Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Pentagon won’t verify recording by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader
A recording purportedly from the Islamic State's shadowy leader circulated through the international media Thursday, calling on the terror group's fighters to hold their ground as campaigns mount against territory held by the group in Syria and Iraq. Published November 3, 2016
Park Geun-hye of South Korea reshuffles cabinet as scandals prompt calls for resignation
South Korean President Park Geun-hye replaced her prime minister and two other top officials Wednesday in a bid to contain a political crisis, as accusations of influence-peddling and other activities prompted prosecutors to request an arrest warrant for one her closest personal friends. Published November 2, 2016
Post-coup crackdown widens in Turkey; opposition paper targeted
A top European Union politician and leading human rights group slammed the government of Turkey on Monday for shuttering more than a dozen private media outlets and arresting 11 journalists at a key opposition newspaper. Published October 31, 2016
Bakir Bozdag, Turkish justice minister, says U.S.-Turkey relations hurt by Gulen case
Turkey's justice minister says U.S.-Turkey relations are being damaged by Washington's unwillingness to extradite a reclusive cleric accused of masterminding a failed coup. Published October 27, 2016
Philippines emerge as ‘jihad of choice’ after Obama phases out counterterrorism operation
Support for the Islamic State has deepened cooperation among several extremist groups in Southeast Asia, which soon could focus on a decades-old insurgency in the Philippines as their "jihad of choice" while the terrorist group is beaten back half a world away in Syria and Iraq. Published October 26, 2016
ISIS claims responsibility for Pakistan attack that killed dozens of police cadets
The Islamic State claimed responsibility Tuesday for an attack in Pakistan that saw masked gunmen raid a police training college a day earlier, killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 100, the majority of them law enforcement cadets in the South Asian nation. Published October 25, 2016
Venezuela doctors threatened for speaking about lack of medical supplies
The Venezuelan government is using "intimidation or violence" to silence critics of its failure to address spiraling food and medical shortages, Human Rights Watch said Monday — a day after the socialist nation's parliament vowed to begin impeachment proceedings against President Nicolas Maduro. Published October 24, 2016
Obama hoping for quick Mosul victory to validate ISIS strategy, boost Hillary Clinton
With the fight for Mosul entering its second week, the Obama administration is under pressure to declare victory over the Islamic State, a win the White House says would validate the president's strategy of waging proxy wars against the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria days before Americans head to the polls. Published October 23, 2016
Rodrigo Duterte ‘separation’ talk perplexes U.S. as Philippines court China, Russia
Relations between two longtime allies hit a new low Thursday as American officials scrambled to react to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement in Beijing that he was pursuing a "separation" from the United States and moving closer to China and Russia, asserting that Mr. Duterte's remarks were "inexplicably at odds" with the close alliance between Washington and Manila. Published October 20, 2016
Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasts U.S.-led campaign against ISIS ahead of Ashton Carter’s Turkey visit
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will be walking into diplomatic buzz saw Thursday when he arrives in Turkey a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a blistering critique of the U.S.-backed campaign to oust the Islamic State group from neighboring Iraq and demanded a bigger role for Turkish military forces. Published October 19, 2016
Mosul offensive heats up amid doubts about Iraq’s viability as a unified nation
The liberation of Mosul from the Islamic State group could also be the starting gun for the breakup of Iraq as the country faces re-emerging tensions along traditional sectarian and religious lines. Published October 18, 2016
Mosul offensive against ISIS ‘ahead of schedule,’ but fears of wider regional war mount
On Day One of the long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul, U.S.-backed Kurdish and Iraqi forces advanced swiftly through Islamic State-controlled territory around Iraq's second-largest city — even as concerns mounted over the prospect of a chaotic battle that could unleash a wider sectarian and regional war. Published October 17, 2016
Donald Trump the debater gets tough reviews overseas
The rest of the world saw pretty much the presidential debate American pundits did, with many foreign critics saying Republican Donald Trump proved less than ready for prime time but faulting Democrat Hillary Clinton for failing to put away her less experienced foe. Published September 27, 2016
Pakistan says India risks ‘self-destructive war’ by escalating Kashmir tensions
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: The top Pakistani official in the volatile dispute over Kashmir warned in an interview that India is dangerously escalating a war of words over the divided territory between the two nuclear-armed powers, vehemently denying that Islamabad was behind a recent attack that killed 18 soldiers at an Indian military base there. Published September 26, 2016
French Muslims see widening social divide in wake of terror attacks
The young Muslim woman's face is framed by a modest headscarf as she lays out flowers on the beachside promenade, a day after an Islamic State-inspired terrorist mowed down Bastille Day revelers in mid-July. Published September 22, 2016
Ahmad Rahami wrote in journal he sought to punish U.S. for targeting Muslim warriors
The New York-area bomb suspect's journal referred to "Brother Osama Bin Laden" and said that -- if Allah allowed it -- bombs would be "heard in the streets," according to federal charges that say Ahmad Khan Rahami sought to punish America for targeting Muslim warriors around the world. Published September 21, 2016
Ahmad Khan Rahami charged in federal court for Manhattan, New Jersey terror plots
Federal authorities late Tuesday charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting bombs in New Jersey and New York City, including one that wounded 29 people in Manhattan on Saturday and another in a seaside Jersey town that detonated but injured no one. Published September 20, 2016
Ahmad Khan Rahami on FBI file two years ago, report claims
The FBI created a file on New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami two years ago, but decided not to open a formal investigation into the U.S. citizen of Afghan descent after determining that he showed no signs of being a "radicalized" extremists, according to a report Tuesday. Published September 20, 2016
Ahmad Khan Ramani apprehended quickly; authorities have few answers to terror motive
Was he radicalized by terrorists on a visit to his native Afghanistan? Was he a "lone wolf" who learned bomb-making from an old al Qaeda magazine but then was inspired by Islamic State propaganda online? Or was he just an angry young American of Afghan descent who snapped? Published September 19, 2016
Ahmad Khan Rahami in custody following manhunt
Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, has been taken into custody by law enforcement in New Jersey. Published September 19, 2016