Articles and Analysis

On Wednesday, November 28, Austrian Islamic State (IS/ISIS) fighter Mohamed Mahmoud, known by the alias “Abu Usama al-Gharib,” was announced dead, ending the dark saga of a lifelong ladder-climb to the top of the global jihadi community—and ultimate fall.

Before most people even knew that terrorist outreach was happening online, YouTube was a top recruitment venue for jihadi terrorist groups.

During the last year, the Islamic State’s (ISIS) presence in the Philippines has fallen into the emerging narrative of the group’s defeat.

Three years since Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a “caliphate” from the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, his terrorist group has gone through significant change in terms of its global military and media presence.

Islamic State (IS) and pro-IS media units have turned to the Baaz social media platform as a new means of propaganda distribution.

The July 14, 2016 attack in Nice, France has brought a great deal of attention to the Islamic State’s (IS) use of French in its propaganda.

Introduction

In wake of an increased military role in the Syrian Civil War, the Russian government performed a series of airstrikes in eastern Syria.

As the Islamic State (IS) continues its march to expand its Caliphate into more regions of Syria and Iraq, suicide operations have been one of its most valuable weapons.

A recent move by al-Qaeda’s wing in Syria, the al-Nusra Front, illustrates again the importance of social media for the global jihadi movement and its effect on the evolution in jihadi online platforms.