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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

The Trump Administration Might Put the ‘Extreme’ in ‘Extreme Vetting’

by Joby Warrick | Apr 21, 2017 | Opinion

Most foreigners arriving in the United States are greeted by Customs and Border Protection officers asking routine questions, such as the reason for the trip, where they’re staying and who they’re visiting. But the Trump administration is now considering a far more...

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A firefighter works to extinguish an oil well set on fire by fleeing ISIS members in November in Qayyarah, Iraq. (Chris Mcgrath/Getty Images)

Inside the Economic War against ISIS

by Joby Warrick | Jan 4, 2017 | Features

Washington- ISIS starts the new year with a drastically depleted bank account, counterterrorism officials say, following months of intensified efforts to deprive the jihadists of oil profits and other revenue used to finance military operations and terrorist attacks...

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This undated image posted online on Aug. 31 by supporters of the ISIS shows Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the group’s spokesman and chief strategist, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike. (AP)

ISIS’s Second-in-Command Hid in Syria for Months. The Day he Stepped out, the U.S. was Waiting.

by Joby Warrick | Nov 30, 2016 | Features

For a man given to fiery rhetoric and long-winded sermons, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani became oddly quiet during his last summer as the chief spokesman for ISIS. The Syrian who exhorted thousands of young Muslims to don suicide belts appeared increasingly obsessed with his...

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Concerns over ISIS Emergence in Albania

by Joby Warrick | Jun 18, 2016 | World

The Washington Post By Joby Warrick Tirana-Ask Bujar Hysa about the charges that landed him in Tirana’s cramped No. 302 Prison, and he spits furious denials. “I never encouraged terrorism!” declared the Muslim cleric, convicted last month of...