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Saudi Arabia’s Widening Wars

  The level of turmoil in the Middle East is greater than at any other time in my nearly fifty years of watching this region....

Gains in Libya May Offer ISIS a Base for New Attacks

  The Libyan affiliate does not occupy large amounts of territory as the Islamic State does in Syria and Iraq. But in the past few...

The Too Fertile Crescent: The Challenge of Egypt’s Rising Fecundity

  Population growth in the Middle East, though higher than everywhere but sub-Saharan Africa, has been slowing thanks to falling fertility rates, the measure used...

Quietly, Al-Qaeda Offshoots Expand in Yemen and Syria

  The gains have helped the terror group’s affiliates become major players in the countries and have complicated efforts to resolve the conflicts. Al-Qaeda offshoots...

Gen. Allen: Failure to Defeat ISIL ‘Depravity’ Would ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Humanity

  In a keynote speech to the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar on June 3, Allen called ISIL a “global threat” and the fight...

Congress Seeks to Lift Last Restrictions on Aid to Egypt

Purse-string holders in the US House released a foreign aid bill June 2 that removes human rights restrictions on assistance to Egypt, the latest sign that...

Turkey, US To Give Syrian Rebels Air Support

  The planned air support would protect the Syrian opposition fighters who have been trained and equipped by a joint Turkish-US program at a military...

TV Presenter Receives Five-Year Sentence for “Insulting Islam”

  Beheiry is an Islamic researcher who sometimes took controversial stances as the host of his daily TV program on Islamic heritage, and he was often...

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