Articles of the Week – 9/15-9/21

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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

New release from Anṣār al-Sharī'ah in the Arabian Peninsula: "The Security Belt in Wilāyat Abyan After Announcing Its Control of the Military Training Camp East of the City Mūdīyah"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in the Arabian Peninsula — The Security Belt in Wilāyat Abyan After Announcing Its Control of the Military Training Camp East of the City Mūdīyah
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New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: "al-Nabā’ #148"

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For prior parts see: #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 #148
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