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Libya intervention will heighten Egypt security risks

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EGYPT

The government faces three security challenges: an intensifying jihadist insurgency in North Sinai; a persistent campaign of sabotage from Muslim Brotherhood-connected underground…

Afghan Taliban's commitment to al-Qaida may be fading

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AFGHANISTAN

Al-Qaida's future in Afghanistan.

Lebanese Hezbollah will avoid post-Soleimani US fight

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LEBANON

Mass popular protests forced the resignation of the previous coalition government and threatened Hezbollah's domestic political hegemony. This comes as the movement leads calls…

Somalia faces political and security transition risks

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SOMALIA

Meanwhile, the government and African Union (AU) have been discussing parameters for a successor mission to the longstanding AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). As such, the next 90…

The Palestinian Authority faces existential threats

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PALESTINIANS

This followed the deaths of three Palestinians in an Israeli army incursion there on August 6, emphasising that the major two-day military assault on Jenin in early July failed to…

Battered Afghan Islamic State will struggle to regroup

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AFGHANISTAN

Patrushev was referring to recent fighting in the eastern Nangarhar province which seriously damaged IS as a fighting force. The Taliban say it was they, not Afghan government…

Syria’s Deraa will see chronic instability and poverty

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SYRIA

This came as Damascus blamed a former rebel leader for the May 4 abduction and killing of nine policemen in the nearby town of Muzayrib. The security situation in Deraa, which…

Overseas Uighur jihadists threaten Chinese interests

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CHINA

Uighur jihadis.

Islamic State threat to Indonesia is changing

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INDONESIA

Islamic State threat in Indonesia.

Emboldened Boko Haram will undermine Nigerian military

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NIGERIA

Boko Haram outlook.