Insights

  • Jan262015

    Foreign fighter total in Syria/Iraq now exceeds 20,000; surpasses Afghanistan conflict in the 1980s

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    By Peter R. Neumann, ICSR Director The number of foreigners that have joined Sunni militant organizations in the Syria/Iraq conflict…

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  • Jan222015

    German foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq

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    This article by ICSR Associate Fellow Daniel Heinke and Jan Raudszus appears in the current issue of CTC Sentinel, where sources…

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  • Dec102014

    ICSR and BBC Publish Global Survey of Jihadist Violence

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    Click here for the full report. The product of a unique and powerful collaboration, ICSR and the BBC have just…

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  • Oct242014

    Guardian and ICSR Document British fighters killed in Syria/Iraq Conflict

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    In cooperation with the Guardian newspaper, ICSR has produced the most comprehensive documentation of British fighters killed in the Syria/Iraq…

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  • Sep242014

    ICSR Advises U.N. Security Council On Foreign Fighters

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      Later today, U.S. President Barack Obama will introduce a landmark resolution at the UN Security Council in New York…

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  • Aug272014

    Offering Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq a Way Out

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    This article was published by the Independent newspaper and is available here. By Shiraz Maher and Peter Neumann In yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, [London…

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  • Jun192014

    ICSR Urges Caution Regarding “Abu Rashash” Social Media Accounts

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  • Apr152014

    Who inspires the Syrian foreign fighters?

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  • Mar272014

    Blowback: How Assad Created His Jihadist Enemies

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  • Feb062014

    Sochi: Who Is Behind the Caucasus Emirate?

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