Post-Soviet Wars: Source of Weapons for Radical Islamists?

Vladimir (Ze’ev) Khanin
November 3, 2023

On the morning of October 7, 2023, when several thousands of heavily armed fighters from the radical Islamist terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip, invading Israeli border settlements and other communities in the south of the country, a significant number of samples of weapons and equipment used by the group's Iran-trained military wing fell into Israeli hands right then.

Does ISIS Pose a WMD Threat?

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Dany Shoham
December 13, 2015
Paper No. 322

The risk of ISIS employing chemical, biological, and radiological warfare agents is real. In fact, ISIS already has attacked with chemical agents. ISIS has mobilized Iraqi and Syrian scientists who are assisting in the development of chemical weapons, particularly nerve and mustard gas, alongside foreign experts. It also has reportedly moved its labs, experts, and materials from Iraq to Syria.