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In the Hospitality of the Commander
An Analysis of a Message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi The first picture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in years. It is the sixth day of Ramadan, 2014. It’s a clear day in Mosul, clouds dotting the sky. The palm trees around the Great Mosque of an-Nuri wave lightly in the …
By Séamus Malekafzali
2 May 2019
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“The West Has Fallen” – The Notre Dame Fire and the Na…
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Fires had barely begun to erupt on the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral before talk about the “real” …
By Séamus Malekafzali
21 Apr 2019
Hajin – The Last Stand of the Islamic State
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The failure to break the YPG in Kobani was an omen of things to come. And now, as winter neared in 2018, the SDF was on the doorstep of the "capital" the remnants of IS had declared, in Hajin, a town of less than 30,000.
By Séamus Malekafzali
22 Dec 2018
Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life after Death: ISIS, al-Qaida, and a Shared L…
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There is a saying attributed to Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, regarding the …
By Séamus Malekafzali
4 Oct 2018
Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life after Death – Part I
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Crafting the Aftermath On February 5, 2002, an American-born Islamic cleric named Anwar al-Awlaki was invited to …
By Séamus Malekafzali
14 Aug 2018
The Art of Constantly Changing Narratives – Part I: Russia
To anyone familiar with the media landscape surrounding Syria, Russia’s presence in the war has always been …
By Séamus Malekafzali
12 Apr 2018
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