According to IHS
Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
Terrorism spike seen in Arab Spring countries; Attacks in Syria almost double in one year
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The
number of attacks by non-state armed groups around the world has rapidly
increased in just five years, according to the IHS Jane’s 2013 Global Terrorism & Insurgency Attack Index from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), a leading global
source of critical information and insight. “In 2009, a worldwide total of
7,217 attacks were recorded from open sources. In 2013, that number increased
by more than 150% to 18,524,” said Matthew Henman, manager of IHS Jane’s
Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC), which carried out the study.
Key highlights from the IHS Jane’s 2013 Global Terrorism &
Insurgency Attack Index:
- Global: Significant rises in global militant and non-militant fatalities
- ·Arab Spring countries see attacks spike
- ·Syria: Attacks almost double between 2012 and 2013
- Iraq: Suicide attacks quadruple and Al-Qaeda in Iraq re-enters the top five most active non-state armed groups in the world
- ·Sub-Saharan Africa: Terrorism fatalities rise
Global Trends
“The epicenter of 2013 activity was in the
Middle East, with significant pockets of violence radiating out to neighboring
regions in Africa and South Asia. We have also seen a dramatic rise in the
number of militant and non-militant casualties. In 2012, 13,872 militants and
10,562 non-militants deaths were recorded from open sources. In 2013,
non-militants fatalities almost doubled to 17,554 and militant fatalities
numbered 21,490. These are some of the largest rises we have recorded in the
past several years,” Henman said.
Arab Spring countries see attack spike
“In 2013, JTIC recorded a spike in activity by
non-state armed groups in Tunisia and Egypt. Attacks in Tunisia grew from 21 in
2012 to 72 in 2013. In Egypt, the number of attacks recorded jumped from 63 in
2012 to 431 in 2013. In Libya, there were 237 attacks recorded in 2013 and 81
in 2012. While the increases in Egypt and Tunisia were both somewhat
attributable to the emergence of Islamist militant groups, violent protests
following the deposing of President Muhammad Morsi in Egypt accounted for the
majority of sub-state violence recorded by JTIC,” Henman said.
Syria’s attack count almost doubles between
2012 and 2013
Henman added that “due to a plurality of
factors, the anti-government insurgency in Syria intensified notably in 2013.
Between 2012 and 2013, the number of attacks recorded by JTIC almost doubled.
In 2012, we recorded 2,670 attacks. In 2013, that number jumped to 4,694.”
Suicide attacks quadruple in Iraq; Al-Qaeda in
Iraq re-enters the Top 5
“A key indication of the intensifying level of
violence in Iraq was that the number of suicide attacks in the country
quadrupled from 2012 to 2013, with the 2013 total almost triple that recorded
in neighboring Syria and almost double that recorded in Afghanistan,” Henman
continued.
“In 2013, 207 attacks were claimed by or
attributed to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). This is a 160% increase from the 79
recorded in open sources in 2012,” he said. “Despite this increase, it does not
fully reflect AQI’s predominant role in driving the 52% increase in the
recorded number of attacks in Iraq and the 148% increase in non-militant
fatalities. In 2012 there were 2,297 attacks in Iraq. At the end of 2013, that
figure stands at 3,499.”
Sub-Saharan Africa’s rising terrorism risks
Henman concluded that “while the number of
recorded attacks has only slightly increased in sub-Saharan Africa, we are
seeing more lethal attacks claiming a higher number of fatalities. In 2012,
JTIC recorded 1,370 attacks in sub-Saharan Africa with 3,434 fatalities. In
2013, JTIC recorded 1,391 attacks with 3,903 fatalities. When we look at
Nigeria specifically, attacks decreased from 305 in 2012 to 137 in 2013, but
fatalities rose from 1,351 in 2012 to 1,447 in 2013. This was partly due to an
intensification of violence by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, but also a
consequence of several high-profile instances of inter-communal violence across
the country.”
Top 10 most active non-state armed groups in
2013
1. Barisan Revolusi Nasional (Thailand)
2. Taliban
3. Islami Chhatra Shibir (Bangladesh)
4. Communist Party of India – Maoist
5. Al-Qaeda in Iraq
6. Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabaab)
7. FARC (Colombia)
8. New People’s Army (Philippines)
9. Jabhat al-Nusra (Syria)
10. Unified Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist
2. Taliban
3. Islami Chhatra Shibir (Bangladesh)
4. Communist Party of India – Maoist
5. Al-Qaeda in Iraq
6. Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabaab)
7. FARC (Colombia)
8. New People’s Army (Philippines)
9. Jabhat al-Nusra (Syria)
10. Unified Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist
About IHS Jane’s 2013 Global Terrorism & Insurgency Attack Index
The IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
uses open source data to build its global database of terrorist and insurgent
events, archived to 1997. The IHS Jane’s Global
Terrorism & Insurgency Attack Index is an annual report for clients highlighting key data and global
trends from this database, which is updated on a daily basis. The database
enables users to search by location, target, group (active and dormant),
tactics and casualty numbers in order to quickly obtain actionable intelligence
and/or data.
JTIC defines an attack as any incident in
which a sub-state actor (either an individual or organisation) commits an
illegal act of politically or ideologically motivated violence against persons
or property, with the aim of coercing others to adopt or comply with its
objectives or to submit to their authority, that results in death, damage, or
disruption.
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