Posts Tagged: Islamist state
The Shi’ite Crescent Holds Its Ground
Developments in Syria are unfolding quickly, as the country's civil war takes new twists and turns every week, and the impact of the ...
Ayman Zawahiri and Egypt: A Trip Through Time
Around 1985, current al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri fled his homeland of Egypt, presumably never to return. From his early beginnings as a teenage leader of...