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By Taylor Marvin Violence in the Central African Republic continues, prompting fears that much of the country’s Muslim minority…

By Taylor Marvin In Syria, this week al-Qaeda severed ties with former affiliate ISIS. Aryn Baker links the split to…

By Taylor Marvin Musings on Iraq has a very interesting interview with Michael Spagat on the issues associated with accurately estimating the…

By Taylor Marvin Burma’s Muslim Rohingya minority and a “countryside of concentration camps.” After the fall of the autocratic regimes that…

By Taylor Marvin The death of a teenage Syrian photographer freelancing for Reuters raises controversy about the news agency’s…

By Taylor Marvin In a high-profile blow, last Friday al Qaeda-affiliated forces seized the city of Fallujah, the site of…

By Taylor Marvin Two suicide bombings in less than 24 hours shocked the Russian city of Volgograd this week.…

By Taylor Marvin Violence appears to be increasing in South Sudan, with many fearing civil war. Sparked by the…

By Taylor Marvin On foreign fighters in Syria: Why is the war in Syria attracting so many volunteers? “It’s so…