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First Take: Turkey coup attempt has parallels to Egypt
The military coup attempt in Turkey, the country's fifth since 1960, is reminiscent of a recent military takeover against the democratically elected president of Egypt. more...
Former CIA Chief: We Totally Dropped the Ball on Al Qaeda’s Rebound
A former CIA chief has admitted in a new tell-all book that the intelligence organization badly misjudged Qaeda's rebound during the Arab Spring, Greg Miller of The Washington Post reports. more...
Top Al Qaeda Commander Relocates to Syria
A member of Al Qaeda's senior leadership, Sanafi al Nasr, has relocated to Syria, where he is living openly and publicly courts his followers on twitter, according... more...
Tunisia, Arab Spring’s Birthplace, Takes on Militants
Islamist militants across North Africa have been fighting governments in Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Mali for not imposing harsh sharia law, launching terror attacks... more...
Syria to Remain Unchanged in 2014
The deadly Syrian crisis has officially entered its fourth year just very recently with nothing changing on the ground except certainly for the number of reported causalities... more...
Militant Grip Transforms, Terrorizes Syrian City
Once a vibrant, religiously mixed community, Syria's eastern city of Raqqa is now a shell of its former self, terrorized by hard-line militants who have turned it into... more...
Syria War May Last 10 More Years: Experts
The brutal war in Syria could grind on for a decade as Iran and Russia prop up President Bashar al-Assad's regime and jihadist groups flood the battlefield... more...
Jihadist Vendetta Takes Out Qaeda Leader
Al-Qaeda’s top leader in Syria was killed on Sunday in a suicide bombing in the city of Aleppo that some rebels say was carried out by a jihadist group recently... more...
Analysis: Al-Qaida Unlikely to Force Hezbollah Out of Syria
Could the continued onslaught by al-Qaida-linked jihadists force Hezbollah to withdraw its forces from the Syrian war? Probably not. Such a withdrawal would seemingly... more...
Split within Al Qaeda Over Syrian Rebels Grows
Sharp divisions among al Qaeda terrorists in the Middle East are continuing despite a recent appeal by the group’s top leader to heal the rift between two warring factions. more...
Egypt Terror Group Gives Tourists Two Days to Get Out
Ansar Jerusalem, a shadowy but prolific terrorist group based in Egypt’s lawless Sinai Peninsula, has announced it carried out the bombing of a tourist bus near... more...
British Jihadists Torture Syrian Rebel
The biggest looming security threat for many Western countries, including the United States, will come from hundreds of jihadists returning home after cutting... more...
Jihadi Threat Grows as Egypt Turns to al-Seesi for Security
The rise of Abdelfatah al-Seesi in Egypt is pouring fuel on an Islamist militant campaign that threatens his image as the only man who can restore stability. more...
Jihadist Return Is Said to Drive Attacks in Egypt
In just the last two weeks, Islamist militants have detonated a car bomb at the gates of the capital’s security headquarters, gunned down a senior Interior Ministry... more...
Islamists Spread Terrorism in Chaos of Egypt, Target Military to Seize Control
Islamist militants in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula have increased the number and range of their attacks on military targets as they push to undermine Egypt’s top... more...
Syria Holding Onto Chemical Weapons?
Syria will miss a second deadline to turn over its chemical weapons components for destruction Wednesday amid a British report that Bashar Assad's regime... more...
Egypt’s Sea of Troubles
The growing and sophisticated insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, along with its declared emphasis on attacking the Egyptian regime's economic lifeblood, has raised... more...
Shadowy Jihadist Group Poses Grave Threat to Egypt
A jihadist group behind a wave of spectacular attacks poses a serious threat to Egypt's stability as political turmoil triggered by the Islamist president's ouster rocks... more...
Egypt Faces New Threat in al-Qaida-Linked Group Ansar Beyt al-Maqdis
An al-Qaida-inspired group has emerged as Egypt's biggest terrorist threat in a decade, after a week in which its members claimed responsibility for shooting down... more...
Sinai Jihadi Group Emerges at Forefront of Egypt Violence
High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. A once obscure jihadi group... more...
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