Threat Report 2018: ISIS In the Spotlight

Over the weekend, ISIS claimed responsibility for two deadly attacks: in Paris, France, a Chechnyan-born man stabbed five people and released a video pledging allegiance to the group; in Indonesia, suicide bombers detonated explosives at three churches in Surabaya, the second largest city in the country.

Though the terror group continues to lose territory in Syria and Iraq, it increasingly poses a threat in other areas of the world, and through its ideology, which has inspired attacks across the globe. Today’s brief is a snapshot of the 2018 Cipher Brief Threat Report. Learn more about the report here. 

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