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By Taylor Marvin After the horrific attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall, al-Shabab leaders have vowed to wage a “long…
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By Taylor Marvin An ongoing terrorist attack on a Nairobi, Kenya shopping mall frequented by foreigners by the Somali militant…
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By Taylor Marvin The US and Russia reached a deal Saturday aimed at disposing of Syria’s chemical arms by mid-2014. The…
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By Taylor Marvin In Syria, citizen journalists work to document the war while struggling to get by. Meanwhile, Syria’s…
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By Taylor Marvin Syria continues to dominate the news. Fred Kaplan, Amy Davidson, and Max Fisher cheer President Obama’s decision…
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By Taylor Marvin What can social media teach us about the war in Syria, and crisis reporting in general?…
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By Taylor Marvin A portrait of the Cairo liberal as a military backer: “The loss of life is tragic.…
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By Taylor Marvin Gregory D. Johnsen on the failures of US counterterrorism in Yemen. Johnsen also recently talked to…
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By Taylor Marvin Al Qaeda’s Syrian recruits: the case of ‘Abu Majed’. “What draws fighters to such Islamist jihadist groups…
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By Taylor Marvin Russia pushes ahead with the delivery of advanced surface-to-air missiles to the Assad regime (via Justin…