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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

American fighter jets are pounding Islamic State areas in Libya. The terrorist group is gaining a new foothold in the North African nation, particularly the strategically located city of Sirte. (Associated Press)

ISIS draws battle to Libya; U.S. military responds

The U.S. military is ramping up operations and bombing raids against the Islamic State in Libya, where the terrorist group's fighters have increasingly found refuge as their territorial base shrinks in Syria and Iraq. Published October 11, 2017

Lebanese Shiite supporters of Hezbollah cry as listen to the story of Imam Hussein, during activities marking the holy day of Ashoura, in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Ashoura is the annual Shiite Muslim commemoration marking the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

U.S. officials ramp up rhetoric against Iran-backed Hezbollah

U.S. officials elevated their public condemnation of Hezbollah on Tuesday, adding two of the Iran-backed terror group's top operatives to a special State Department most-wanted list and asserting that all of the group's factions -- even those holding political office in Lebanon -- are part of the same terrorist operation. Published October 10, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said over the weekend that no single move by Mr. Trump could cause a total unraveling of the deal that Iran reached with the former Obama administration, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia. (Associated Press).

Iran’s hard-liners hit back as Trump weighs nuclear deal fate

As Iranian leaders weigh how to respond to President Trump's expected move to decertify the 2015 nuclear deal, hardliners in Tehran are seizing the moment of uncertainty to target Washington with a new dose of harsh rhetoric. Published October 9, 2017

Qatar, which hosts Washington's most strategic military base in the Persian Gulf and sits atop some of the word's largest proven natural gas reserves, is the target of an economic and diplomatic blockade from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. stuck in Middle East allies’ feud

While the Trump administration attempts to cool tempers in the nasty row dividing some of America's closest allies in the Middle East, officials in the United Arab Emirates say the crisis is likely only to escalate. Published October 4, 2017

People are searched by Las Vegas police at the Tropicana Las Vegas during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Stephen Paddock, 64, identified as Las Vegas shooting suspect

Law enforcement authorities have identified a 64-year-old Nevada man as the lone gunman in the horrific mass shooting that killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 200 at a concert in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Published October 2, 2017

Finance analysts fear that North Korea has begun using hard-to-trace digital currencies to generate cash and buy goods. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea bitcoin use suspected to skirt sanctions

North Korea may be turning to the shadowy internet currency bitcoin to get around increasingly intrusive U.S.-led sanctions barring its access to the world banking system and fund its missile and nuclear programs, financial experts warn. Published September 25, 2017

Mohammed bin Salman has made global headlines by calling for aggressive reforms in Saudi Arabia to diversify the economy and promote more cultural openness in the nation's notoriously conservative society. (Associated Press/File)

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia crown prince, rumored to ascend to throne

The arrests in Saudi Arabia last week of more than two dozen perceived opponents of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has prompted speculation that Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Salman may be moving more quickly than regional analysts had predicted toward elevating his ambitious, favored son to the throne in Riyadh. Published September 18, 2017

North Korea's rapid weapons buildup is expected to be a prime focus of President Trump's week in New York meeting with other world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea secretly building nuclear submarine: Report

North Korea's military is clandestinely building a nuclear-powered submarine, according to a Japanese newspaper report, the latest provocation by Pyongyang in an escalating clash with the U.S. and its allies in a region already on edge. Published September 17, 2017

FILE - In this May 14, 2012 file photo, King Salman, left, speaks with his son, now Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, as they wait for Gulf Arab leaders ahead of the opening of Gulf Cooperation Council, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The arrests of apparent Islamist sympathizers and critics of the crown prince have thrown an already anxious kingdom into deep unease, raising questions about the country's steadiness as speculation mounts that the crown prince, also known as MBS, could soon replace his father as king. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Arrests spark talk of Saudi leadership shake-up

The arrest in Saudi Arabia this week of more than two dozen opponents of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has prompted speculation that King Salman bin Abdulaziz is accelerating the drive to put his favored son on the throne in Riyadh. Published September 15, 2017

"We need to establish a relationship of respect, expressing desires for cooperation and setting aside propaganda," said Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the Mexican presidential front-runner who casts himself as the ultimate political outsider. (Associated Press/File)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador calls out Donald Trump during speech in Washington

The man who could be Mexico's next president came to Washington on Tuesday and sharply criticized President Trump's push to build a wall along the border Tuesday, arguing the problem of illegal drugs flowing north from Mexico is fueled by U.S. consumption and won't solved by more security measures. Published September 5, 2017

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. In South Korea, the nation's military said it conducted a live-fire exercise simulating an attack on North Korea's nuclear test site to "strongly warn" Pyongyang over the latest nuclear test. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the drill involved F-15 fighter jets and the country's land-based "Hyunmoo" ballistic missiles. The released live weapons "accurately struck" a target in the sea off the country's eastern coast, the JCS said. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

Military strike on North Korea one U.S. option after hydrogen bomb test

The Trump administration was weighing all options Sunday night, including a retaliatory military strike, in response to North Korea's test of a powerful hydrogen bomb that Pyongyang claimed could be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. Published September 3, 2017

As the U.S. coalition continues its campaign against the Islamic State in Raqqa, many are resigned to the reality that Syrian President Bashar Assad will hold on to power. (Associated Press)

Syria’s Bashar Assad nears civil war victory

Syrian President Bashar Assad is sounding increasingly confident that he will emerge as the victor of his nation's 6-year-old civil war — an assessment that key American allies in the region and a top former U.S. diplomat appear to have accepted. Published August 31, 2017

The North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile on Tuesday as leader Kim Jong-un called for more ballistic missile tests targeting the Pacific Ocean. (Associated Press)

North Korea missile answers Donald Trump’s rhetoric

President Trump has brought a new toughness to U.S. rhetoric toward North Korea, but the Kim Jong-un regime in Pyongyang showed anew this week that it still has the power to decide when and where to escalate the crisis in the region over its nuclear programs and missile tests. Published August 29, 2017