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Sr Threat Intelligence Analyst @TechvsTerrorism. Sr Research Fellow @TheSoufanCenter. Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief @MilitantWire.

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Islamic State using China to vilify Taliban

Islamic State using China to vilify Taliban

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Islamic State continues anti-Taliban PR push, with Tashkent in crosshairs

Islamic State continues anti-Taliban PR push, with Tashkent in crosshairs

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Islamic State's Voice of Hind Magazine: Globalizing the Regional Anti-Taliban Narrative

Islamic State's Voice of Hind Magazine: Globalizing the Regional Anti-Taliban Narrative

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The Islamic State's Anti-Russia Propaganda Campaign and Criticism of Taliban-Russian Relations

The Islamic State's Anti-Russia Propaganda Campaign and Criticism of Taliban-Russian Relations

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Muhammad al-Uyghuri: The New Face of IS Khorasan's Anti-China Propaganda

Muhammad al-Uyghuri: The New Face of IS Khorasan's Anti-China Propaganda

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Russia, Afghanistan, and the Islamic State Threat to Central Asia

Russia, Afghanistan, and the Islamic State Threat to Central Asia

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Inside ISWAP's Online Propaganda Machine: How Al-Buhaira Outlet is Waging a War of Words Across the Lake Chad Basin

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By Kiria Borak, Lucas Webber
| Militant Wire
When the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) split from its predecessor organization, Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram in 2016, it began developing a more systematic media strategy. The founding dispute with Shekau centered in part on the legitimacy of indiscriminate predation against Muslim civilians.
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Local Expansion, Transnational Interests? The Evolution of the Islamic State’s Sahel Province

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By Lucas Webber
| Hudson Institute
On March 25, 2026, Spanish and Moroccan authorities announced the arrest of a small Islamic State cell operating in both countries. Based between Tangiers in Morrocco and Mallorca in Spain, the three-person cell seems to have had a dual role, according to readouts from authorities in both countries. First, it provided logistical and financial support to two key Islamic State affiliates, the Islamic State’s Sahel Province (ISSP) and the Islamic State in Somalia (IS-S).
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New Attack Plot Signals Rising Islamic State Sahel Threat to Europe Through Morocco-Spain Corridor

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By Lucas Webber
| Militant Wire
Islamic State–Sahel (IS‑Sahel) has been building out a support corridor that runs from its core zones in the Sahel through northern Morocco into Spain, using small, compartmented structures to cover recruitment, financing, logistics, and external operations (ExOps).
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