Washington Post Editorial Board
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 06:41
THE EGYPTIAN regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi again demonstrated its violent and cynical nature last weekend, as the country marked the fourth anniversary of the popular revolution that overthrew former ruler Hosni Mubarak.
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 08:34
THE BLOODY assault on a Nairobi shopping mall by a Somali jihadist group is a consequence of Kenya’s success in fighting Islamic extremism in East Africa. Two years ago, Kenyan troops joined an African Union force that drove the al-Shabab militia, linked to al-Qaeda, out of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu; last year Kenyan forces joined with a local militia to oust the extremists from the southern port city of Kismayo.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 06:20
DON’T LOOK now, but the most recent Muslim country to experience a Western military intervention is confounding the pessimists — including a few in the Obama administration. Over the weekend, the north African state of Mali lifted a state of emergency so that three dozen candidates could begin campaigning in a presidential election scheduled for later this month. This came just six months after France deployed troops to prevent the takeover of the country by Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda. Since then, the extremists have been routed and dispersed, a peace accord reached with a separatist movement and a U.N. peacekeeping force launched.