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Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, killed by the Americans in Kabul. The significance of taking down the world’s most wanted terrorist

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, killed by the Americans in Kabul. The significance of taking down the world’s most wanted terrorist

Ayman al-Zawahiri was the ideologue of the Al-Qaida network, whose leadership he took over after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Al-Zawahiri was one of the most prominent terrorist leaders killed in the past two decades, but his death is unlikely to have a significant impact the jihadist movement.

Cătălin Gomboș
Cătălin Gomboș
02 Aug 2022
Syria, the country abandoned to darkness

Syria, the country abandoned to darkness

February 25 marked the first military operation ordered by president Joe Biden. US forces bombed targets in Syria used by Iran-led militias. The airstrike has brought back in the limelight a nearly forgotten war, recalling the complexity of this conflict with regional ramifications.

Cătălin Gomboș
Cătălin Gomboș
04 Mar 2021
Libya, ten years after the outbreak of the first Arab Spring war

Libya, ten years after the outbreak of the first Arab Spring war

The Libyans who took to the streets on February 17, 2011 had been called to a "day of rage." A little later, the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi - who at the time was the longest-lived but also the most eccentric tyrant in the Arab world - would be called the "February 17 Revolution." In retrospect, that is the time when the Arab Spring turned into the great war for the Arab world.

Cătălin Gomboș
Cătălin Gomboș
17 Feb 2021