jihadism
Stupid People Are Still Confusing ISIS with Tons of Other ISISes
Unbelievably, despite all the attention and award-winning documentaries, some people are still really confused about what ISIS is.
Runaways from Tunisia Search for an Identity in Jihad
Seddik had told his parents that he would be home at 6:30 PM. They called the police to report their son missing. When the police arrived at a suspect’s house, his family said he had already left to fight in Syria shortly after communicating with...
How the Islamic State Became the Juggernaut It Is Today
The region has always been treacherous ground for foreign intervention, but many of the reasons for Western failure to read the situation in the Middle East are recent, and self-inflicted.
The Jihadi Transporter
In 2012, "Abu Hussein the Russian" began escorting foreign mujahideen fighters to Syria to join the war against Bashar al Assad’s regime. He was the jihadists’ transporter, responsible for meeting them at the airport in Istanbul and taking them on the...
What 2013's Biggest News Stories Taught Us About Our Lives
Thatcher, Woolwich, Syria, Nigella – a year in weird life lessons.
Syria's Rebel Press Is Fighting Back Against Jihadists
As ISIS continues to oppress the fledgling media landscape in the north and east of Syria, the ANA New Media Association has pledged to whip up a storm of protest every time a journalist or activist is targeted by the jihadis.
A Munitions Expert Weighs in on Last Month's Chemical Attacks in Damascus
Independent munitions expert Eliot Higgins, a.k.a. "Brown Moses," has put forward a particularly convincing case linking the regime to the sarin gas attacks, which corroborates firmly with the information gathered by NGOs and the intelligence agencies...