2015/16 Issue By Ahmet S. Yayla ŞANLIURFA, Turkey—With its history going back 11,000 years, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, is one of the world’s oldest continuous settlements. The…