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U.S. and U.N. officials warned that an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Hurras al-Deen, is a growing threat to the West, including Americans and U.S. interests, The New York Times reported Sept. 30.
Syria may no longer be the subject of front-page headlines in the West, but peace is elusive, and the proxy wars there among the U.S., Turkey, Russia and Iran continue.
Starved for legitimacy, the Islamic State has claimed an attack on Congolese soldiers, but the ambush doesn't necessarily presage a new jihadist front in Central Africa.
Russian and Syrian forces have reportedly targeted Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an al Qaeda-linked group, with airstrikes throughout Syria's northwestern Idlib province, Reuters reported March 13.
The partial U.S. withdrawal from northern Syria offers Turkey the chance to finally move against its Kurdish foe, but Ankara's path will be fraught with danger.
Though the Islamic State has proved an enduring challenge, al Qaeda remains a potent jihadist force in many countries. Today, we examine the prospects for the group's many franchises in the year to come.
After almost 8 years of war, Syria could soon witness a different kind of conflict with global implications: an escalation of hostilities that pits state against state.
Ankara and Moscow have grown closer as Turkey's relationship with the United States has soured. The question is whether this marks an enduring rearrangement in Turkish foreign affairs.
Egypt has reportedly brokered an informal agreement between Hamas and Israel to end attacks emanating from the Gaza Strip in exchange for permitting aid into the Palestinian territory, Al Hayat reported Oct. 25.
The agreement is fragile, but Moscow's focus on its diplomatic agenda -- and the increased presence Turkish troops in the buffer zone -- could lend the deal some staying power.
The two countries reached a compromise that will prevent a major Russian-backed loyalist offensive on Syria's last rebel stronghold and defuse the mounting tension between Moscow and Ankara. But the standoff is far from resolved.
Having achieved its primary goal in the country -- securing its position there and that of the current Syrian government -- Russia is moving on to a risky and complicated plan to promote its interests.
Reported remarks by Beijing's ambassador and military attache in Syria raise the prospect that China is losing its reluctance to get more deeply involved in the Middle East.
In their battles with extremism, governments have plenty of reason to misrepresent the names of militant groups. Doing so, however, doesn't help us understand what makes these organizations tick.