Terrorism

The U.S.-Turkey Relationship Just Got More Complicated
A terrorist attack in Istanbul renews tensions between longtime allies.

A Global Hostage Crisis
How Washington tries to prevent international adversaries from using captive Americans as leverage: A Dispatch Explainer.

Lawmakers Respond to Zawahiri Killing
Plus, the Senate will take another crack at a veteran health care bill.

The Morning Dispatch: U.S. Kills al-Qaeda Leader
Plus: What’s in the CHIPS package.

How Al-Qaeda Facilitates Attacks From Within Prisons
In seeking to free Aafia Siddiqui, the synagogue hostage taker reminds us that the terror group began as a prison movement.

The Little Country That Could Be a Big Help Fighting Terror and Extremism
Kosovo has been proactive both in countering creeping Iranian influence in the Balkans and in confronting its own terrorist problem.