Critical Threats WeeklyUpdate 5/10/23

 

May 10, 2023, Update   Brian Carter and Liam Karr

ISIS is expanding its support zones in the Middle Euphrates River Valley despite falling attack claims. The US mission in Syria claimed that Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) clearing operations helped to cause falling attack claims, but the SDF often fails to hold terrain following operations, which allows ISIS presence to return.  READ MORE >> The Somali Federal Government (SFG) has improved security around Mogadishu since February . Al Shabaab has not conducted a mass casualty attack in the Somali capital since late February, after conducting three such attacks between November 2022 and February 2023.  READ MORE >> The Islamic State affiliate in the Sahel is on course to eclipse its strength at its prior peak in 2020 . The group has restrengthened across multiple fronts in the Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger tri-border area since the French drawdown in northern Mali in 2022 and is a threat to US personnel and interests in West Africa.  READ MORE >>

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SPECIAL EDITIONS: Protests in Pakistan

Salafi-Jihadi Movement Update Special Edition: Protests in Pakistan, May 11, 2023   Peter Mills, Kathryn Tyson, and Brian Carter | Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute | May 11, 2023

Salafi-Jihadi Movement Update Special Edition: Protests in Pakistan, May 10, 2023   Kathryn Tyson, Peter Mills, and Brian Carter | Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute | May 10, 2023

Salafi-Jihadi Movement Update Special Edition: Protests in Pakistan, May 9, 2023   Kathryn Tyson, Peter Mills, and Brian Carter | Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute | May 9, 2023

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