December 16, 2024 - In an exclusive interview with The Times on Monday, Syria's new leader Mohammed al-Jolani, now preferring to go by his birth name Ahmed al-Sharaa, pledged that he would not allow the country to be used as a launchpad for attacks "against Israel or any other state".

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December 21, 2024 - In an interview with CNN, Jolani said, “When we talk about objectives, the goal of the revolution remains the overthrow of this regime. It is our right to use all available means to achieve that goal.” He also instructed his fighters to secure the areas they have taken. Fate of detained or missing Americans ...

A full and comprehensive approach to addressing IEDs has been lacking. There is only piecemeal international cooperation against the rapid and widespread transfer of knowledge on IED design, little work on controlling commercial components, and an absence of sustained attention to victim assistance.

January 2, 2025 - At least three IEDs, which were pipe bombs wired with remote detonators, were found, sources said.

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January 3, 2020 - Many people heard the name Qasem Soleimani for the first time last night when the Iranian general was killed by U.S. forces. Soldiers who have come through Fort Benning, have known Soleimani’s name for nearly two decades. And they have known of his evil deeds in the Middle East.

CNA analysis showed a U.S. military counter-IED (improvised explosive device) tactic was saving soldiers from roadside bombs in Iraq and led to its expansion.

As with most of his generation, the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath were very influential for Jolani, speaking directly to his psychology. Carrying out an attack against the US - the greatest power in the world - on its own soil was an “exceptional” achievement by “exceptional” people ...

December 6, 2024 - These overtures are intended to deceive the public opinion in Syria and the wider region. There is a big question: How can CNN interview al-Jolani which has set a 10-million-dollar bounty on his head and the U.S. doing nothing, as his hand is surely tainted with the blood of American soldiers ...

December 21, 2024 - He also declared that "diversity is our strength, not a weakness." The following week, HTS and other rebel groups entered Damascus, removing Assad from power. Jolani then addressed the nation from the Great Mosque of Damascus, a historic site that had been used by both Muslims and Christians. He left the head of St. John the Baptist, a Christian relic housed within the mosque, untouched. Fate of detained or missing Americans ...

December 9, 2024 - Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s road to Damascus has been long. He has talked openly about his change along the way. From young al Qaeda fighter two decades ago, to rebel commander espousing sectarian tolerance.

December 19, 2024 - Jolani – whose real name is Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a – was born in 1982 in Saudi Arabia to parents who fled the Golan Heights area of Syria after the 1967 Israeli invasion. In 2003, he went to Iraq to fight against American forces. After three years of war, he was captured by the U.S.

January 4, 2020 - (WRBL) — Many people heard the name Qasem Soleimani for the first time last week when the Iranian general was killed by U.S. forces. Soldiers who have come through Fort Benning have known Soleimani’s name for nearly two decades. And they have known of his evil deeds in the Middle East.

December 8, 2024 - In March 2011, when the revolt against Assad’s rule erupted in Syria, he returned home and founded the al-Nusra Front, Syria’s branch of Al-Qaida. In 2013, he refused to swear allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who would go on to become the emir of the Islamic State group, and instead pledged his loyalty to Al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahiri. A realist in his partisans’ eyes, an opportunist to his adversaries, Jolani ...

December 9, 2020 - IEDs have been the leading cause of conflict-related civilian death in Afghanistan every year since 2001 - this report examines this reality.

December 17, 2024 - The comments by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani come as Israel continued to strike military sites within the country in the week following the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad.

July 28, 2016 - In response to the proliferation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used by counterinsurgents, Peter Singer discusses the evolution, history, and future of these weapons on the battlefield, and examines their possible use by domestic terrorists.

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