Given that ISIS put up its stiffest resistance in Mosul and had more than two years to prepare its defensive positions, the coalition increased the scope of its support to the ISF to offset these …

This report documents and analyzes the employment of airpower against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by the United States and its coalition partners during Operation Inherent Resolve …

يقدّم هذا المنظور التحليليّ خياراتٍ من أجل التفعيل العملياتيّ للنتائج التي وصلنا إليها مؤخراً في مؤسسة RAND بشأن خصوم الدولة الإسلامية في العراق وسوريا (ISIS) ومناصريها عبر تويتر (Twitter).

However, ISIS has modified its caliphate-oriented narrative, propagating themes of nostalgia and juxtapos-ing scenes of idyllic existence in the ISIS umma with the destruction wrought by the global …

For a detailed explanation of the historical and current attraction of apocalyptic themes, see William McCants, The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State, …

Feb 5, 2021 · Some argue that airpower could have been applied more vigorously in Operation Inherent Resolve to have more quickly defeated ISIS. Airpower was essential, but ground forces led by Iraqi …

ISIS fighters had exercised de facto control over this region since 2014. The biggest ques-tion now looming for Euphrates Valley communities is how to navigate toward recovery given the enormous …

TARGETING ISIS’S CASH RESERVES At one point, ISIS was known as the richest terrorist group in the world, and its resources were an important source of its strength. Because of international …

To support the countermessaging efort and to more deeply understand ISIS supporters and opponents, this study uses a mixed-methods analytic approach to identify and characterize in detail both ISIS …

Dec 11, 2018 · The importance of social media in projecting violent extremist propaganda and recruiting foreign fighters is well documented. As ISIS attempts to regroup and recuperate, investigating its use …