Militant Leadership Monitor
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Militant Leadership Monitor – March 2016
The March issue of Militant Leadership Monitor is a special country-focused issue on militancy in Libya, namely Islamic State activity within Libyan borders.
Militant Leadership Monitor – February 2016 Issue
The February issue of Militant Leadership Monitor provides profiles of Islamic State recruiters and hackers, Pakistani militants, and Fulani herdsmen.
Militant Leadership Monitor – March 2012 Issue
The March 2012 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with two briefs - one covers the Indian Mujahideen's Yasin Bhatkal, while the other details the leadership vacuum in the Upper Huallaga Valley. Following the theme... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – January 2016 Issue
The January 2016 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with briefs about Turkmen Iraqi leader, Arshad al-Salehi, and a Libyan military commander by the name of Salam Jadallah al-Ubaidi. The first profile in the issue... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – November 2015 Issue
The November 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor starts off with a brief of Major General Muhammad Khaddour, the Syrian loyalist commander in charge of the Raqqa, Deir al-Zor and al-Hasakah Governorates, where the Islamic... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – October 2015 Issue
The October 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor covers several militants connected with the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq. Nicholas Heras begins with a brief on Shaykh Auws al-Khafaji and Shaykh Ammar al-Lami, the Secretary General and primary... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – September 2015 Issue
The September 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with a brief on Saqr Abu Qutaiba, the leader of a Syrian armed rebel group who would like to receive training and weapons from the United... MORE
European Foreign Fighters in the Islamic State
In this Quarterly Special Report (QSR), Jamestown looks at European foreign fighters within the Islamic State. One of the most unique aspects of the Islamic State organization is its targeted recruitment of foreign fighters. Thousands... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – August 2015
The August 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with three briefs. Nicholas Heras first looks at Shaykh Hammoud Saeed al-Mikhlafi, a key ally of Saudi Arabia against the Houthis in Taiz. Then, Matthew Czekaj... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – July 2015 Issue
The July 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor covers militants from Libya to Pakistan. Nicholas Heras begins with a brief on Muhanna Jaffala, an Aleppan student turned rebel leader who was just severely injured in... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – June 2015 Issue
The June 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor starts off with a brief of Captain Abd al-Nasr Shmeir, a former Syrian soldier turned militia leader in the Damascus suburban area of Ghouta. Nicholas Heras follows... MORE
Who’s Who Among the Islamic State’s Commanders, Clerics and Affiliates
One year after the capture of Mosul on June 9, 2014, the militant movement known as the Islamic State has become one of the world’s most widely known terrorist organizations. The rise of this jihadist... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – May 2015 Issue
The May 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor begins with a brief on trans-Saharan jihadist Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, who recently switched allegiance from al-Qaeda to the Islamic State, by Nicholas Heras. He follows with another on Abu... MORE
Militant Leadership Monitor – April 2015
The April 2015 issue of Militant Leadership Monitor covers militants from Syria to South Sudan. Nicholas Heras begins with a brief on Abu Abd Allah al-Shami, a leading Salafist commander in Syria. He follows with... MORE
The Kenyan Face of al-Shabaab
Three months before the recent storming of Garissa University College in Kenya by al-Shabaab militants, Jamestown analyst Muhyadin Ahmed Roble wrote that the Somali terrorist group was still capable of mounting devastating attacks and remained... MORE
