ISIS
America Prepares to Find and Fight ISIS-K
President Joe Biden has promised to hunt down the people responsible for the massive suicide blasts outside of the Kabul Airport, which killed at least thirteen U.S. service members and...
The International Criminal Court Must Seek Justice for ISIS Atrocities
Thousands of war criminals who once fought for the Islamic State (ISIS) remain unpunished, with little prospect for speedy justice. Meanwhile, the international organization created to hold individuals like them...
True Story: ISIS Almost Had Its Very Own Air Force
Here’s What You Need to Know: This could have ended badly. Between 2013 and 2017 a small number of L-39 light attack jets at a Syrian air force base east...
Beware the Women of ISIS
Less than two years after the destruction of its proto-state in Iraq and Syria, the world’s most notorious terrorist group is showing new—and alarming—signs of resurgence in the Middle East....
To Take Down ISIS, the U.S. Air Force Pulled Out All the Stops
Recently, the RAND Corporation released a report on the utility and importance of airpower in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS). The RAND report offers some valuable insight on the benefits...
Who Really Defeated ISIS – Obama or Trump?
One common claim by President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has been that his administration beat IS, or what’s formally known as the Islamic State terrorist group. It came up most...
Don’t Kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
As US, Iraqi, and Iraqi and Syrian Kurdish forces close in on Mosul and Raqqa, talk is increasing about the imminent defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh). During...
Can the Islamic State Challenge Pakistan’s Militant Landscape?
On August 8, a suicide bomber belonging to the Jamaat-ul-Ahraar (JA), a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who in 2014 declared allegiance with the Islamic State (ISIS), detonated his...
Striking Back at The Islamic State’s Foreign Fighter Pipeline
In March, the terrorist group known as the Islamic State struck in the heart of Europe for the second time in six months. The attack in Brussels caught European security forces...
U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets Soon To Be Targeting ISIS With New Missile
U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jets will soon be targeting and destroying ISIS targets with upgraded laser-guided Maverick missiles engineered to pinpoint maneuvering or fast-moving targets, service officials explained. The Maverick...
The Kremlin’s Take On Syria and Global Terror
Second Line of Defense again attended the annual Moscow Conference on International Security, which met April 26-28, 2016. This year’s focus was international terrorism. The presenters also offered insights into Russia’s...
This is What it’s Like to be on the ISIS Kill List
Waleed Basyouni is trying to take something good from the fact that the Islamic State terrorist group has specifically targeted him for death. In the twisted way in which the...