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Mozambique’s Insurgency Requires a Multi-Pronged Response

A violent insurgency in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado is sparking fears that the area could become the next frontier for global jihadism in Africa. In recent years, young men, sometimes carrying the black flag of the Islamic State, have swept hundreds of thousands of people off their land …

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Baghdad Market Rocked By Suicide Bomb Attack That Kills 35 on Eid Eve

At least 35 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bomb attack in an outdoor market in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad in Iraq. The attack took place as people crowded the market to shop for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival hours before the holiday began on …

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Influential Russian Professor Timofeev Debunks Russian National Security Strategy’s Emphasis On Cultural Clash With The West

On July 2, 2021, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin approved the new National Security Strategy that replaced the 2015 strategy. The new document was notable for the emphasis that it placed on the protection of Russia’s “traditional spiritual and moral values” that were presumably under threat from the West.[1] Anti-Western conservatives …

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