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Islamic State kills more than 150 soldiers in series of attacks across Niger
Nigerien soldiers on patrol near Niamey in December 2019. Source: Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesSupermarket attack highlights broadening of threat of anti-Semitic violence in US
Aftermath of a small-arms attack on a kosher supermarket in New Jersey, the United States, on 10 December 2019. Source: Bryan R Smith/AFP via Getty ImagesTaliban attack two northern Afghan cities as latest round of peace talks with US concludes
Two of the Mobile Strike Force Vehicles used by Afghan forces to repel a Taliban attack on Kunduz City on 31 August. Source: Bashkir Khan Safi/AFP/Getty ImagesDomestic pressures on Hamas emanating from tax collection and electricity shortages raise war risks with Israel
Gazans protest against Mahmoud Abbas in Rafah on 2 May 2017. Source: PA
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Americans killed in Al-Shabaab attack on US base in Kenya
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed that three US nationals were killed during a 5 January attack US base at Manda Bay in northern Kenya by the Somali militant group Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen. Al-Shabaab released a statement saying one of its elite units had attacked what it described
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Update: Trump orders airstrike killing top Iranian general
The United States escalated its confrontation with Tehran late on 2 January when President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport to kill Major General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Qods Force: the external operations arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards
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Mogadishu hotel attack highlights Al-Shabaab tactical flexibility
Key Points Somali militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab attacked the SYL hotel in Mogadishu on 10 December, killing at least five people. The attack was notable for the absence of the use of an initial suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) to breach the defensive perimeter,
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Pentagon restricts Saudi Arabian students training in the US to classrooms
Key Points The US Department of Defense is restricting Saudi military students in the US to classrooms following a fatal shooting by a Saudi student on 6 December Saudi Arabia has approximately 852 students in the continental US The Pentagon is restricting training of Saudi Arabian military
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Dismantling of armed neo-Nazi movement underlines growing risk posed by right-wing extremism in Italy
Key Points Italian authorities announced that a new national neo-Nazi movement had been dismantled and a large quantity of weapons seized in a series of co-ordinated counter-terrorism operations across the country. Although the group had formed a coherent internal structure and gathered a
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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 -
Far-right extremism in the US meets inadequate government response
The response of US authorities to the growth in extreme-right violence and hate groups has been uneven and often inadequate. James Blake examines the nature of the threat and the gathering countermeasures
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Egypt inaugurates major Red Sea base complex
Egypt formally inaugurated a strategically significant new base complex on 15 January in an event attended by high-ranking dignitaries from allied Arab states. Berenice (Barnis) Military Base is located on the Red Sea coast approximately 90 km north of the Halayib Triangle, an Egyptian-controlled
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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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Islamic State kills more than 150 soldiers in series of attacks across Niger
Key Points The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a 9 January attack on a military base in western Niger, in which at least 89 soldiers were killed. The attack was the third major such operation since 10 December, with at least 174 Nigerien soldiers having been killed by militants operating
