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Why Terror Suspects in Europe Slip Through Security Cracks

by Anna Momigliano | Jun 12, 2017 | Features

London- About a year ago, police stopped a young man in the airport of Bologna, a town in northern Italy. Youssef Zaghba, an Italian citizen of Moroccan origin, had raised suspicions because he was to embark on a one-way ticket for Istanbul: They feared he was trying...

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Best frenemies forever? Photographer: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Qatar…Test for Trump’s Anti-Terror Plan

by Eli Lake | Jun 3, 2017 | Opinion

Will this duplicitous nation cut off terrorist financing, or coordinate with the Pentagon, or both? For a brief moment it looked like President Donald Trump had done it. He got the leaders of six Gulf nations to sign a communique pledging to eradicate the financing of...

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Malian army soldiers patrol in the village of Bintagoungou near Goundam in central Mali. (AFP)

7 Soldiers Killed in ‘Terror’ Attack in Mali

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 9, 2017 | World

The Malian government announced on Monday that seven soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in a “terrorist attack” on a military position in the village of Almoustrat in the northwest. Military sources told Agence France Presse that two people were killed and...

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In 2006, tourist navigate around jersey barriers placed in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington for security. (Lauren Victoria Burke/AP)

It’s Nearly Impossible to Stop Terrorists from Using Trucks as Weapons

by Adam Taylor | Apr 17, 2017 | Features

Nice, Berlin, London and now Stockholm. Over the past year, terrorist attacks using vehicles have become a sad fact of life in Europe. Such attacks are obviously appealing to would-be mass murderers: In most European nations, a truck is far easier to acquire than a...

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Some in Afghanistan Question US Choice to Use 22,000-pound Bomb against ISIS

by Erin Cunningham | Apr 17, 2017 | Features

KABUL — US forces in Afghanistan have not yet assessed the impact of a massive strike on ISIS militants in the eastern part of the country, a military spokesman said Friday, raising questions about the already controversial decision to deploy a 22,000-pound bomb on...