A street scene in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. Photo: AU-UN IST/Stuart Price 28 March 2015 –…
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HAMAS
BACKGROUND HAMAS formed in late 1987 at the beginning of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising). Its…
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BACKGROUND Greek domestic terrorism stems from radical leftist and anarchist ideologies that developed in reaction to…
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BACKGROUND Imirat Kavkaz, (IK, or Caucasus Emirate), founded in late 2007 by now-deceased Chechen extremist Doku…
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BOKO HARAM BACKGROUND Boko Haram, which refers to itself as “Jama‘atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da‘awati wal-Jihad” (JASDJ;…
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AL-QA’IDA IN THE LANDS OF THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB (AQIM) BACKGROUND Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the…
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BACKGROUND Al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is a Sunni extremist group based in Yemen that…
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AL-QA’IDA BACKGROUND Established by Usama Bin Ladin in 1988 with Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against…
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AL-NUSRAH FRONT BACKGROUND Al-Nusrah Front is one of the most capable al-Qa‘ida-affiliated groups operating in Syria…
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BACKGROUND The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement founded in the early 1990s…
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ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG) BACKGROUND The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is the most violent of the…
Continue ReadingAustralian Leader Outlines Tough New Anti-Terrorism Measures
Abbott decried the spread of Islamic extremism in Syria and Iraq as a “new dark age”…
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