Wednesday, August 7, 2019

The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)



Posted: 07 Aug 2019 11:01 AM PDT
According to a new report released by the Pentagon's inspector general, ISIS has devised a three-part "overarching strategy" for its "desert-based insurgency" in Iraq and Syria. The three parts are: "sahara" (desert), "sahwat" (meaning awakenings -- a derogatory reference to any Sunni Muslims who oppose the group), and "sawlat" ("hit-and-run operations").
Posted: 07 Aug 2019 10:52 AM PDT
Beginning last year, the Houthis have launched dozens of drone strikes inside Saudi Arabia and Yemen. FDD's Long War Journal has mapped these strikes.
Posted: 07 Aug 2019 02:44 AM PDT
The bombing, which leveled a police station and killed and wounded scores of people, is the latest in a series of terror attacks in the capital. The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation continues to claim the Taliban can be an "effective counterterrorism partner"despite the Taliban's repeated use of terror tactics.

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