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Problematic support. A file picture shows Salafist leader Yasser al-Borhamy (C) walking with his supporters in Alexandria. (Reuters)

Why are Egypt’s Salafists backing Sisi?

Changing alliances. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani (2nd L) in Baghdad, on January 20. (Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office)

Iraq’s alliances uncertain ahead of elections

Major worry. A 2012 file picture shows an electoral worker verifying the identity of a voter at a polling station in the local council elections in Benghazi. (Reuters)

Fears of election fraud loom after disclosures about Libyan ID numbers

Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda’s roots stretch beyond bin Laden’s seed

Al-Qaeda

Is there a future for al-Qaeda in Iraq?

Mamoon Alabbasi

US

US leaders yet to learn the lessons of the war on terrorism

Syria

The changing faces of al-Qaeda in Syria

Iran

Both hardliners and moderates have failed Iranians

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Iran

Khamenei’s solitary stance portends power struggle