Five years after the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the network he founded is far from dead even if it has suffered a series of setbacks.
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Patrick Skinner Quoted on on Rudaw: 90% Drop in Foreigners Joining ISIS in Iraq and Syria
The number of foreigners joining the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria has dropped by 90% says the Pentagon.
Read MoreMartin Reardon Interviewed on Al Jazeera English: ISIL’s Income
Martin Reardon joins Al Jazeera English to discuss how ISIS funding.
Read MorePatrick Skinner Interviewed on Blogs of War: How Will ISIS Evolve and How Will Our Response Evolve With Them?
Patrick Skinner joins Covert Contact: The Blogs of War Podcast to discuss how ISIS will evolve.
Read MoreAli Soufan Cited on New York Daily News: Slick ISIS Messages Appeal to Recruits, But Moderate Muslims Can Help Fight Them, NYPD Couterterrorism Chief Says
NYPD Counterterrorism Chief John Miller said Tuesday that ISIS has grown into a global menace by employing a propaganda campaign of “almost Madison Avenue quality.”
Read MoreTSG Report Quoted on The Wire: Politics of Radicalisation: How the Maldives is Failing to Stem Violent Extremism
Twelve people related to one family from the Maldives left for Syria in December 2015, reportedly to join the ISIS.
Read MorePatrick Skinner Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee: ISIS in the Pacific: Assessing Terrorism in Southeast Asia and the Threat to the Homeland
Patrick Skinner testifies before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee on ISIS in Southeast Asia.
Read MoreTSG Report Quoted in The Washington Post: Number of Foreign Fighters Entering Iraq and Syria Drops by 90 Percent, Pentagon Says
The flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria has dropped from roughly 2,000 a month down to 200 within the past year, according to the Pentagon, which says the waning numbers are further proof of the Islamic State’s declining stature.
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on AFP: Yemen Govt Forces Retake Key Port City From Qaeda
Yemeni troops have recaptured a key port city from Al-Qaeda militants who held it for a year, in what a Saudi-led coalition hailed Monday as a major victory in which over 800 jihadists were killed.
Read MoreTSG Report Cited on Bloomberg View: To Defeat Islamic State, Treat Muslims Better
It is intuitively appealing to connect the number of fighters a country sends to the Islamic State with poverty and inequality.
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