Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Abu Abdullah, a Syrian ISIS defector, was interviewed in Turkey by the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism's Ahmet S. Yayla and Anne Speckhard after he escaped from ISIS. Today we release the edited video clip…
By Ahmet S. Yayla & Anne Speckhard Download the PDF ISIS has been the most successful terrorist organization in history using social media and the Internet for distributing its propaganda, dissemination of its news and more importantly to communicate. There…
Asaad Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF The use of drones by terrorist organizations has been documented for over a decade [[1],[2], & [3]]. During November 2004, Hezbollah used Mirsad-1, an Iranian made drone, for reconnaissance over…
by Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF Before deploying sources to collect information on the roles and functions of women in ISIS-held territories, a number of Syrian women rights activists were contacted. Approaching any topic that…
Lorand Bodo, M.A. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF As ISIS is rapidly losing its territory in Syria and Iraq they continue to win on the digital battlefield, maintaining a strong recruiting presence in the digital space[1]. As ISIS…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF Executive Summary Since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, estimates are that upwards of 38,000 foreign fighters have joined Sunni militant groups, such as ISIS and al-Qaeda, in Iraq and Syria. As…
Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF If ISIS were the German Nazis, the Emni (al-Amnyah in proper Arabic), i.e. the ISIS security/intelligence forces would be the Gestapo and the Abwehr combined. The civilians in its…
Louisa Tarras-Wahlberg It’s a sunny Friday afternoon in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Thousands of people have come out of their winter hiding to enjoy the weekend’s bright sunny, spring weather. Many of them are walking down Queens Street, a…
