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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
Islamic fighters from the Al-Nusra Front carry a banner of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque with the Arabic slogan: 'We fight in Syria... and our eyes are on Jerusalem' on July 28, 2014. (RAMI AL-SAYED/AFP/Getty Images)
Islamic fighters from the Al-Nusra Front carry a banner of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque with the Arabic slogan: 'We fight in Syria... and our eyes are on Jerusalem' on July 28, 2014. (RAMI AL-SAYED/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
The Meaning of Black Flags over Jerusalem
Lela Gilbert
Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Lela Gilbert
Commentary
4 Min Read
Iraqi demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-government protest in the western city of Ramadi on March 15, 2013. (AZHAR SHALLAL/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-government protest in the western city of Ramadi on March 15, 2013. (AZHAR SHALLAL/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 17
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Eric B. Brown
Senior Fellow
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
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Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Hassan Mneimneh
Scholar; Middle East Institute, Washington, DC
Eric B. Brown, Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani & Hassan Mneimneh
Commentary
1 Min Read
A Peshmerga fighter next to the remains of a car bearing the Islamic State's trademark jihadist flag after an American air strike in the village of Baqufa, north of Mosul, on August 18, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
A Peshmerga fighter next to the remains of a car bearing the Islamic State's trademark jihadist flag after an American air strike in the village of Baqufa, north of Mosul, on August 18, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
On the Origin of ISIS
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Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Visiting Fellow, Chatham House, London
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Hussain Abdul-Hussain & Lee Smith
Commentary
12 Min Read
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Jennifer L. Confer directs a V-22 Osprey from the USS Ashland (LSD 48), Nov. 22 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Allen Onstott/Released)
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Jennifer L. Confer directs a V-22 Osprey from the USS Ashland (LSD 48), Nov. 22 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Allen Onstott/Released)
Commentary
CNO's Losing Battle to Avoid a Hollow Navy
Bryan McGrath
Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower
Bryan McGrath
Commentary
6 Min Read
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