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Articles of the Week – 12/28-1/3

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Saturday December 28:

Why Do Armed Nonstate Groups Use Foreign Volunteers? The Case of the Islamic State – Barak Mendelsohn, Orbis: https://bit.ly/2ttqqm4

Sunday December 29:

he Taliban: a new proxy for Iran in Afghanistan? – Shahram Akbarzadeh and Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Third World Quarterly: https://bit.ly/35gzd8g

Monday December 30:

Resilience is for Research Designs Too: Funders, Researchers, & Navigating Study Constraints – David Malet and Mark Korbitz, Resolve Network: https://bit.ly/2twgicf

Using the McKinsey 7S Framework to Assess Al-Qaeda Over Three Decades: Lessons for the Future – Colin P. Clarke, ICCT: https://bit.ly/39Lh7Pk

Wednesday January 1:

Telegram Deplatforming ISIS Has Given Them Something to Fight For – Amarnath Amarasingam, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2sAdET3

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #215″

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For prior parts see: #214, #213, #212, #211, #210, #209, #208, #207, #206, #205, #204, #203, #202, #201, #200, #199, #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 #215

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Distribution of Zakāt Shares to the Beneficiaries In Kafr Takhārīm City”

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Shaykh ‘Abd al-Raḥīm ‘Aṭūn (Abū ‘Abd Allah al-Shāmī): “Causes of Victory and Defeat #3″

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For prior parts in this video series see: #2 and #1.

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Abū Ḥafṣ al-al-Sūrī: “Return To Your Land and Conquer It”

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New video message from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Distribution of Zakāt Shares to the Beneficiaries In the Towns of Kafr ‘Awīd and Qūqfin in the Jabal al-Zāwīyah Region In the Southern Idlib Countryside”

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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Aghanistan’s Zabīh Allah Mujāhid: “Clarification Concerning Propaganda About the Ceasefire”

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For the past few days, a number of media outlets have been publishing false and baseless reports about a ceasefire by the Islamic Emirate.

Propaganda by some outlets has even reached heights of supposed schism within the Islamic Emirate on the issue of a ceasefire.

The reality of the situation is that the Islamic Emirate has no intention of declaring a ceasefire. The United States has asked for a reduction in the scale and intensity of violence and discussions being held by the Islamic Emirate are revolving solely around this specific issue.

The leader of the Islamic Emirate has not yet issued a final decree and neither is there any differences within the Islamic Emirate related to this issue.

It is hoped that our compatriots pay no heed to the malicious reports being propagated by the enemy media.

Some intelligence circles are utilizing the media in an effort to generate anxiety, false optimism and sabotage the ongoing negotiations process through the dissemination of misleading information.

The Islamic Emirate will take every necessary and appropriate step that ensures the higher interests and Jihadi aspirations of our homeland in the light of Islamic Shariah in both the military and political fronts, Allah willing.

The Islamic Emirate shall keep its nation informed of any progress through its official channels.

Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Zabihullah Mujahid

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09/10/1398 Hijri Solar                   30/12/2019 Gregorian

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