Soufan Center

Bottom Line Up Front Russia continues to attack the data and computer networks of Western countries and organizations. Moscow will target any organization that seeks […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: On September 26, Danish police arrested two men on charges of trying to send money and drones to the Islamic State […] More

Bottom Line Up Front The United States is alienating its European allies by insisting that they comply with U.S. sanctions against Iran. Iran is attracting […] More

Bottom Line Up Front Last week, it was revealed that several individuals in Denmark were arrested trying to purchase drones they intended to send to […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: On October 01, Iran fired several ballistic missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria. Tehran claimed that the missiles were launched […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: On September 27, the U.S. Defense Department reported that 1114 civilians have been unintentionally killed in anti-Islamic State airstrikes since August […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to join China as a partner in Beijing’s extensive infrastructure initiative throughout Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: While dozens of convicted terrorists in the U.S. will be released over the next several years, the number is even higher […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: The increasing odds of a ‘no deal’ Brexit in 2019 portends serious negative consequences for both the United Kingdom and the […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: Iraq continues to be an important frontier in the growing conflict between Iran and the Trump Administration. Recent Iranian actions and […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: Newly released data on terrorism suggests some surprising new trends, as well as a continuation of long-standing issues, including the clustering […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: According to the United Nations, approximately 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled their country over the last several years. Extreme shortages of […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: On September 17, Syrian air defenses shot down a Russian Ilyushin Il-20 reconnaissance plane over the Mediterranean Sea. The Syrians were […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: The Pakistan Press Club Safety Hub Network reported 13 cases of murder, violence, intimidation and censorship against local Pakistani journalists in […] More

Bottom Line Up Front Hezbollah’s experience in the seven-year long Syrian civil war has been a mixed bag, with both positive developments and negative consequences. […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: According to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, there are perhaps as many as 10,000 al-Qaeda affiliated fighters, and their […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall along the North Carolina coast late in the day local time on September 13, […] More

Bottom Line Up Front: The Iraqi city of Basra has returned to relative quiet after a week of protests and sporadic violence. While some want […] More