THE UNITED KINGDOM BRINGS HOME SEVERAL ORPHANS FROM SYRIA
Photo: An orphans from Syria, source: CBS News Stramed, The United Kingdom recently announced that it had taken back several children who were living in territory formerly held…
THE ISLAMIC STATE NAMES ITS NEW CALIPH
Photo: ISIS, source: Brookings Edu Stramed, Following the recent death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the so-called Islamic State announced its new leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi. The selection of al-Qurayshi…
LOOKING AT KABUL AND SEEING SAIGON
Photo: US Troops, source: REUTERS Stramed, Following several months of negotiations in Doha between U.S. officials and Taliban leaders, an agreement on bringing the war in Afghanistan to…
THE EU MAKES PROGRESS IN PROSECUTING FOREIGN FIGHTERS, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE
Photo: EU Foreign Fighters, source: International Centre for Counter-Terrorism Stramed, One of the most significant challenges facing countries seeking to prosecute foreign fighters is the difficulty of obtaining evidence of…
DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK: THE STAYING POWER OF THE ISLAMIC STATE
Photo: Morningstaronline.co.uk Stramed, Several high-level reports published over the past few weeks reiterate what most terrorism and security analysts have been saying for months—the so-called Islamic State (IS)…





