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January 2026 Issue of CTC Sentinel by The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

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By James Halbert Barnett, Brian Jenkins, Thomas Renard
| Small Wars Journal Verified
From the Editors In December 2025, the United States reported that it had launched strikes against Islamic State fighters in northwest Nigeria, specifically in Sokoto state near the border with Niger. Our cover article this month—based on extensive fieldwork by the authors—provides meticulous, new insights into jihadi expansion in this part of Nigeria.
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The Oil Thieves of Nigeria

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By James Halbert Barnett
| New Lines Magazine Verified
Listen to this story As the three women from Otuabagi tell it, the Niger Delta’s woes began with a simple yet consequential misunderstanding. The European engineers came to the village in 1956, four years before Nigeria’s independence, to dig holes around the surrounding creeks for reasons that were hardly apparent to the local residents.
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No Respite on Ukraine’s Bloody Southern Front

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By James Halbert Barnett, Husain Haqqani
| Hudson Institute
Ingul Hotel was struck by a Russian missile around 10 p.m. on March 22, for what reason no one is quite sure. The hotel was empty at the time save for the manager and a security guard, meaning, thankfully, no one was killed.
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