The Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center (GTTAC) database is a collection of open-source unclassified information on domestic and international terrorism incidents.

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What Is Hizballah? (Updated October 2024)

GTTAC Series:  What Is Hizballah? Contributing Authors: Eoin B. Healy, Ph.D. and Suat Cubukcu, Ph.D. Origins Hizballah’s birth can be traced back to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, which was in response to repeated Palestine Liberation Organization attacks...

January 2024 Terrorist Incidents

Terrorist Incidents with Highest Number of Casualties in January 2024 Author: Sami Msadek January 2024 witnessed a series of devastating terrorist attacks across various countries, primarily affecting regions in Africa and the Middle East. These incidents, which...

GTTAC SnapShot: Iran-Backed Terrorism Militia Groups Fuel Escalation in the Middle East

Iran-Backed Terrorism Militia Groups Fuel Escalation in the Middle East GTTAC Snapshot, August 26, 2024 Author: Arastoo Jahanafrooz In the...

The Taliban’s Consolidating, Evolving Rule in Afghanistan

GTTAC presenters Andrew Watkins and Haroun Rahimi share the latest intelligence on current Taliban operations in Afghanistan.

Terrorism Trends and Analysis

Our analysis of global terrorism relies uniquely on data from open-source intelligence. Important global issues always have an impact on the availability of quality open-source material; COVID-19 and political changes in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burma, and Mali and the war in Ukraine are examples. In 2022 there were 7,342 terrorist incidents — a 12 percent reduction from 2021. Most of the reduction can be explained by the absence of reliable open-source reporting in Afghanistan. In 2022, terrorist incidents occurred in 73 countries. Of these, 84.9 percent were concentrated in three geographic regions: Western Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southern Asia… [Read More]

GTTAC Data Sources, References & Notes

DSG created the GTTAC database that the Annex uses to summarize global terrorism incidents. GTTAC accesses five of the most comprehensive, open-source, multimedia data aggregators to identify reports of potential terrorist incidents. Data acquisition begins with using open-source technology tools developed in Python atop a Linux platform for text analysis, predictive modeling, and feature extraction. GTTAC applies ontologies for terrorist incidents, perpetrators, tactics for attack, weapon use, and the targeting of victims and facilities. Once the automated processes have established a body of data for human review and validation, the database of global terrorism incidents begins to take form within regional and other geographic locales.

Info at a Glance

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ARTICLES REVIEWED BY GTTAC IN 2023