Jóhanna Kristín Birnir

Seorang perempuan berjalan di Raqa, bekas ibu kota Negara Islam Suriah, pada Desember 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

Riset: Pembatasan COVID‑19 secara tak terduga telah mengurangi kekerasan ISIS

Pemimpin dunia dan pakar kebijakan luar negeri memperkirakan ISIS akan meningkatkan serangannya selama masa pandemi COVID-19, tapi lockdown justru membantu mempersulit mereka melakukan kekerasan.
A woman walks in Raqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, in December 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

COVID‑19 restrictions unexpectedly reduced Islamic State violence – political science experts explain why

While some world leaders and foreign policy experts expected IS to increase its attacks during COVID-19’s early days, travel bans and curfews helped slow violence.

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