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December 13, 2022 | Caleb Weiss |

German national freed in the Sahel after years of jihadist captivity

Late last week, German national Jorg Lange was freed in the Sahel after spending the last four years being held by the Islamic State’s Sahel Province (more commonly known as the Islamic State in the Greater...

February 12, 2019 | Zachary Keyser, Benjamin Weinthal

Human Rights NGO condemns Iran for forty-years of continued violations

Progetto Dreyfus is a "non-profit association that fights against antisemitism, fundamentalism and any kind of discrimination" and as noted, has recently set its sights on Iran.

January 11, 2019 | Romany Shaker

U.S. Balanced Approach on Libya: A Good Step Forward But Not Enough

For years, the United States has distanced itself from the national reconciliation process in Libya, adopting a ...

August 19, 2016 | Michael Ledeen

Why Hasn’t ISIS Blown Up Rome?

At lunch the other day, a smart man asked me how come there hadn’t been terrorism in Italy, even though Islamic State keeps promising to attack the Vatican. You’ve undoubtedl...

April 12, 2016 | Sheryl Saperia |

The Rushdie Affair and the Outsourcing of Murder

The recent attacks in Brussels, for which ISIS took credit, reminded the West that no country is immune from Islamist terrorism. All democratic nations must match action to rhetoric in decisively...

February 3, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

The Islamist wears Dolce & Gabbana

In the “culture” section of the venerable Atlantic magazine last month, there was a news item I wouldn’t want you to miss: “The Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana h...

July 23, 2014 | Michael Ledeen

What Are the Jews Supposed To Do?

Missiles over and into Israel. Violent demonstrations in London, Paris and Vienna. Violent demonstrators in Boston and on innumerable university campuses. Calls of "Death to the Jews." W...

May 10, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

When Hatred Turns Lethal

One of the most neglected stories in the Middle East – the ubiquitous Jew-hatred in the Arab and Muslim world – was suddenly catapulted into the mainstream media spotlight when Egypt&...

February 27, 2013 |

A Nasty Piece of Work

A tawdry new book accuses the late Christopher Hitchens of plagiarism—and worse.

October 2, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Ally Orchestrated Assault on US Embassy in Tunisia

On Sept. 14, the US embassy in Tunis came under assault. The American staff evacuated the embassy unscathed, but the attackers hoisted an al Qaeda-style black flag high above the emptied compound...

August 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data

Data last updated on Oct. 16, 2012 I. Introduction II. Data Summary...

March 14, 2012 | Michael Ledeen National Review Online |

Re: Let Syria Be

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Andy and I have moved...

November 7, 2011 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please!

Italy Wobbles, and a Demon Appears in the Clouds

As usual, whenever the situation permits, the British press — led by the screaming meemies at the Financial Times — calls for the defenestration of Silv...

September 13, 2011 |

Of Mafiosi and Mullahs

Intelligence is how you take down organized crime and organized terror.

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online

Shroud of Turin

Turin, Italy — The Turin book fair this year features Israeli literature, and Israeli president Shimon Peres is coming to the opening ceremony next weekend. Lots of others will be there, to...

April 26, 2011 | |

Europeans Blame Israel for Murders Committed by Islamists

Berlin—Many European reactions to the recent murders by radical Islamists of pro- Palestinian Israeli filmmaker Juliano Mer-Khamis and Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni replicate the typic...

February 18, 2011 | Wall Street Journal

Berlusconi: Undone by La Dolce Vita?

Silvio Berlusconi holds an amazing record of political longevity. Three G-8 summits have been held in Italy in the last 17 years (1994, 1999 and 2009). The U. S. was represented by Presidents Cli...

February 10, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Italian judge Orders Former Gitmo Detainee Freed

An Italian judge ordered a former Guantanamo detainee released from jail on Monday. The former detainee, a Tunisian named Adel Ben Mabrouk, had been convicted of terrorism-related charges....

February 1, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Italian Court Convicts Former Gitmo Detainee of Terrorism Charges

A former Guantanamo detainee transferred to Italy in late 2009 was convicted of terrorism-related charges on Monday. Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, who is originally from Tunisia, was convicted "of cri...

December 16, 2010 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

Vanity Fair Game

Filmmakers get to take dramatic license. Reporters really shouldn’t. But when it comes to Joseph C. Wilson IV and Valerie Plame, the mainstream media, as much as Hollywood, insist on market...