by Paul Hamill | Feb 25, 2015 | Monitor
Today we have seen the arrest of three Americans plotting to commit terrorist acts here in the homeland and join Daesh/ ISIS. We also saw earlier this week three young women fly from the UK to Turkey, and now possibly enter Syria to do the same – and join Daesh....
by Luke Lorenz | Feb 24, 2015 | Monitor
International News Coverage Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Oil slide could trigger Opec emergency meeting Anjli Raval / Financial Times Members of Opec have discussed holding an emergency meeting if crude continues to slide, according to Nigeria’s oil...
by Luke Lorenz | Feb 23, 2015 | Monitor
While the world’s focus has been directed towards Iraq and Syria for several years, another threat has been developing in the destabilized, extremist recruitment pool known as Libya. The Egyptian government had voiced concern over the downward spiral of its neighbor,...
by Paul Hamill | Feb 20, 2015 | Monitor
In an oped this morning in the The Hill, I wrote with Fadi Elsalameen, ones of ASP’s Senior Adjunct Fellows, the need for the United States and its allies to support Arab nations and Arab solutions. We wrote: …we saw King Abdullah of Jordan order his...
by Sungtae "Jacky" Park | Feb 2, 2015 | Monitor
International News Coverage Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Houthis set deadline to resolve Yemen crisis Al Jazeera Shia rebels say they will take over power themselves unless political crisis is resolved in three days. U.S., allies...
