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Iran’s Expanding Militia Army in Iraq: The New Special Groups

Abstract: Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq—excluding Badr—have swollen from as few as 4,000 personnel in 2010 to over 60,000 in 2014 when...

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General (Ret) Joseph Votel named Class of 1987 senior fellow at CTC

The Combating Terrorism Center is very pleased to announce that General (Ret) Joseph L. Votel has been named its Class...

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The passing of Major Agustin Gonzalez

It is with heavy hearts that the CTC said goodbye to one of its own today. Major Agustin Gonzalez, Class...

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East Africa’s Terrorist Triple Helix: The Dusit Hotel Attack and the Historical Evolution of the Jihadi Threat

Abstract: On January 15, 2019, a group of al-Shabaab terrorists carried out a deadly attack against an office complex in Kenya’s...

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