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New issue of Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s newsletter: “Ibā’ #66″

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For prior issues see: #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #55, #54, #53, #52, #51, #50, #49, #48, #47, #46, #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, #1, and #0.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Ibā’ Newsletter #66

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Articles of the Week – 9/7-9/13

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Monday September 9:

Assessing success of the Global War on Terror: terrorist attack frequency and the backlash effect – Kyle T. Kattelman, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2kg8rLK

Towards a typology of non-state actors in ‘hybrid warfare’: proxy, auxiliary, surrogate and affiliated forces – Vladimir Rauta, Cambridge Review of International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2kN2ZjE

Framing British ‘Jihadi Brides’: Metaphor and the Social Construction of I.S. Women – Leonie B. Jackson, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2kKAFyx

Tuesday September 10:

The Development of Tunisia’s Domestic Counter-Terrorism Finance Capability – Aaron Y. Zelin and Katherine Bauer, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2kNNurV

Relatives, Redemption, and Rice: Motivations for Joining the Maute Group – Julie Chernov Hwang, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2lNqObn

Taking Aim: Islamic State Khorasan’s Leadership Losses – Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2mhyhzM

Wednesday September 11:

It’s Hard to Commemorate 9/11 If You Don’t Understand It. – Daniel Byman, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/2ktMGs9

The Ghosts of Past Wars Live on in a Critical Archive – Bruce P. Montgomery and Michael P. Brill, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2mh2XRF

Not Whether, But When? Governments’ Use of Militias in War – Caitlin Ambrozik, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2kN3fPE

Preventing violent extremism in East Africa: lessons from Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda – Isel van Zyl and Maram Mahdi, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2msPIxv

Thursday September 12:

Dissent in the Islamic State: Secret Advice Sent to Islamic State Leaders – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2mhz3ga

Three Constitutional Thickets: Why Regulating Online Violent Extremism is Hard – Daphne Keller, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2AhfQim

Leading with a Fist: A History of the Salafi Beard in the 20th-Century Middle East – Aaron Rock-Singer, Islamic Law and Society: https://bit.ly/2m168N8

Friday September 13:

Social Media, Terrorist Content Prohibitions and the Rule of Law – Stuart Macdonald, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2Q7kKcp

Disinformation in Terrorist Content Online – Nina Jankowicz, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2Q9bHYG

Unraveling the Impact of Social Media on Extremism – Anjana Susarla, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2AgDv2r

The Internet Police – Jeff Breinholt, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2QoQ1bd

Russia in the Eyes of Islamic State: An Analysis of the Content of Dabiq and Rumiyah Magazines and Russia’s Involvement in the Fight against the Islamic State – Marta Sara Stempień, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2klr3dq

New release from Wi-Kāllat Thabāt al-Ikhbariyyah: “Harvest of Operations in the Land of Islām #4″

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For prior parts in this operations series see: #3, #2, and #1.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Wi-Kāllat Thabāt al-Ikhbariyyah — “Harvest of Operations in the Land of Islām #4

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Clarification and Rationalization: Announcing the Formation of the ‘Supreme Oversight Committee'”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Clarification and Rationalization- Announcing the Formation of the ‘Supreme Oversight Committee’

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New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #199″

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For prior parts see: #198, #197, #196, #195, #194, #193, #192, #191, #190, #189, #188, #187, #186, #185, #184, #183, #182, #181, #180, #179, #178, #177, #176, #175, #174, #173, #172, #171, #170, #169, #168, #167, #166, #165, #164, #163, #162, #161, #160, #159, #158, #157, #156, #155, #154, #153, #152, #151, #150, #149, #148, #147, #146, #145, #144, #143, #142, #141, #140, #139, #138, #137, #136, #135, #134, #133, #132, #131, #130, #129, #128, #127, #126, #125, #124, #123, #122, #121, #120, #119, #118, #117, #116, #115, #114, #113, #112, #111, #110, #109, #108, #107, #106, #105, #104, #103, #102, #101, #100, #99, #98, #97, #96, #95, #94, #93, #92, #91, #90, #89, #88, #87, #86, #85, #84, #83, #82, #81, #80, #79, #78, #77, #76, #75, #74, #73, #72, #71, #70, #69, #68, #67, #66, #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #55, #54, #53, #52, #51, #50, #49, #48, #47, #46, #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: The Islamic State — al-Nabā’ Newsletter #199

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Sharīḥ al-Himṣī: “But It [Merely] Increased Them In Faith”

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 3:173. Here it is in full: “Those to whom hypocrites said, ‘Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.’ But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, ‘Sufficient for us is God, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.'”

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Dr. Ibrāhīm Shāshū: “Words From a Member of the Supreme Council for Issuing Fatwas In One Of the Military Training Camps”

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Shaykh Yaḥyā Bin Ṭāhar al-Firghālī: “The Road to the Caliphate: History of the Jihādist Movements from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Shāmī Jihād, The Forth Generation, Episode #3″

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For prior parts in this video series see the forth generation here: #2 and #1; third generation here: #5, #4, #3, #2 and #1; the second generation here: #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1; and the first generation here: #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.

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