April, 2024

• 8 April

  Islamic State Escalates Anti-Russian Militant Campaign

  

  The Islamic State organization and its violent progeny, ISKP, have viewed Moscow as their enemy since the group’s inception. After four extremists stormed the Crocus City Hall, a music venue in Krasnogorsk on the outskirts of Moscow, with assault rifles and incendiary devices, the world was shocked as footage emerged …

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• 8 April

  Watch out, Iran is putting a foot in Niger. Report Soufan Center

  

  Tehran is trying to exploit the divisions between Western countries and the juntas in the Sahel. Also in the crosshairs is the country that hosts 250 Italian soldiers Iran is exploiting the growing rift between several coup leaders in the Sahel – in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – and …

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• 8 April

  Israel’s Syrian spy network ‘enabled airstrike’ on Iran commanders

  

  Israel has been building up its assets in Syria, says a former CIA agent The suspected assassination of an Iranian commander by an Israeli air strike at the Iranian consulate in Damascus would have required on-the-ground intelligence from local operatives, according to an Israeli security analyst and a former CIA …

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• 8 April

  IntelBrief: Iraq Navigates the Mideast Crisis

  

  The March attack by Islamic State (IS) on a Moscow theater has dimmed the prospects for a substantial drawdown of the U.S. contingent of 2,500 military advisors and trainers still in Iraq.The upcoming U.S. visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani will focus on the U.S. troop presence as …

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• 8 April

  IntelBrief: Iran Extends its Influence in Africa

  

  Iran is capitalizing on the widening rift between several post-coup leaders in the Sahel and Western countries, including the United States and France.Iranian leaders perceive that expanded relations with Africa’s leaders can help Iran circumvent U.S.-led sanctions and enhance Iran’s role as a supplier of sophisticated weaponry, particularly armed drones.Iran’s …

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• 8 April

  NATO at 75: The Alliance’s future lies in Ukraine’s victory against Russia

  

  NATO will mark its seventy-fifth anniversary on April 4 as history’s most successful military alliance. However, its future as a credible deterrent to aggression now lies in the success or failure of Russia’s unjust and brutal invasion of Ukraine. NATO’s past successes are unquestioned and impressive. It was NATO that …

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• 8 April

  Irremediable Defeat: On Israel’s Other Unwinnable War

  

  Historically, wars unite Israelis. Not anymore. Not that Israelis do not agree with Benjamin Netanyahu’s war; they simply do not believe that the prime minister is the man who could win this supposedly existential fight. But Netanyahu’s war remains unwinnable simply because liberation wars, often conducted through guerrilla warfare tactics, …

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• 8 April

  Iran says senior Daesh member and others arrested

  

  Iranian police on Saturday announced the arrest of a senior operative of Daesh with two other members of the group accused of planning a suicide attack during next week’s celebrations marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The police said Mohammad Zaker, known as “Ramesh”, and the …

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• 8 April

  Northern Kosovo: Asserting Sovereignty amid Divided Loyalties

  

  Tensions are rising in Kosovo’s restive Serb-majority north, as Pristina enforces its writ against the backdrop of continuing disputes with Belgrade. The parties and outside supporters should first work on defusing the short-term risk of violence and then look for ways to foster lasting stability. What’s new? A clash between police …

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• 8 April

  NATO Societies Must be Ready for War

  

  Since Russia’s 2022 large-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO militaries have been getting ready to fight. Thus far, less attention has been given to societal readiness for war, but there are signs that this imbalance is starting to be addressed. The 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea was an insufficient wake-up call …

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