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Following the removal of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013 the government launched a "war on terror" to tackle the longrunning salafi-jihadist insurgency in…
Emergence of new terrorist groups.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227389
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has in recent years sharply increased its military and commercial involvement in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa. It provides equipment, training and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229978
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Islamic State group (ISG) claimed responsibility for the attacks. Nearly two years since its June 2014 offensive in Syria and Iraq, ISG still controls and governs significant…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210192
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The evolution of Islamic State's 'provinces'.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244822
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They claim the reason is that the rival Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) and its supporters have continued military operations in the west of the country despite the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198878
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This was a show of strength and a threat to Cairo, given the value of remittances sent home by the many Egyptian labourers in the east. The move reflected the undercurrent of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280610
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Effect of Libya on North Africa
The government faces three security challenges: an intensifying jihadist insurgency in North Sinai; a persistent campaign of sabotage from Muslim Brotherhood-connected underground…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198035
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They discussed tensions in the eastern Mediterranean with regard to Turkish seabed prospecting off the Greek island of Kastellorizo, but could come up only with a statement about…