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Pieter Van Ostaeyen

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Historian & Arabist Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies Publications available via orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988

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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Recommended reading 👇 Imported from Egypt The Extremist Ideology that inspired Boko Haram humanglemedia.com/imported-fro...
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mali’s Tuareg separatists seek Turkey talks, reveal Russian contact. www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Mali’s Tuareg separatists seek Turkey talks, reveal Russian contact
FLA spokesperson tells MEE that dialogue with the Africa Corps does not signal any rapprochement
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Erik Op de Beeck @erikopdebeeck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BLUF: ‘A f***-up of epic proportions’ #BabelMandeb #Hormuz #Iran #Houthis #USA edition.cnn.com/2026/09/12/m...
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‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast | CNN
Desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. As the Houthis advanced, backup support from Saudi Arabia was nowhere in sight.
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Erik Op de Beeck @erikopdebeeck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Letterlijk en figuurlijk de grenzen aftasten. #Russia www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station
The former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Mali : au moins 50 militaires et cinq mercenaires russes tués dans une attaque djihadiste
Plusieurs dizaines de soldats maliens ont également été faits prisonniers dans l’attaque survenue jeudi, selon plusieurs sources contactées par l’AFP.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Credible sources say more than 100 soldiers killed, 72 prisoners
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Mali: au moins 5 soldats du groupe paramilitaire russe Africa Corps tués lors de l'attaque de Dioura - RFI
Au Mali, le bilan de l’attaque jihadiste du jeudi 10 septembre contre le camp de l’armée de la localité de Dioura, dans le centre, s’alourdit. Plusieurs dizaines de militaires maliens et de combattants…
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Recommended reading 👇 Imported from Egypt The Extremist Ideology that inspired Boko Haram humanglemedia.com/imported-fro...
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"What the Wounds Tell" just won this year’s European Press Prize. "Doctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted." www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
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Gunshot wounds in Palestinian children indicate targeted fire
Doctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted. This emerges from research by de Volkskrant, ...
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Daniele Garofalo @danielegarofalo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨Read my latest analysis: “Europe’s Micro-Jihadist Surge. Online Radicalization, Low-Tech Attack Readiness, and the Italian Exposure”. Free Access! 📊 Read the full analysis here: www.danielegarofalomonitoring.com/p/europes-mi...
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Europe’s Micro-Jihadist Surge
Online Radicalization, Low-Tech Attack Readiness, and the Italian Exposure
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Simple Abonné @simpleabonne.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Autre problème dans la vidéo de revendication de responsabilité concernant l'incendie au quartier juif d'Anvers, soulevé par un compte sur X: "L’utilisation du terme « terre d’israël » est utilisé par les hébreux …les islamistes utilisent le terme « Palestine » ou territoire occupé."
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Simple Abonné @simpleabonne.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Pourquoi y a-t-il des erreurs de traduction et un filigrane d'IA dans la vidéo de revendication de responsabilité concernant l'incendie au quartier juif d'Anvers ? Selon l'historien et arabisant @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social , la vidéo (...) présente plusieurs éléments étranges. archive.ph/EvwE1
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Satellite images from today show at least 70 U.S. military aircraft parked at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan — a big influx over just a few days. They include F-35s, which are normally not seen there. By @rileymellen.bsky.social, Christoph Koettl, and Eric Schmitt. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
Some of the F-35 stealth fighters in Jordan on Friday.
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My new book for Manchester University Press is out now! My English translation & study of Toledan archbishop Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada's 'Minor Histories', incl. his very important 'History of the Arabs', the first surviving Western study of Arab history manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189646/
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Manchester University Press - Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada's Minor Histories
Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada's Minor Histories - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada's Minor Histories by Aymenn Al-Tamimi
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
It seems like the largest battle with Islamic State in years for Turkey. At least 3 policemen were killed, nine injured. Six Islamic State members were shot dead by the Turks. A whole Elmalik village in Yalova province was put on lockdown. The operation is ongoing. #Turkey
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Phil Gurski @borealissaves.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Turkish police detain 357 ISIS suspects in a nationwide operation a day after three police officers and six militants were killed in a gunfight in northwest: how many ISIS are there in Turkey?? english.aawsat.com/world/522453...
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Türkiye Detains 357 ISIS Suspects Nationwide after Deadly Clash
Turkish police detained 357 suspects in a nationwide operation against the ISIS group on Tuesday, the interior minister said, a day after three police officers and six militants were killed in a gunfi...
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GoaTranceNET @goatrancenet.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
and since at least 2019 they received ISIS Islamist training www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Bondi gunman was follower of notorious antisemitic Sydney cleric
At least one of the gunmen who killed 15 people in Sunday's Bondi Beach terrorist attack was known to authorities as a follower of a notorious Sydney pro-Islamic State cleric, the ABC can reveal.
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Phil Gurski @borealissaves.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Bondi terrorists travelled to Philippines for 'military-style training', security sources say - this puts a whole new spin on things and puts to rest the belief of some that the Philippines no longer houses jihadis #terrorism www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Bondi gunmen underwent 'military-style training' in Philippines
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security ...
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Phil Gurski @borealissaves.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
'Christmas market ISIS 'mass terror attack' plot' foiled in Poland www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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'Christmas market ISIS 'mass terror attack' plot' foiled in Poland
Mateusz W., a student at the Catholic University of Lublin, wanted to commit an attack using explosives and planned to join a terrorist organisation, officials said.
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Bondi beach killers were in Mindanao in the Southern Philippines for about a month, where the Islamic State remains active. It might well be possible they were trained by IS militia for urban warfare www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/w...
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Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active
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Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Our new report. Sahel Monitoring September 2025 Co-authored with @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social @brantphilip.bsky.social and Brenno Fedi Fineschi www.counterextremism.com/blog/sahel-m...
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Sahel Monitoring September 2025
This is the fifth installment in a new series analysing the threat environment in the Sahel based on the propaganda output by Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic State–West Afric...
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Fuel crisis threatens security and stability in the Sahel Includes interviews with @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social & @simnasr.bsky.social www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/sah...
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Sahel’de yakıt krizi güvenlik ve istikrarı tehdit ediyor
Uzmanlar Mali, Burkina Faso ve Nijer'de derinleşen ve Batı Afrika’nın diğer ülkelerine sıçrama riski bulunan yakıt krizinin halkın günlük yaşamını felç ettiğini, güvenlik ve siyasi istikrar üzerinde c...
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Fuel crisis threatens security and stability in the Sahel A good round-up on the current security situation in the Sahel based on interviews with @simnasr.bsky.social @cagataycebe.bsky.social and myself (by @anadoluajansicom.bsky.social) www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/sah...
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Sahel’de yakıt krizi güvenlik ve istikrarı tehdit ediyor
Uzmanlar Mali, Burkina Faso ve Nijer'de derinleşen ve Batı Afrika’nın diğer ülkelerine sıçrama riski bulunan yakıt krizinin halkın günlük yaşamını felç ettiğini, güvenlik ve siyasi istikrar üzerinde c...
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves More than 100,000 people disappeared during the civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
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Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves
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Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
#Somalia Today, the terrorist captured by #Puntland forces in Kob Dhexaad has been confirmed to be Moroccan, and also saying that he was part of a group in Miraale.
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Most alarming report on Somalia Unless a new government of national unity or provisional authority holds genuine promise of better days to come, then Somalia’s future will be as dark as as-Shabaab’s black banner. africacenter.org/publication/...
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Map from @liamkarr.bsky.social @criticalthreats.bsky.social showing the extent of JNIM's stranglehold of southern Mali, blockading fuel supplies coming from neighboring countries.
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Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#Mali #Jnım militants are looting fuel from fuel tankers convoy they ambushed.
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Le Mali bientôt sous contrôle djihadiste ? Analyse d’une rhétorique alarmiste
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Le Mali bientôt sous contrôle djihadiste ? Analyse d’une rhétorique alarmiste
Au Mali, les djihadistes du JNIM s’en prennent à l’approvisionnement en carburant de Bamako, mais de là à s’emparer de la ville et de l’ensemble du pays, il y a un pas qu’ils semblent encore très loin...
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
At the same time, Islamic State notices that the killings of Christians in Nigeria at their hands is still lower than what Christians suffer at the hands of ISCAP and IS Mozambique,and if the Americans now follow the Crusader logic, it's inevitable to clash in Congo and Moz too.
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
IS carefuly analyses the crisis, assuming the role of the main threat Trump and evangelicals in MAGA constantly ramble about. The org clearly wants to make it the way the Americans want - to simplify the conflict in Nigeria to maximum and cause quagmire.
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The Islamic State immediately reacts to the threat Trump issued against Nigeria as was bound to happen in such circumstances. The Central organisation warns its African afiliates to take Trump seriously given how volatile and chaotic the US admins actions are. #Nigeria
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Belgian security services are convinced Russia is behind the recent drone incidents over military bases and civilian airports www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
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Belgian security services convinced Russia is behind the drone incidents | VRT NWS: news
The Belgian security services are in little doubt about who is responsible for the drone incidents above Belgian civil airports and military bases: this is the work of Russia. VRT NEWS has learned thi...
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Nathan S. French @innesseff.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Me, a scholar studying jihadism, whenever I hear someone call a politician a Marxist jihadi: “Please use your theory of communist Islamist jihadism to explain this image.”
A pestle marked “jihad” crushes a Soviet hammer and sickle in a mortar marked “Afghanistan”
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Suspicious drone activity over Belgian Military Bases since October 2025 (approximate list and locations)
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Belgium Calls Urgent Security Council Meeting After Drones Disrupt Airports and Military Bases united24media.com/latest-news/...
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Belgium Calls Urgent Security Council Meeting After Drones Disrupt Airports and Military Bases
Belgium's National Security Council will meet on November 6 to address recent drone activity disrupting air traffic at key airports and military bases.
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ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Donald Trump says Islamist militants in #Nigeria are killing Christians & calls for US military action. Since insurgency escalated 16 years ago, about 52,000 civilians have been killed across all faiths and causes —challenging claims of “100,000 Christian deaths.” 🎥Watch: youtube.com/shorts/DnSNe...
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Is Nigeria Facing a ‘Christian Genocide’?
YouTube video by ACLED
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Tell that to the people of Iraq …
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Wassim NASR @simnasr.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🔴Exclusif @france24.com, finalement la rançon d'au moins 50M$ fut pour la libération d'un seul ressortissant émirati et ses deux accompagnateurs de nationalités pakistanaise et iranienne, alors que le JNIM maintient son blocus de Bamako @paulinepaccard.bsky.social youtu.be/UrettJWdtXQ
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Mali : le JNIM libère un otage émirati contre une rançon de 50 millions de dollars • FRANCE 24
YouTube video by FRANCE 24
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Trump talking about genocide in Nigeria is the biggest nonsense I heard today, and it's coming from me who has been covering jihadists killing Christians quite a bit.The conflict there is simply too complex, with Muslims being pray of other Muslims, bandits, separatists, mafias.
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Jules Duhamel @julesduhamel.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🇳🇪 #Niger / 🇺🇸 #US Citizen Abduction – Corrected location of the phone's tracking in Dinki, just outside of Niamey, and not "56 miles" from the capital as initially reported. This is thanks to the (always excellent) MENASTREAM. More on what probably went wrong...🧵1/7
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Al-MONITOR @almonitor.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Khamenei tells Trump to 'keep dreaming' he destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Khamenei tells Trump to 'keep dreaming' he destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected on Monday an assertion by U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States has destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities. "The…
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Our reporting project on Assad's top enforcers is on today's frontpage. Gift link: nyti.ms/48uCtkN
Front page of The New York Times dated Sunday, October 19, 2025. The main feature dominates the upper half of the page: a large grid of dozens of headshots and gray silhouettes representing individuals tied to Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. Each image has a caption underneath, and some silhouettes are blank to indicate unknown or missing figures. A bold headline above the grid explains that many Syrians lost loved ones or were imprisoned, and that key suspects disappeared. A sub-heading on the bottom of the grid reads “THE VANISHING ACT,” introducing an investigative article about the whereabouts and crimes of Assad’s enforcers.

To the right of the main grid are two text columns. The upper column is a news analysis piece about former President Donald Trump and a government shutdown, while the lower column is a political article about Democrats’ strategies for stopping Trump, noting campaign maneuvers in various states.

The newspaper’s title masthead “The New York Times” appears across the top, with date, volume number, and price ($6.00) above. A small weather summary is printed in the top right corner. A classic Times banner—“All the News That’s Fit to Print”—sits in the top left. The overall layout features the central visual grid, surrounded by headline columns and typical newspaper framing.
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
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The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
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Program On Extremism @gwupoe.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
‼️Alleged pro-Hamas Oct. 7 attacker living in Louisiana arrested by FBI “I believe it’s only the first [arrest], of probably a few, that we will see like this,” said Head of Terrorism Research Lara Burns, who investigated Hamas for eight years.
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Alleged pro-Hamas Oct. 7 attacker living in Louisiana arrested by FBI
The FBI has arrested a suspect in Louisiana who allegedly participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
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Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
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The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
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Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
New Jihadology Guest Post: Who Are Nigeria’s “Newest” Jihadist Militants? by @james-barnett.bsky.social and @vincentfoucher.bsky.social jihadology.net/2025/10/15/g...
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GUEST POST: Who Are Nigeria’s “Newest” Jihadist Militants?
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Video posted to Wagner / Africa Corps Telegram channel showing Mi-24 helicopters tasked to protect fuel convoys in #Mali
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