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U.S. Won’t Back Egypt’s Attacks on ISIS in Libya

Two longtime allies are attacking ISIS—and growing frustrated with one another. That’s good news for the so-called Islamic State. The Obama administration was given multiple...

Shooting of Witness Threatens Trial of Coptic Christian’s Murderers

But in mid-January, the murder of still another Coptic Christian in Luxor province, 315 miles south of Cairo, has triggered widespread panic among the...

Obama Doubles Down in Terminology over “Violent Extremism”

"The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie. And all of us, regardless of faith, have a responsibility...

HRW: Murder of Egyptians a War Crime

The brutal killing of 21 mostly Egyptian Coptic Christians held captive by a Libyan extremist group was a war crime for which those responsible...

Sisi Discusses Security Strategy at Libyan Border

Sisi encouraged the continued participation of tribal leaders in the fight against “outlawed groups” because of their proximity to the borderlands. Military forces have...

Islamic State Lays Claim to North African Outpost

  The /images match the worst of Islamic State's atrocities: black-clad fighters and an English-speaking jihadist taunt the West before slaughtering their victims in orange...

Egypt Seeks International Help Against IS After 21 Copts Beheaded

The 21 men, all daily laborers from Samalout village in Upper Egypt’s rural, less developed Minya province, had been captured in two separate abductions...

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