ISIS Death in SDF Prison Raises Questions About Repatriation Before They Face Death
Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: “I am a mother whose son went to Syria in 2014 and joined IS. I follow your posts and also your videos about…
Social Media Tracking of ISIS Women and Real-Life Actions of ISIS Men on Their Behalf
Anne Speckhard, Mona Thakker and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: In the past weeks, foreign ISIS women held in custody in the northeast Syrian region controlled by the…
How Men and Women Were Drawn to the Hyper-Gendered ISIS Caliphate
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: At the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism [ICSVE], we have explored the implications of repatriating foreign terrorist…
Spontaneous Deradicalization and the Path to Repatriate Some ISIS Members
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: “Coming to ISIS was the best deradicalization I could have.” Bouchra Abouallal, age 26, Belgian ISIS wife The ISIS “Caliphate”…
Into and Back Out of ISIS: An ISIS Defector Speaks Out
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring: Oliver N.; Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw - Director DERAD, Austria; and Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE, was held on 11:00 AM EST on July 22, 2020. https://youtu.be/a8QGf2lGGYA ICSVE’s…
ISIS and the Militant Jihad on Instagram
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] is notorious for its slick propaganda videos and effectiveness at online recruitment,…
Is Turkey a Bad Actor in Regard to ISIS Prisoners Being Held in SDF Territory?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: According to our ICSVE research interviews with 240 ISIS members, including an ISIS emir who claims to have worked with Turkish military…
Can We Repatriate the ISIS Children?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: Despite ISIS having been territorially defeated since 2019, the United Nations reported in January of 2020 that 8,000 children of foreign terrorist…
Report: Can an ISIS Terrorist be Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: Debates across the world are raging, discussing the issues pertaining to the repatriation of foreign terrorist fighters [FTFs] who left…
The Security Risk Posed by ISIS Women Smuggling Their Way Out of Camp Hol
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: While a debate rages in Europe over whether or not ISIS women and their children can be repatriated to their…