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Terrorism threats from Syria and Iraq The “Glocal Jihad” The ISIS Phenomenon Prof. Boaz Ganor Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter Terrorism, Founder & Executive
Terrorism threats from Syria and Iraq The Glocal Jihad The ISIS
Phenomenon Prof. Boaz Ganor Ronald Lauder Chair for Counter
Terrorism, Founder & Executive Director, ICT The International
Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Dean, Lauder School of
Government Diplomacy & Strategy The Interdisciplinary Center,
(IDC) Herzliya, Israel Email: [email protected], Web:
www.ict.org.il
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The Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War
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Copyright Dr. Boaz Ganor
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jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam meaning to
purify oneself of ones community. Nor, he argued, should it be
described as a war against jihadists or Islamists, because jihad is
holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam meaning to purify
oneself of ones community. not against terrorism, because terrorism
is a tactic. The most troubling statements made by Brennan related
to his very definition of the enemy itself; he argued that the war
being fought by the US is not against terrorism, because terrorism
is a tactic. Copyright Dr. Boaz Ganor
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Rebellions against traditional regimes The liberals initiative
is taken over by Islamists Ungoverned territories Terrorists
strengthening (prisoners) State of the art weapons + experience
Foreign fighters Unconventional - CBRN Copyright Dr. Boaz
Ganor
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The Civil War in Syria
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Damascus and Its Countryside Katibat Jund ash-Sham ( )
al-Zubayr bin al-Awam ( ) Katibat Fajr ash-Sham ( ) Katibat Fajr
al-Islam ( ) Katibat Hadhifah bin al-Iman ( ) Katibat Zayd bin
Thabit ( ) Katibat Abd Allah bin Salam ( ) Katibat Muhammad bin
Muslimah ( ) The Coast Katibat Nusur al-Sahil ( ) Katibat Abadah
al-Samit ( ) Katibat Nusrah al-Madhlum ( ) Katibat Ibn Taymiyyah (
) ) al-Ghab (Hama) Katibat al-Sayyidah Aishah ( ) Katibat Uthman
bin Afan ( ) Katibat Ali bin Abu Talib ( ) Ahrar Jiblah ( ) Katibat
Umar bin Khatab ( ) Katibat Abu Bakr as-Sadiq ( ) Katibat Qawafil
al-Shuhada ( ) Katibat Ansar al-Haqq ( ) Liwa al-Iman Katibat Abu
al-Fida ( ) Katibat Salah ad-Din ( ) Katibat Abu Ubaydah Amar bin
al-Jarah ( ) Katibat Amad ad-Din Zanki ( ) Katibat al-Hamzah bin
Abd al-Mutalib ( ) Katibat al-Zubayr bin al-Awam ( ) Katibat
al-Bara bin Azib ( ) Katibat Shuhada al-Arbayyin ( ) Katibat
al-Mulazim Awal Raid Muqalid ( ) Katibat Tariq bin Zayad ( )
Katibat al-Fatihin ( ) Katibat Abna al-Islam ( ) Katibat al-Furqan
( ) Katibat al-Qaqa ( ) Northern Idlib Katibat Ajnad ash-Sham ( )
Katibat Abu Talhah al-Ansari ( ) Katibat Jabar bin Abd Allah ( )
Katibat Said bin Zayid ( ) Katibat Sad bin Muaz ( ) Katibat Ahfad
Ali bin Abu Talib ( ) Abu Darda ( ) Ahbab al-Rasul ( ) Katibat
al-Khadra ( ) Southeastern Idlib Katibat Abd Allag bin Umar ( )
Katibat al-Aqsa ( ) Katibat al-Mujahidin ( ) Katibat at-Tawhid
wa-l-Iman ( ) Bayyariq al-Islam ( ) Siham al-Layl ( ) Katibat
al-Husayn ( ) Katibat al-Qaqa ( ) Katibat al-Ansar ( ) Katibat
al-Ansar ( ) Katibat al-Ahwaz ( ) Katibat al-Riyyah al-Jinah ( )
Katibat Khalid bin al-Walid ( ) al-Kharsa ( ) al-Murabitin Ala
ad-Din ( ) Katibat Hamzah Sayyid al-Shuhada ( ) Katibat al-Shahid
Yusuf Yasin ( ) Katibat Aishah Um al-Muminin ( ) Katibat Musab bin
Amir ( ) Daraa Katibat al-Yarmuk ( ) ) ) Katibat Sayyuf al-Sunnah (
) Katibat Abu al-Zubayr ( ) Katibat Jund ar-Rahman ( ) Katibat
al-Abas ( ) Sarayah Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman ( ) Katibat Zayat al-Haq
( ) Katibat Abu Hudhayfah ( ) Katibat Dhia al-Islam ( ) Katibat
al-Alqsa ( ) Sarayah Abu Abd Allah Li-l-Maham al-Khasah ( Tajamaa
Jund al-Islam ( ) Katibat Abu al-Islam ( ) Katibat Nusibah
al-Ansariyyah ( ) Katibat Abu Hasan ( ) Katibat Az ash-Sham ( )
Katibat Saraya al-Majad ( ) Liwa al-Haqq Katibat al-Saqiq ( )
Katibat al-Furati ( ) Katibat al-Huda ( ) Katibat al-Nasir Li-Din
Allah ( ) Katibat Siba al-Bar ( ) Katibat Shuhada Baba Umru ( )
Katibat Atba al-Rasul ( ) Katibat al-Ansar ( ) Katibat al-Bara ( )
Katibat al-Bara bin Malik ( ) Jaysh at-Tawhid Liwa Tariq bin Zayad
( ) Katibat Abu Qasim ( ) Katibat Ahbab al-Mustafa ( ) Katibat
Yazid bin Mawayah ( ) Katibat Aishah Um al-Muminin ( ) Katibat
al-Rahbah ( ) Liwa al-Mansur ( ) Jamaat al-Taliah al-Islamiyyah
Katibat Ahmad Asaf ( ) Katibat Shuhada ( ) Saraya Ahmad Yasin ( )
Aleppo and Its Countryside Katibat al-Shuhaba ( ) Katibat Ansar
al-Haqq ( ) Katibat Burj al-Islam ( ) Amar bin Yasir ( ) Katibat
Hasan bin Thabit ( ) Ladhakiyyah Katibat Zayid bin Harith ( )
Katibat Suqur al-Ladhakiyyah ( ) Katiat Asad al-Sunnah ( ) Katibat
Sayyuf al-Islam ( ) Katibat Salah ad-Din ( ) Katibat at-Tawhid ( )
Katibat al-Qawat al-Khasah ( ) Katibat al-Shuhada ( ) Katibat
Jawhar al-Dudayyif ( Katibat Ahfad Muhammad al-Fatih ( Katibat Abu
Ubaydah al-Jarah ( Ariha and the Mountains Katibat Abad ar-Rahman (
) Fuwaris al-Sunnah ( ) Katibat Rijal Allah ( ) Katibat Abu Dujanah
( ) Katibat al-Sariyyat al-Jabal ( ) al-Jazirah (Northeastern
Syria) Katibat al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad ( ) Katibat Ahrar al-Jazirah
( ) Katibat Tal Hamis ( ) Katibat al-Qadisiyyah ( ) Abu Muhajir ( )
Musa bin Nasir ( ) Katibat Ali bin Abu Talib ( ) Harakat al-Fajr
al-Islamiyyah ) Homs and Its Countryside Katibat Junud ar-Rahman (
) Katibat al-Hamra ( ) Katibat Ansar al-Sunnah wa-l-Shariah)
Katibat Adnan Aqalah ( ) Katibat Abad Allah ( ) ) Katibat
al-Sawarikh ( ) Katibat al-Ansar ( ) Katibat Musab bin Umar Suqur
al-Islam Kataib al-Iman al-Muqatilah Katibat Hamzah bin Abd
al-Mutalib )
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1. Sunni Salafi - Global Jihad (ISIS) 2. Sunni Salafi - Local
Jihad (Jabhat) 3. Sunni Muslim Brotherhood 4. Kurds 5. FSA Free
Syrian Army 6. Hezbollah 7. Assad Forces Mercenaries: Qardawi
Qardawi Call for volunteers 60 countries, 10,000 Over 60 countries,
10,000 foreign fighters (mainly to ISIS & Jabhat al-Nusra) 2000
fatalities Over 2000 fatalities, (older age with families)
countries Main source countries Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Chechnya, Saudi Arabia. Others: Kuwait, Lebanon, Chad, Azerbaijan,
Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Turkey, Jordan Israel Israel 15-20 Israeli
Arabs, (2013 2 Israeli Arabs from Taybe arrested).