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What We Are Reading

Key Reads ISIS Leader Purportedly Accepts Boko Haram’s Pledge of Allegiance Hamdi Alkhshali, Steve Almasy / CNN In an audio message purportedly from an ISIS spokesman, the group announced that a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian-based Boko Haram has been accepted by...

Attacking Energy in Libya- A New ISIS Strategy?

Last month, affiliates of the terrorist group ISIS attacked key oil fields and pipelines in Libya. On February 4th the group attacked the al-Mabrook oil field, killing 12 people, and a February 14th bombing of a pipeline connecting the El Sarir field to the Hariga oil...

What We Are Reading

International News Coverage Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism   In Congress, Netanyahu Faults ‘Bad Deal’ on Iran Nuclear Program Peter Baker/ The New York Times With dark warnings and a call to action, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel used one of...

What We Are Reading

International News Coverage  Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism   ‘Jihadi John’ Unmasking Raises Questions for British Security Forces Henry Ridgwell / Voice of America The identity of the masked man in several Islamic State videos showing the beheading of...