Turkey flirts with the Taliban;
...As the U.S. quietly provides aid;
ISIS eyes crypto;
...And threatens African energy;
Potential consolidation in the Palestinian arena

Africa as an illicit finance hub;
Islamic State planned chemical attacks in Europe;
Belatedly, Bangladesh tries de-radicalization;
Islamists on the back foot in Tunisia;
Russia's Muslims increasingly restive

A foiled ISIS assassination;
Sahel militancy surges;
Islamism and Bangladeshi cyberspace;
Pakistan's new government makes counterterrorism a priority;
The detainee threat persists

Hezbollah plays politics in the Persian Gulf;
Iran's ideological divide;
Iraq repatriates ISIS refugees;
A reshuffled deck in Afghanistan…;
...and the Taliban's open door policy

New Zealand's new anti-terror law;
After America, militancy surges in Afghanistan;
Mali's CT strategy: negotiations and outsourcing;
Hamas' secret stash