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An Analysis of the Homemade Weapon Used Against Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed while giving a speech in the city of Nara on Friday.
 • War Noir
Attack Analysis: Weapons of the Palestinian Militant Groups and Captured Israeli Materiel
On the morning of October 7, Hamas militants struck out in an unprecedented series of attacks from the Gaza Strip.
 • War Noir and Adam Rousselle
Rising International Threat: Islamic State Khurasan Plots Foiled in Kyrgyzstan, Austria, Germany
Over the past few days, multiple Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP)-linked external operations have been foiled, demonstrating a further expansion…
 • Lucas Webber
Malorussian Liberation Army: Ukrainian Anti-Kyiv Militia or Russian Psy-Op?
In recent weeks, an organization called the Malorussian Liberation Army (using the acronym MOA) emerged and appeared on Telegram, Twitter, Instagram…
 • Lucas Webber and War Noir
ISKP Escalates Its War Against Beijing in Latest Attack Targeting Chinese Nationals, Promises More to Come
A deadly bombing at the Chinese Noodle restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr‑e‑Naw district, which killed at least six Afghans and one Chinese national and…
 • Lucas Webber
ISKP Sets Sights on Europe and Sporting Events in New Propaganda Campaign
On the heels of a successful attack against a Moscow concert hall, killing at least 140 people and injuring 150 more, the Islamic State media apparatus…
 • Peter Smith and Lucas Webber
Islamic State Ramps Up Campaign Targeting the West: Analysis of Surge in Attacks, Plots, and Propaganda
On the evening of Saturday, December 2, an Islamic State (IS) inspired jihadist conducted an attack using a knife and hammer that killed a 23-year-old…
 • Lucas Webber
Weapons of Hezbollah in Lebanon
The first weapons seized by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in operations in southern Lebanon consisted of various guided missiles.
 • War Noir
New Spain-Morocco Plot Signals Islamic State Somalia’s Internationalization and Threat to the West
On March 25, 2026, Morocco dismantled an Islamic State (IS)‑affiliated cell operating across its northern cities and Spain — an operation that offers a…
 • Lucas Webber
Weapons of the Iranian Black Market
An Analysis of Illicit Arms Sales in Iran
 • War Noir
From Drugs to Corruption: The Growing Presence of Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America
In 2021, China's policy banks ⁠— the China Development Bank (CDB) and Export-Import Bank (Exim) ⁠— made no loans to Latin America for the second…
 • MARIA ZUPPELLO
Al‑Iman Media Center: New Pro–Islamic State Outlet Takes Aim at China
An article released on Tech Haven on June 1 by Al‑Iman Media Center, a new, unofficial Islamic State–linked propaganda outlet, titled “The Alienation of…
 • Lucas Webber
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