Articles of the Week – 9/15-9/21

Saturday September 15:
AQIM Advice to ‘Boko Haram’ Dissidents: Full Translation and Analysis – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2xwlqMG
Sunday September 16:
Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Prepares For The Fateful Battle For Idlib – N. Mozes, Middle East Media Research Institute: https://bit.ly/2PXlGvd
The Enemy Gets a Vote – Kim Cragin, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2DlNh7J
Monday September 17:
Abu Bakr Shekau in His Own Words: Translation and Analysis – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2xrKHru
Boko Haram’s Split on Women in Combat – Rachel Bryson and Audu Bulama Bukarti, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: https://bit.ly/2OHbLcZ
Tuesday September 18:
ISIS Is Poised to Make a Comeback in Syria – Hassan Hassan, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/2QFoRsn
America Is Quietly Expanding Its War in Tunisia – Héni Nsaibia, The National Interest: https://bit.ly/2xE4sLG
Afghanistan’s Islamic Emirate Returns: Life Under a Resurgent Taliban – Michael Semple, World Politics Review: https://bit.ly/2ps5sPf
Wednesday September 19:
Building Resilience for Terrorism Researchers – Peter King, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2MSaePB
Tunisian jihadism five years after Ansar al-Sharia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/2MUysZz
Thursday September 20:
Multimode co-clustering for analyzing terrorist networks – Ahmed Aleroud and Aryya Gangopadhyay, Information Systems Frontiers: https://bit.ly/2DlQpR1
The Fledgling Insurgency in Burkina’s East -Héni Nsaibia, ACLED: https://bit.ly/2psEreP
Nigerian Questions by Sheikh Abu Malek al-Tamimi – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2PUsx8q
Friday September 21:
Dissent in the Islamic State: The News Postings of Mu’assasat al-Turath al-‘Ilmi – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2xN8y4Y
The evolving impact of violent non-state actors on North African foreign policies during the Arab Spring: insurgent groups, terrorists and foreign fighters – Michael J. Schumacher and Peter J. Schraeder, The Journal of North African Studies: https://bit.ly/2OitcDA
Fighting together? understanding bilateral cooperation in the realm of counterterrorism – Arie Perliger & Daniel Milton, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2R4XbgN
Al-Shabaab Five Years after Westgate: Still a Menace in East Africa – International Crisis Group: https://bit.ly/2OH8tq4