Egypt’s new “terrorist entities” law defines terrorism in such a way as to give the state broad powers to restrict political action and civil society groups.

After years of fighting in Syria, Hezbollah has sent combat advisers to Iraq. The terrorist organization may have overreached, which could be a boon for the Lebanese Army.

Ayatollah Khamanei has celebrated that the West and its allies have failed to “bring Iran to its knees.” His assessment is shared by an unlikely group: Israel and a host of U.S. Senators.

As competing governments square off, Libya increasingly looks like it may have broken into pieces that won’t be reassembled.

Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, responsible for a series of bombings that have killed dozens of Egyptian soldiers, has pledged its loyalty to ISIS. Egypt’s Islamists face a difficult choice over whether to embrace radicalism.