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MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: NORTHERN STORM AND THE SITUATION IN AZAZ

EDITOR’S NOTE This MERIA special report is the product of… [more]

MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: NORTHERN STORM AND THE SITUATION IN AZAZ

Victory in Kobani: A Major Achievement – but Hard to Replicate

The near-complete liberation of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani… [more]

Archive of Islamic State Administrative Documents

My recent series on IS administration in Ninawa province focused… [more]

Jabhat al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province

While most analysis of the Druze in Syria focuses on their positions… [more]

Yemen Joins List of Collapsed Mideast States

This week in Yemen, an Iran-backed Shia militia captured the… [more]

MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: DID ISIS USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE KURDS IN KOBANI?

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MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: DID ISIS USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE KURDS IN KOBANI? MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: DID ISIS USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE KURDS IN KOBANI?

Game Not Over: The Quneitra Attack in Context

In analyzing the significance and hence likely fallout from the … [more]

THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: OBAMA’S FAILED RUSSIA “RESET” AND THE PUTIN DOCTRINE IN PRACTICE

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THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: OBAMA’S FAILED RUSSIA “RESET” AND THE PUTIN DOCTRINE IN PRACTICE THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: OBAMA’S FAILED RUSSIA “RESET” AND THE PUTIN DOCTRINE IN PRACTICE

THE NEW GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RECENT ADL-100 DATA

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THE NEW GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RECENT ADL-100 DATA THE NEW GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RECENT ADL-100 DATA

Victory in Kobani: A Major Achievement – but Hard to Replicate

By January 30, 2025

The near-complete liberation of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani this week from the forces of the Islamic State is a remarkable testimony to the tenacity and courage of the Kurdish resistance on the ground. It also showcases the awesome efficacy … [Read more...]

Archive of Islamic State Administrative Documents

By January 27, 2025

My recent series on IS administration in Ninawa province focused on education, public services and religious life using numerous specimen IS administrative documents from that province. This post aims to provide an archive of similar translated … [Read more...]

Jabhat al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province

By January 24, 2025

While most analysis of the Druze in Syria focuses on their positions in Suwayda province- where they constitute the majority of the population- as well as Jabal al-Sheikh in Damascus/Quneitra provinces, it should be remembered that there is also a … [Read more...]

Yemen Joins List of Collapsed Mideast States

By January 23, 2025

This week in Yemen, an Iran-backed Shia militia captured the presidential palace. The president has since resigned. It was the latest stage in the slow advance of the Houthis, who entered the capital Sana’a in September of last year. The latest … [Read more...]

Game Not Over: The Quneitra Attack in Context

By January 23, 2025

In analyzing the significance and hence likely fallout from the Israeli killing of a number of senior Hizballah and IRGC personnel close to the Golan border this week, a number of things should be borne in mind: Firstly, the killings were a … [Read more...]

Aspects of Islamic State (IS) Administration in Ninawa Province: Part III

By January 23, 2025

Parts I and II of this series looked at the system of education and other public services implemented by IS in Ninawa province. What then of religious life and public morality under Shari'a? Diwan al-Hisba The Diwan al-Hisba has IS' "Islamic … [Read more...]

Aspects of Islamic State (IS) Administration in Ninawa Province: Part II

By January 20, 2025

Part I of this in-depth examination of IS administration in Ninawa province touched on the realm of education, as one can find a large number of IS documents on that matter. This part looks primarily at service aspects of IS governance in Ninawa … [Read more...]

Aspects of Islamic State (IS) Administration in Ninawa Province: Part I

By January 17, 2025

A key aspect of IS' self-presentation is its claim to be an actual state (dawla), and not a mere group or organization (jamaat/tanẓim). As part of this presentation, the dawla sets up supposed state administration departments to regulate life in … [Read more...]

“The Land of Sinai”- New Islamic State [IS] Nasheed from Ajnad Media

By January 17, 2025

Concomitant with the transformation of Jamaat Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis into 'Wilayat Sinai' ('Sinai Province') following the allegiance to IS in November 2014, here comes an official IS nasheed to add further recognition to the extension of the IS … [Read more...]

Four Jews Killed in Paris Attack Buried in Israel

By January 14, 2025

Under a cloudless Jerusalem sky, a crowd of thousands gathered at the cemetery at Givat Shaul on Tuesday, to bury the four Jews murdered at the Hyper Cacher in Paris. Yoav Hattab, Yohan Cohen, Philippe Braham, and Francois-Michel Saada were laid to … [Read more...]

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