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Hezbollah's Syria Problem
The question remains open as to how effective the Iranian proxy can be fighting simultaneously against the Syrian rebels and the Israeli military.
Dec 2, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
What Do Asian-Oceanic Nations Think About ISIS?
While each country looks at the jihadist problem through a different lens, all are concerned and want to take an active role in combatting it.
Dec 1, 2014
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Articles & Testimony
Don't Bank on Bankrupting ISIS, but Here's How We Shrink Its Wallet
By focusing on financial transactions and income from oil, kidnapping, and major donors, the Treasury Department could severely undercut the group's funding streams.
Nov 19, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
U.S. Should Cut Aid to Palestine for Supporting Terrorists
Although President Abbas has condemned Tuesday's attack in Jerusalem, he allows his advisors and official media to praise the perpetrators as heroes, while his government pays stipends to convicted terrorists and their families.
Nov 19, 2014
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  • David Pollock
An Egyptian guard inspects bomb damage near the Gaza border in Sinai
Articles & Testimony
Obama Administration Should Be Helping Egypt, Not Punishing It
Helping Cairo defeat jihadis -- at minimum by delivering long-postponed weapons systems -- would be more productive than punishing it for its repressive approach in Sinai.
Nov 19, 2014
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  • David Schenker
  • Eric Trager
Brief Analysis
The Islamic State's Archipelago of Provinces
The group's now-formalized annexation model could have direct political and security consequences in several countries, creating a more complex threat environment for the U.S.-led coalition.
Nov 14, 2014
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
The United States Capitol Building
Articles & Testimony
Terrorist Financing and the Islamic State
A detailed look at where the group's money comes from, how the Treasury Department and its international partners are working to cut it off, and what needs to be done next.
Nov 13, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Morocco Deepens Anti-IS Gulf Ties, but Neglects Returning Jihadi Threat
Even as Rabat sends delegations abroad to garner support for its security programs, the question remains: Why is Morocco one of the largest sources of IS fighters in the Arab world?
Nov 13, 2014
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  • Vish Sakthivel
In-Depth Reports
Defeating ISIS:
A Strategy for a Resilient Adversary and an Intractable Conflict
A new study on how Washington can overcome various military and political obstacles -- some of them self-imposed -- to improve the chances of success against ISIS.
Nov 4, 2014
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  • Michael Eisenstadt
Brief Analysis
Hezbollah's Message for Israel
Given its recent track record of targeting Israelis, Hezbollah's decision to take public responsibility for a new border attack likely has more to do with burnishing its domestic "resistance" credentials than sending a deterrent signal to Israel.
Oct 21, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
There's a Worrisome Amount of Support in Jordan for the Islamic State
As the palace dispatches bombing sorties and mitigates immediate threats posed by ISIS, the ongoing dynamic in Syria guarantees a growing and potentially destabilizing reservoir of Jordanian popular sympathy for the group.
Oct 20, 2014
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
Hamas Is Going Through a Rough Patch, So What Is It Singing About?
Given the violent message the group continues to convey in Arabic to viewers young and old, it will be difficult to achieve full Palestinian reconciliation, a long-term ceasefire with Israel, or large-scale reconstruction of Gaza.
Oct 15, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Oula A. Alrifai
  • Kelsey Segawa
Brief Analysis
The Islamic State's First Colony in Libya
A local jihadist group has claimed a Libyan city in the name of ISIS, showing how the "Islamic State" could flout traditional notions of territorial contiguity by expanding its "borders" well beyond Iraq and Syria.
Oct 10, 2014
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Brief Analysis
Tough Dilemma in Southern Syria
Coordinated Israeli, Jordanian, and allied assistance in the south could boost the moderate Syrian rebels there, stave off an extremist takeover, and facilitate the ongoing international campaign against ISIS.
Oct 6, 2014
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  • Ehud Yaari
Articles & Testimony
Qatar Is a U.S. Ally. They Also Knowingly Abet Terrorism. What's Going On?
Other Gulf countries joined the fight against terrorism financing once they perceived a real security risk inside their borders, but Qatar's extraordinary financial and political patronage has deterred that threat thus far.
Oct 6, 2014
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  • Lori Plotkin Boghardt
Articles & Testimony
The Next Front Line in the Islamic State Onslaught
Lebanon's precarious state has worsened as ISIS beheads citizens and holds troops and police hostage.
Oct 5, 2014
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
Khorasan Group...Wolf Unit...What's in a Name?
Regardless of what Washington calls the group, intelligence reports show that it represents a very real threat.
Oct 2, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Show Me the Money: Targeting the Islamic State's Bottom Line
Military force and Treasury designations are great tools for curbing the group's oil smuggling and fundraising efforts, but most of its money comes from local criminal enterprises that are much more difficult to counter.
Oct 1, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Will Gaza Be the Global Jihadists' Next Ground Zero?
Supporters of ISIS and other global jihadist organizations were among those killed in the latest Gaza conflict, raising questions about the extent to which these groups are entrenching themselves in the area.
Sep 29, 2014
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
Articles & Testimony
The Khorasan Group Should Scare Us
Targeting Khorasan's leader is important, but what makes the group so frightening is its presence in Syria, where al-Qaeda explosives experts can mingle with radicalized foreign fighters carrying Western passports.
Sep 25, 2014
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  • Matthew Levitt

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Matthew Levitt
Matthew Levitt
Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute.
Devorah Margolin
Devorah Margolin
Devorah Margolin is the Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute.
Aaron Zelin
Aaron Y. Zelin
Aaron Y. Zelin is the Gloria and Ken Levy Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy where his research focuses on Sunni Arab jihadi groups in North Africa and Syria as well as the trend of foreign fighting and online jihadism.
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