From Europe to ash-Sham, and Back: The Jihadists' Underground Railroad (Francophones)

Image: 19 January 2016 Dabiq 13 releases info graph on The Paris 21. Link to before and after images here.THE ENTERPRISE In the wake of the Paris attacks, a plethora of European - mainly French and Belgian - terrorists were identified, arrested, or convicted by the authorities. Less than two months after the attacks, it appears from TRAC's original research that what the media first described as a "group" of jihadists, and later as a terrorist "cell," is in fact a much larger enterprise; neither terms are encompassing enough to define the jihadists' connections and interactions.This trend was further confirmed with the Brussels attacks, and in the following days the fact that authorities thwarted yet another attack on French soil. THE UNDERGROUND NETWORKIndeed, based on the mere number of people involved in the Paris attacks, on their connections to other known terrorists, and on their links with others who remain in Syria, it is clear that what was…

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Clemmie Douchez-Lortet

Clemmie is a research associate at Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC). She focuses on Islamic terrorism in the Middle East and the Caucasus, working particularly on groups in Syria...