The Islamic State Khurasan Threat to Turkmenistan and Its Interests in AfghanistanAfter Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) militants fired rockets at the southern Uzbek city of Termez on April 18, an IS firebrand put out an audio statement declaring the attack was the opening salvo in the “great jihad to Central Asia.” The act galvanized IS supporters…
MW Weekly: ISKP Kills Leading Taliban Ideologue; Italian Anarchists Claim Parcel Bomb; Islamic State Frees Hundreds in Congo Prison AttackISKP Kills Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani in Kabul On August 11, an explosion in Kabul targeted the seminary of top Afghan Taliban ideologue Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, killing him together with several guards. Moments after the explosion, the Taliban’s deputy speaker Bilal Karimi…
Weapons Used by Palestinian Factions in the August 2022 OffensiveIsraeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian militants traded rocket fire for air strikes again in the worst bout of violence Gaza has seen since an 11-day war in 2021 that killed hundreds of Palestinians and displaced 72,000 more, according to the United Nations. Unlike 2021…
