Critical Threats Weekly Update 2/1/2023

 

February 1, 2023 Update   Brian Carter, Kathryn Tyson, Liam Karr, and Peter Mills     The Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham likely made a strategic choice to decrease its attacks in some areas of Iraq to enable their use as transit zones. ISIS continues to use Ninewa province in northwestern Iraq to move supplies and personnel to support its attack cells in eastern Iraq.  READ MORE >> The Islamic State is leveraging networks across multiple continents to sustain both new and established affiliates. A US military raid in northern Somalia killed a key ISIS facilitator in northern Somalia. READ MORE >> The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) significantly escalated its attack campaign against the Pakistani state with a major suicide bombing targeting police in northwestern Pakistan on January 30 .  READ MORE >>     SEE FULL UPDATE     Maps from the past week   See more maps tracking Salafi-Jihadi movements in Africa, the Middle East and Central/South Asia >>     Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Updates are produced by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute. Each weekly update will feature expert analysis of ongoing Salafi-jihadi trends in the various geographic theaters where the movement operates. If you are not already subscribed and want to receive email notifications when our weekly updates are published, click here.     As always, we welcome your feedback. To keep up with our latest analysis, please follow us on Twitter @criticalthreats. The Critical Threats Project is an initiative of the American Enterprise Institute dedicated to tracking and analyzing key and emerging national security threats to the United States in order to inform the policy debate. View online | Ensure delivery | Subscribe Critical Threats Project American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 1789 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036 202.862.5800 | www.criticalthreats.org | www.aei.org Donate to AEI in support of defending and promoting freedom, opportunity, and enterprise. Follow the Critical Threats Project: