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Taliban “insider” attack demonstrates group’s strength and commitment to continue operations targeting Afghan government forces
Afghan security officers secure the area of a collapsed building of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), following a Taliban attack, in Afghanistan’s Wardak province on 21 January 2019. Source: Getty ImagesIslamic State claims attack on town in northern Mozambique
Militants in Mozambique pose with a captured ZBF-05 armoured personnel carrier in a photograph released by the Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency on 2 February. Source: Amaq News AgencyCovid-19 infection impacts Hizbullah’s domestic reputation and regional operations
A woman, wearing a face mask amid coronavirus fears, crosses a street with a portrait of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini hanging on the wall in Beirut’s southern suburb of Chiyah on 14 March 2020. Source: Getty ImagesExplosives attack on Covid-19 response meeting highlights threat of sustained insurgency campaign in southern Thailand
Post-blast inspection after double IED-attack in Yala, southern Thailand, on 17 March 2020. Source: Getty Images
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Raid on suspected DHKP-C cell in Athens finds high-powered firearms, indicates group's intent to continue attacks in Turkey
Key Points The Greek counter-terrorism service raided two locations in the capital Athens on 19 March, detaining 26 suspected members of the Turkish Marxist-Leninist Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (DHKP-C) militant group. The raid was the largest targeting the group recorded outside
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Ansar Allah actions undermine high-risk impact of Covid-19 in Yemen
Key Points The global Covid-19 pandemic poses a high risk to Yemen, even if cases still need to be confirmed. Although rhetorically politicising information on the outbreak, operationally Ansar Allah is using the pandemic as a cover to impose new measures of control. Meanwhile, instead of taking
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Covid-19: Ansar Allah actions underplay high-risk impact of coronavirus in Yemen
Key Points The global Covid-19 pandemic poses a high risk to Yemen, even if cases still need to be confirmed. Although rhetorically politicising information on the outbreak, operationally Ansar Allah is using the pandemic as a cover to impose new measures of control. Meanwhile, instead of taking
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Saudi Arabia identifies tanker attacked in Gulf of Aden
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United Nations has identified the tanker that was attacked with a remotely controlled boat carrying explosives in the Gulf of Aden on 3 March as Gladiolus (IMO: 9169548), a Saudi-flagged vessel. At the time, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for the
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New Shia militant group claims responsibility for attacks on US-led coalition military base in Iraq
Key Points Asbat al-Thaireen, or League of the Revolutionaries, has claimed responsibility for the 11 and 14 March rocket attacks on the United States-led coalition military base Camp Taji in Iraq’s Baghdad province. Although it is unclear if the group is a new formation or a front for
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Right-wing extremists aspire to CBRN weapons use
During the past two decades, attack plots involving CBRN weapons have largely been associated with militant Islamists. The increase in right-wing extremist militant activity in the United States and Western Europe since 2015 has entailed individuals looking towards use of CBRN weapons. Dr Stephan Blancke assesses the risks posed -
AI and manipulated media pose significant challenge in the security sphere
The proliferation of accessibility to artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities by state and non-state actors is having an increasing impact on information dissemination. Tate Nurkin assesses the potential impact of AI-related media manipulation and deepfakes on the security sphere -
Terrorists’ use of cryptocurrency remains a sideshow to other fundraising
Alarmist commentaries about the use of cryptocurrencies by terrorist groups and individuals have obscured a more nuanced reality. Benoît Gomis assesses the available evidence and analyses likely future developments
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Covid-19: European countries withdraw from Iraq
European countries have announced the temporary withdrawal of their troops from the anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition and NATO Training Mission (NMI) in Iraq. The withdrawals follow an announcement by Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) on 20 March that it had ceased
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UK NAO reports major increase in nuclear infrastructure costs
Three major UK nuclear weapons and submarine infrastructure projects have been hit by 115% cost increases and faced delays of more than 19 months to over six years, according to the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO). In a hard-hitting report published on 10 January, the spending watchdog
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Taliban “insider” attack demonstrates group’s strength and commitment to continue operations targeting Afghan government forces
Key Points Taliban militants killed at least 27 security forces personnel during an assault on a military base in Zabul province on 19 March. The attack was the latest Taliban ‘insider’ attack, demonstrating the continuing vulnerability of the security forces to militant infiltration.
