Yaroslav Trofimov
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 07:21
Until recently, Cairo managed to maintain strong relations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies that provide it with tens of billions of dollars in aid, while also cultivating warm ties with Russia and staying away from Saudi-led efforts to topple the Syrian regime.
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 07:34
The self-proclaimed caliphate’s biggest and deadliest franchise outside the Middle East, the “West Africa Province” also known as Boko Haram, fractured in recent weeks over Islamic State’s decision to replace its notorious leader, Abubakar Shekau.
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 06:40
Soldiers from this Muslim-majority nation have played a critical role alongside France in combating Islamist militants in northern Mali since 2013. And last year, a sweep by Chadian expeditionary forces liberated major areas held by Boko Haram in neighboring Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger, where local militaries struggle to contain the regional affiliate of Islamic State.
Friday, September 11, 2015 - 05:59
Concerns arise after Islamist extremists fought alongside Saudi-led coalition and its allies.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:03
At checkpoints across this war-racked city in southern Yemen, local fighters wearing flip-flops and carrying Kalashnikov rifles fly the flag of the United Arab Emirates.
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 06:40
The American military response against the Islamic State is criticized as too weak by many Iraqis.
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 06:26
Watching Saudi Arabia spend hundreds of billions of dollars on sophisticated weapons in the past decade, many friends and foes of the oil-rich kingdom often wondered to what extent it would be capable of using them.
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 06:49
Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has demanded that all of the world’s Muslims pledge allegiance to him—and Sinai’s main insurgent movement, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, in November became one of the main jihadist groups outside Syria and Iraq to do so.