Publication

This edition of the CTC Sentinel focuses on 1) the December 2016 Berlin truck attack by Anis Amri and the extremist network that aided him; 2) the formation in Syria of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, a new Al-Qaeda-aligned umbrella group; 3) the so-called Islamic State’s (IS) adolescent plotters in the West; 4) the growing IS threat in Southeast Asia; and 5) the dangers posed by clashes between pastoral Fulani Muslims and settled Christian communities in Nigeria. The journal also includes an interview with General John W Nicholson, who is the Commander of Operation Resolute Support and US Forces-Afghanistan.