Critical Threats with ISW Weekly Update 2/8/2023

 

 
 
Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update
 
 
February 2023
 
Brian Carter, Kathryn Tyson, Liam Karr, and Peter Mills
 
 
Escalating competition within the Yemeni government will reduce counterterrorism pressure on al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen and allow the group to increase its influence in the country’s south.  READ MORE >>

A decrease in al Shabaab bombings in central Somalia
 likely indicates a lull rather than the end of the group’s counteroffensive against the Somali government.  
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Al Qaeda’s Sahel branch is taking advantage of the lack of counterterrorism pressure and state presence in northern Mali to position itself as the primary power broker in the area, including striking agreements with local groups that previously collaborated with French counterterrorism forces.  READ MORE >>

The Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISKP) is isolating the Taliban government by targeting its diplomatic relations. This campaign has included both online propaganda and attacks on diplomatic facilities and foreign citizens in Kabul.   READ MORE >>
 
 
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