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Guy Taylor

Guy Taylor

Guy Taylor is the National Security Editor at The Washington Times, overseeing the paper's State Department, Pentagon and intelligence coverage and driving the daily Threat Status newsletter. He has reported from dozens of countries and been a guest on the BBC, CNN, NPR, FOX, C-SPAN and The McLaughlin Group.

A series Mr. Taylor led on Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election was recognized with a Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, and a Society for Professional Journalists award. In 2012, he won a Virginia Press Association award reporting from Mexico.

Prior to joining The Times in 2011, Mr. Taylor was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Fund For Investigative Journalism. He wrote for a variety publications, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to Salon, Reason, Prospect, the Daily Star of Beirut, the Jerusalem Post and the St. Petersburg Times. He also served as an editor at World Politics Review, wrote for America's Quarterly and produced videos and features for Agence France-Presse.

Mr. Taylor holds an M.S. in Global Security Studies from Angelo State University and a B.A. from Clark University. He was part of a team who won a Society of Professional Journalists award for their reporting on the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

He can be reached at gtaylor@washingtontimes.com.

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Articles by Guy Taylor

Rep. Joe Wilson with Syrian American activists on Capitol Hill this week. The South Carolina Republican is leading a push to repeal sanctions on Syria created to punish the Assad regime. (Photo courtesy of the Syrian American Alliance for Peace & Prosperity, or SAAPP).

Will Congress remove sanctions law on Syria?

Momentum is growing on Capitol Hill behind a bipartisan push to repeal the Caesar Act, which imposed heavy U.S. sanctions on former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's regime and is now creating hurdles for the post-Assad government because it blocks international aid and investment from flowing into the war-torn Mideast nation. Published September 5, 2025

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran after U.S. strikes, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP) ** FILE **

World on high alert after ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ hits Iran nuclear sites

The estimated 40,000 American military personnel across the Middle East were on heightened alert into the night Sunday over the prospect that Iran would come through on its threat to target U.S. outposts in the region as retaliation for Saturday's airstrikes that pounded Iranian nuclear facilities. Published June 22, 2025

The trail of a projectile is seen through the clouds following a missile alert after launches from Iran, in Jerusalem, early Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel launches fresh wave of strikes in Iran as war escalates

Israel's military campaign against Iran expanded dramatically on Monday with a wave of strikes pounding central Tehran, including one that destroyed the country's state-run television headquarters -- a central apparatus of the Iranian regime's tight control over information broadcast within the Islamic Republic. Published June 16, 2025

Huge smoke rises up from an oil facility facility after it appeared to have been hit by an Israeli strike Saturday, in southern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo)

World on edge as Israel-Iran war intensifies

The war between Israel and Iran intensified through the weekend, with Iranian missiles penetrating Israeli air defenses and Israel carrying out a brazen daytime assault on Tehran as world powers jockeyed for influence over the direction the escalating conflict will take in the days to come. Published June 15, 2025

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, interacts with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Martina A. Strong and UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi in in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Middle East powers weigh whether to back Trump, Israel in corralling Iran

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- The moment is ripe for President Trump to focus on aligning Arab powers with the U.S. and Israel around the common goal of containing Iran, according to former national security officials who attended a major international weapons show here last week. Published February 23, 2025

The U.S. advanced defense tech company Shield AI has its V-Bat reconnaissance drone on display at the International Defense Exposition (IDEX) 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Credit David Gordon, The Washington Times.)

Shield AI’s V-BAT among advanced drones on display at weapons expo in Mideast

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- One of the more futuristic drones that Ukrainian forces have used to carry out surveillance for strike missions deep inside Russia is on display at the massive International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) that has drawn weapons companies from around the world to this Mideast city in recent days. Published February 18, 2025

A drone made by Turkish manufacturer Baykar is seen at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Just outside of Abu Dhabi's biennial arms fair in a large tent, Russia offered weapons for sale Monday ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to missile systems despite facing sanctions from the West over its war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) ** FILE **

U.S., Chinese, Russian defense firms top list of global vendors at massive arms expo

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- It's the biggest open-air arms bazaar in the world, with the most futuristic weapons -- from sixth-generation fighter jets and supersonic cruise missiles to drones whose brains are packed with artificial intelligence microchips -- all on full display in the heart of the Middle East. Published February 14, 2025

Sav Bennly sits in front of a memorial at Bourbon and Canal Street in the French Quarter, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Feds hunting for New Orleans terrorist’s connection to Islamic State

Federal law enforcement and U.S. intelligence officials are combing through material found on three cellphones and two laptop computers linked to the Army veteran turned terrorist who carried out the New Orleans massacre, trying to determine whether he had tangible connections to the Islamic State or was radicalized by online propaganda from the international terrorist group, also known as ISIS. Published January 2, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un exchange documents during a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. Kim and Putin signed a major defense deal that observers worry could embolden Kim to direct more provocations at South Korea. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Warming Moscow-Pyongyang alliance escalates danger, South Korean lawmakers say

A high-level delegation of left-leaning South Korean lawmakers has called during a visit to Washington for their country's conservative president to resist Western pressure to directly arm Ukraine against Russia, even as North Korea is widely accused of aiding the Kremlin in the fight. Published June 27, 2024