When Islamic State extremists lost control of a key crossroads town in northern Syria in June, some militants shed their jihadi garb and blended in with the flood of Syrians fleeing across the Turkish border.
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TSG IntelBrief Quoted on AP: Analysis: Russia Gambles in Syria, Ramping Up Involvement
BEIRUT (AP) — In ramping up its military involvement in Syria’s civil war, Russia appears to be betting that the West, horrified by the Islamic State group’s spread and an escalating migrants crisis, may be willing to quietly tolerate President Bashar Assad for a while, perhaps as part of a transition…
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on Bloomberg Business: Putin Said to Explore Sidelining Assad Even as He Arms Him
Russia is sending signals to the U.S. and Saudi Arabia that it may allow Syria’s embattled leader Bashar al-Assad to be eased out of power as it seeks to forge a united front against Islamic State and retain influence in the region, officials and Syrian opposition leaders said…
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on Business Insider: We’re Reportedly About to See Some Familiar Russian Faces in Syria — and That’s Trouble
Some of the Russian troops reportedly being sent to Syria are from the same brigade that helped annex Crimea, according to a lengthy investigation conducted by Ruslan Leviev, a specialist in social-media intelligence…
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on Business Insider: The US Just Called Out Putin Over ISIS as Russian Soldiers Join the Fight in Syria
A Reuters report confirms that Russians are taking part in the fighting on the side of Syrian President Bashar Assad…
Read MoreTSG IntelBrief Quoted on International Business Times: Yemen Crisis: Egypt, Morocco To Send Ground Troops To Battle Houthi Rebels With Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT — For the first time since Saudi Arabia formed a 10-country coalition in March to battle the Yemeni Houthi rebels, Egypt and Qatar have expanded their involvement — previously limited to airstrikes — by sending hundreds of ground troops to Yemen this week. Nine coalition members are expected to have forces fighting on the ground alongside Saudi troops before the end of the week, according to Yemen local news…
Read MoreAli Soufan Op-Ed in Foreign Policy: Did Iran Give Up the Khobar Towers Terrorist?
It sure looks like it. And that signals an interesting change in Iran’s post-nuclear deal relations with America…
Read MoreMartin Reardon Quoted on Fox News: ‘Nothing to Stop ISIS’: Attack Underscores Threat Facing US Force in Egypt
An attack that wounded four American soldiers Thursday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula underscores the growing risks faced by the U.S. contingent stationed there and is likely to fuel an internal debate over whether they should be reinforced with heavier weapons to protect against ISIS…
Read MoreRichard Barrett Quoted in the Financial Times: Reyaad Khan: The ISIS Briton Killed in UK Drone Strike
Reyaad Khan was certainly not an obvious terror mastermind.
Read MoreAli Soufan Quoted on Newsweek: Feinstein Slams New Book by Former CIA Officials
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation of the CIA’s controversial interrogation program, said Saturday that a new…
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