Middle East
Why are we still at war in Syria?
The tempo of lethal US airstrikes — not all against ISIS — continue apace, despite murky Washington strategy
March 06, 2025
al-qaeda
Middle East
HTS: Can these Islamists truly unify a post-Assad Syria?
This author hopes a state-centered ideological political agenda — as opposed to a violent global jihadist one — can succeed after years of dictatorship.
December 18, 2024
QiOSK
Rebels seize on Assad weakness, attack Aleppo
Iran, Russia, nor Hezbollah are in any position to help prevent the return of Civil War
November 29, 2024
Middle East
The Taliban resistance lives on in the Lion of Panjshir's son
Ahmad Shah Massoud, hero of the Northern Alliance, was assassinated two days before 9/11. His namesake talks to RS.
September 10, 2024
Asia-Pacific
Al-Zawahiri killing shows 'over-the-horizon' counterterrorism can work
Despite what critics said during the Afghanistan withdrawal, the US didn't need boots on the ground to take a top terrorist off the board.
August 02, 2022
Global Crises
How a cottage terrorism industry made a lion out of an al-Qaeda mouse
A new book puts together documents uncovered at Osama bin Laden's hideout and finds the roots of a 20-year threat inflation.
May 12, 2022
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