Russia’s Islamist Terror Threat Reemerges
![A suspect in the shooting attack before a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, March 25, 2024. Photo credit: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov.](https://static.jstribune.com/jst-site/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/27162407/moscow_n-1-1024x554.jpg)
On March 22, Islamic militants opened fire on a concert hall in the Russian capital of Moscow, killing scores of concertgoers before setting the venue ablaze. Less than 24 hours later, the Islamic State terrorist group publicly took responsibility for the assault. The death toll currently stands at 137. While some reports link the attack to […]
The Moscow Attack Should Alarm the Whole World
![Fire fighters at the Moscow concert hall following the terrorist attack of March 22. Photo credit: Gripas Yuri/ABACA via Reuters Connect.](https://static.jstribune.com/jst-site/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/25101835/russia_n-1-1024x554.jpg)
The March 22 terrorist attack in Moscow left 133 dead, more than 130 injured, and many urgent questions about the return of ISIS, a Syria-based terror group long thought to be vanquished. Days before the bloodshed, the US secretly warned the Kremlin about a potential ISIS attack, giving actionable intelligence under its longstanding “duty to warn” […]
Making Somalia Safe Again
![Somali security officers drive past a scene of an al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, August 20, 2022. Photo credit: REUTERS/Feisal Omar.](https://static.jstribune.com/jst-site/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/11122925/somalia_n-1024x554.jpeg)
In January 2018, I traveled via armored convoy over 20 kilometers of bad roads from a regional airport to the Hirshabelle provincial state capital of Jowar in central Somalia. Protected by Burundian soldiers of the African Union peacekeeping force, we sped through countryside and villages controlled by the al-Shabaab terror group. In Jowar, the UN […]
Afghanistan Two Years after the Taliban Take-over
![Soldiers return home from deployment in Afghanistan, Fort Drum, New York, September 2021. Photo credit: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid](https://static.jstribune.com/jst-site/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/02144219/afghan_n-1024x554.jpeg)
On the two-year anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, JST asked five experts who worked in and on Afghanistan for their comments.
Reader’s Response: National Security Strategies Need an Economic Element
![](https://static.jstribune.com/jst-site/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/02144446/haddad_narrow2-1024x554.jpeg)
Jacob Nagel’s recent article in the JST, “Security Challenges Facing the New Israeli Government,” tours the often-visited terrain of threats to Israel and focuses, quite rightly, on Iran and Hezbollah. Adding an economic element to such overviews will provide greater clarity and accuracy in assessing Israel’s strategic needs. Two aspects of such an economic element […]
Reflections on Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Role of the Muslim Brotherhood in his Radicalization
![Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri. Photo credit: Balkis Press/ABACA via Reuters Connect](https://static.jstribune.com/jst-site/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/02144701/Zawahiri_narrow-1-1024x554.jpeg)
Reflections on Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Role of the Muslim Brotherhood in his Radicalization