Sam Heller

@AbuJamajem

Senior Analyst, Non-State Armed Groups, . Looking at jihadism, one eye still on Syria. Jamajem means 🏴‍☠️. Contact:

Beirut, Lebanon
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Joined September 2011
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    7 hours ago

    My latest, for : What global threat does a "de-territorialized" Islamic State pose, post-"caliphate"? A detailed look at planned attacks in Lebanon last year can help demystify the group's non-territorial external operations capability:

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  2. 22 minutes ago

    New "Wa-Harridh al-Mumineen" video highlights guerrilla raids (including at night) on Syrian military on Idlib's western and eastern edges; as conventional escalation was underway on Hama front, these groups were launching deadly unconventional attacks:

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    5 hours ago

    A Glimpse into the Islamic State’s External Operations, Post-Caliphate (by for )

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Rabble-rousing video sermon by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's Abu Sa'id Muhambel features clip of Khattab from seminal jihadist video "Jahim al-Rous (Russians' Hell)," as Abu Sa'id asks rhetorically, "Did you not consider, you atheists, what happened to you in Chechnya and Afghanistan?"

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  5. 3 hours ago

    . colleague on the Gulf rift's narrative dimension, as the two sides' antithetical visions for the regional order and their own roles have turned intramural friction into a more far-ranging and destructive contest:

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    4 hours ago

    This is a critically important thread to get just a small window into the immense suffering inflicted by ISIS. As so much attention is turned to the legal processes (admittedly flawed) under which ISIS members are tried, it is important to remember what they inflicted.

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    Five years a slave of the Islamic State. Nashaat, Jolene and Fawzya's story. A Yazidi family, given asylum in Germany, searches for its missing son & daughter.…
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  7. 4 hours ago

    ., “Is the Syrian regime about to retake Idlib?” Includes my thoughts.

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    5 hours ago

    The planned attack in Lebanon covered in this article has an interesting resemblance to the 2017 Sydney plane plot: IS operatives sending a package of bomb components and providing instructions on how to assemble them. called this an "IKEA model of terrorism"

    My latest, for : What global threat does a "de-territorialized" Islamic State pose, post-"caliphate"? A detailed look at planned attacks in Lebanon last year can help demystify the group's non-territorial external operations capability:
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    6 hours ago

    Come intern with us!

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  10. 11 hours ago

    . on Iraq War revisionism, and how it's being used to push escalation with Iran:

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    May 28

    To reduce the risk of worsening violence in central , the government should explore ➤ Mandate religious leaders to test the possibility of talks with militants ➤ Sponsor wider dialogue among central Malians, including jihadist sympathisers

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    May 28

    Calls for dialogue are still resisted by the government, its foreign partners and by the jihadists themselves. Yet experiences negotiating local compromises and humanitarian access with militants suggest that at least some are pragmatic.

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    May 28

    has established a strong presence throughout . Military operations aimed at defeating it have reached a stalemate. As the conflict fuels ever deadlier intercommunal violence the state should consider engaging insurgent in dialogue

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  14. May 28

    2. Lends credence to HTS's claims that it's working to roll up IS networks in Idlib. The "idari" says he was the node for money and supplies to the group's various Idlib sectors. Below, HTS announces it ambushed and killed IS's "wali" (governor) and explosives expert.

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  15. May 28

    1. In video confession for HTS's Iba Network, Islamic State's Idlib "idari" (administrator) recounts purchasing IED components (9V batteries) that correspond to those in the disassembled charge that IS-Idlib smuggled to Lebanon last year, per Nohad Machnouk's December presser.

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  16. May 28

    .: More than 150 "reconciled" men from northern Homs countryside killed on Idlib-Hama front line, where they face off against rebels who include Homs men chose to leave for Idlib:

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    May 27

    1/ last 10days of Ramadan are often packed with a certain weight and solemnity in political action; even by that measure, last night was weighty in the Gulf. In , Emir warned of a "bitter reality" in the region and called for cohesion and caution

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  18. May 27

    Tahrir al-Sham mourns al-Mu’tasem Billah al-Madani, Saudi member of its Shar’i Council killed in battle for Hama’s Kafranboudah. I translated Madani in 2014, as he debated former Jeish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar comrade over rival visions of militant rule:

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  19. May 26

    . on the incorporation of former rebels into the Russian-sponsored 5th Corps and those ex-rebels' hierarchy of motivations: protecting themselves amid insecurity, earning a living wage and getting revenge on jihadists:

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    May 26

    Wael Jamal a-Dalati (Abu 'Adi) from Babila was killed today in northern Hama fighting with the 4th Division of the Syrian Army. Wael was formerly a rebel with the FSA-aligned Jaysh al-Ababil. When Babila surrendered following years of siege, Wael "reconciled" with the regime.

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