policy figures -they are missing the revolutionary, uniting force that animates them all. Networks. Whether we are trying to slice apart the roots of the Islamic State or slow Russian territorial dreams or understand narco- economics or hedge-fund finance - connectivity touches and defines each problem. New and esse

Propaganda at Home and Abroad The following propositions have all appeared in the Russian media over the past few years: ¢ The United States hired Islamic State terrorists to sabotage the Russian commercial airliner that was destroyed after takeoff in the Sinai in 2015. ¢ A three-year-old boy was crucified b

y Jose A. DelReal « Read more » HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022400 --- PAGE BREAK --- Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State At a strategic crossroads between Syria, Turkey and Iraq, the traditional Yazidi heartland has become a flash point for Kurdish political rivalries.

ell of optimism - that is now a distant memory. With so much of the modern-day Middle East consumed by turmoil and conflict, it’s al-Qaeda, so-called Islamic State, Iraq, Syria and Libya that are dominating the headlines, not the peace process. Even as we approach the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaratio

dical Islamist groups and trying to wreak havoc where they can. About 30,000 Muslim fighters from all over the world, including the West, have joined the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). But however much they constitute a major global security problem, they are dwarfed by, say, the 200 million nonradical Muslims

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ey, a member of the NATO alliance, hosts American troops and warplanes at Incirlik Air Base, an important staging area for the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. At a news conference in Washington, Weingarten and Michael Miller, another Steptoe attorney, said evidence from a 2015 case financ

y, a member of the NATO alliance, hosts American troops and warplanes at Incirlik Air Base, an important staging area for the U.S.- led fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. At a news conference in Washington, Weingarten and Michael Miller, another Steptoe attorney, said evidence from a 2015 case financ

notion that Saudi Arabia is synonymous with radical Islam is falsely based on the Western notion that "one size fits all." Fundamentalists supporting the Islamic State in the Kingdom violate the rule of law at home, and the Saudis' strong efforts to prevent the export of terrorism. Saudi senior leaders desire good r

y, building and developing and securing our own country. Now, I told Bibi, he was back in the mindset of the galut. Yes, al-Qaeda, and more recently Islamic State, were real dangers. The prospect of a nuclear Iran was even more so. “But the implication of the way you speak, not just to Barack Obama or David Cam

y, building and developing and securing our own country. Now, I told Bibi, he was back in the mindset of the galut. Yes, al-Qaeda, and more recently Islamic State, were real dangers. The prospect of a nuclear Iran was even more so. “But the implication of the way you speak, not just to Barack Obama or David Cam

nmen ambushed a Nigerien army post in another border town, killing 71 soldiers in the deadliest strike on the nation's forces in recent memory. The Islamic State West Africa Province asserted responsibility for that massacre two days later." -- In Israel, deadly floods have kept residents confined to their h