Articles of the Week – 3/3-3/9

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Sunday March 4:
Precarious Consolidation: Qari Hekmat’s IS-affiliated ‘island’ survives another Taleban onslaught – Obaid Ali, Afghanistan Analysts Network:
Monday March 5:
Abū Muṣ’ab al-Barnāwī’s Interview with the Islamic State’s Al-Naba’ Magazine – Alexander Thurston, Journal for Islamic Studies: https://bit.ly/2FGc1aL
Strategic Progress Remains Elusive in America’s Expanded Air Campaign Against Al-Shabaab – Tricia Bacon, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2oRN81s
Wednesday March 7:
The Only Islamic State-Funded Plot in the U.S.: The Curious Case of Mohamed Elshinawy – Seamus Hughes, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2FwNzFz
The Malaysian “Islamic” State versus the Islamic State (IS): evolving definitions of “terror” in an “Islamising” nation-state – Nicholas Chan, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2FuOJkI
Making women terrorists into “Jihadi brides”: an analysis of media narratives on women joining ISIS – Alice Martini, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2HkeqVM
Wolves in sheep clothing or victims of times? Discussing the immoderation of incumbent Islamic parties in Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia – Esen Kirdiş, Democratization: https://bit.ly/2tyYtJ8
The Small But Influential Group of Portuguese Jihadists, Hugo Franco, European Eye on Radicalization: https://bit.ly/2HkPhdu
Repression and refuge: Why only some politically excluded ethnic groups rebel – Stefan Lindemann and Andreas Wimmer, Journal of Peace Research:
Thursday March 8:
G5 Sahel: Much done, more to do – Andrew Lebovich, European Council for Foreign Relations: https://bit.ly/2oXdDmS

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #122"

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For prior parts see: #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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Eye On Jihadis in Libya Weekly Update: March 6

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IS in Action On 28 February, US law enforcement officials stated that twenty year old Bernard Raymond Augustine from Keyes in the US, accused of trying to enter Libya to join IS, had been arrested. Augustine had been returned to the US from Tunisia after being first arrested in Tunisia in 2016. Augustine is said to have told US customs that he intended to travel to Tunisia for a vacation. The American has been charge with attempting to provide material to support terrorism, with a search of his computer allegedly containing messages he had sent praising the group. A weekly update of ISIS’s actions, the Western response, and developments pertaining to Libya’s other militias is available by subscribing here. To read about Western countries’ responses to ISIS in Libya this week, click here, and to read about the developments within the anti-ISIS Coalition of Libyan militias, click here. To read all four sections of this week’s Eye on ISIS in Libya report, click here. Eye-on-Isis-Logo-001