How ISIS Fights

Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt

Omar Ashour

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Academic Studies Press
02 July 2025

Middle Eastern history; Military history; Terrorism, armed struggle

Series: Ukrainian-Language Open Access Series

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Based on extensive field work, this book analyzes how ISIS

a widely hated, massively outnumbered, and ludicrously outgunned organization

managed to occupy over 120 cities, towns, and villages from the Southern Philippines to Western Libya. Seeking to understand ISIS's combat effectiveness, Omar Ashour focuses on the military and tactical innovations of ISIS and their predecessors in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Egypt. The author explains how their capacity to mix conventional military tactics with innovative guerrilla warfare and urban terrorism strategies allowed ISIS to expand and endure beyond expectations. This Ukrainian translation is supplemented by a special introduction on Russia's war against Ukraine and the ISIS tactics adoption by Russian troops (2014-2022).

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By: Omar Ashour
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9798887195384
Series: Ukrainian-Language Open Access Series
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 02 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

EN: Dr. Omar AshourHe is the author of How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) and The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements (Routledge, 2009); co-author of the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for West Asia's (UN-ESCWA) document on security sector reform during the transitional periods of the ""Arab Spring""; and the editor of Bullets to Ballots: Collective De-Radicalisation of Armed Movements (Edinburgh University Press, 2021). Furthermore, he has written over one hundred op-eds in the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Globe and Mail, al-Jazeera.net, CNN.com, Project Syndicate, The Independent, and Ukrainian outlets such as New Voice and European Pravda. His current research project is focused on the Russian war on Ukraine, and it includes two forthcoming studies titled ""How Putin's Army Fought like ISIS in Ukraine (2014-2022)"" and ""Comparative Combat Effectiveness and Ukraine's Regular and Irregular Armed Forces (2014-2022)."" UA: : , , (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) : (Routledge, 2009); (UN-ESCWA) ; : (Edinburgh University Press, 2021). Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Globe and Mail, al-Jazeera.net, CNN.com, Project Syndicate, The Independent , New Voice, . , "" (2014-2022)"" "" (2014-2022 .)"".