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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

An Iraqi man weeps as he holds a Christian religious poster depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary during a demonstration calling for governmental reform in Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Feb. 26. (Associated Press)

Genocide underway against Christians in Iraq and Syria, Catholic priest tells U.S.

A decade has gone by since the Rev. Douglas al-Bazi was kidnapped and had his teeth knocked out by Islamic jihadis in Baghdad, a nightmare that still haunts the Chaldean Catholic priest and one that fuels his quest to have the horror endured by his fellow Iraqi Christians be recognized for what it is: "genocide." Published March 9, 2016

Syrian soldiers keep watch on a roof in a town on the outskirts of Damascus that is hosting large numbers of refugees from other areas of the besieged country. (Associated Press)

Syria cease-fire reduces carnage, returns some normalcy to hard-hit areas

There were skeptics aplenty when it was announced, but U.S. and U.N. officials are saying the fragile cease-fire between the forces of Russian-backed Syrian President Bashar Assad and opposition groups that went into effect late last week is reducing the carnage -- for now. Published March 3, 2016

strategic allies: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (right) has agreed to let Russian President Vladimir Putin deploy a slew of military vehicles to a base just outside the Armenian capital of Yerevan. (Associated Press)

Armenia pulled into Russia-Turkey clash in Syria

The clash between Russia and Turkey is not just taking place in the skies over Syria. It's also spreading to the nearby Caucasus region, where a fresh wave of Russian military overtures to Armenia threatens to reignite a frozen conflict that has pitted Moscow against Ankara for decades. Published March 2, 2016

Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Boehner says Iran elections are ‘phony,’ slams nuclear deal in first public speech

In his first public speech since disappearing from Washington's political scene four months ago, former House Speaker John Boehner on Friday hammered the Obama administration for striking last summer's nuclear accord and declared outright that the elections currently taking place in the Islamic republic are nothing but "a phony attempt to prop up an ailing regime." Published February 26, 2016

"We believe China's legitimate security concerns must be taken into account, and a convincing explanation must be provided to China," said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, while conceding South Korea had the right to make its own decisions. "I don't think it's too much to ask." (Associated Press)

China grudgingly accepts U.S. missile shield deployment to South Korea

China's top diplomat said Thursday Beijing has "legitimate national security" concerns over the potential deployment of an advanced U.S. missile shield to South Korea in response to growing nuclear provocations from North Korea -- but Chinese leaders also respect that it will be up to Seoul to "make a final decision" on the matter. Published February 25, 2016

South Korean protesters stage a rally to oppose the possible deployment of the United States' advanced defense system THAAD, a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, on Korea Peninsula, near the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. North Korea may be preparing to launch a rocket or missile, according to a U.S. defense official and expert analysis of commercial satellite imagery. The signs read " Oppose the deployment of THAAD." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

THAAD system: China says it might accept U.S. missile shield in South Korea

China's top diplomat says Beijing has "legitimate national security" concerns over the potential deployment of an advanced U.S. missile shield to South Korea in response to growing nuclear provocations from North Korea -- but Chinese leaders also respect that it will be up to Seoul to "make a final decision" on the matter. Published February 25, 2016

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, before the House Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations hearing on the State Department’s fiscal 2017 budget request. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

John Kerry defends White House handling of Iran missile tests

Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday defended the Obama administration's decision not to punish Iran for carrying out two recent ballistic missile tests, but said that if another test occurs anytime soon, the White House might respond with fresh sanctions against Tehran. Published February 24, 2016

Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

John Kerry: U.S. has sent to the Kurds 41,000 grenades and 60,000 anti-tank rounds

The Obama administration's reliance on Kurdish militants to fight the Islamic State has prompted deep friction with Turkey, but Secretary of State John F. Kerry says U.S. weapons will continue to flow to the so-called peshmerga forces, with some 5 million rounds of ammunition expected to be delivered soon. Published February 24, 2016

A Chinese military refueling tanker flies with fighter jets during a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

China bent on ‘hegemony in East Asia,’ Navy Adm. Harry Harris Jr. warns

The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific is warning China is bent on achieving "hegemony in East Asia," as Beijing's top diplomat held talks in Washington with Secretary of State John F. Kerry amid rising tensions over who controls the vital South China Sea. Published February 23, 2016

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani came to power in 2013 on a vow to repair relations with the West and to ease social freedoms in Iran and counter the influence of the country's hard-liners. (Associated Press)

Iran elections to test enthusiasm for Hassan Rouhani’s reformist agenda

Iran's voters go to the polls Friday in the first major test of public opinion in the Islamic republic since last summer's nuclear accord, a vote that may well determine whether President Hassan Rouhani has a green light to forge ahead with long-promised political and economic reforms in the nation. Published February 22, 2016

Turkish soldiers Thursday mourned Sgt. 1st Class Feyyaz Ilhan, one of the 28 people killed in an Ankara explosion Wednesday. The attack, blamed on a Kurdish group, raised tensions with the U.S. (Associated Press)

Turkey blames Obama’s muddled Syria policy for fueling its security crisis

With U.S.-Turkish ties already in a bad state, the fallout from this week's terrorist strike in the heart of Ankara has sent tensions to new heights, with Turkish leaders declaring that Washington's muddled policy in neighboring Syria is fueling a widening security crisis inside their country. Published February 18, 2016

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Obama toast during a state dinner Friday at the White House. (AP Photo)

U.S.-China clash over South China Sea control intensifies after missile deployment

The clash between China and the U.S. over who will control the South China Sea, one of the world's busiest waterways, escalated Wednesday as Secretary of State John F. Kerry lashed out at Beijing after the Obama administration said it confirmed reports that China had deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles on a built-up island it occupies in the contested sea. Published February 17, 2016

President Obama said heads of state from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations had "discussed the need for tangible steps in the South China Sea to lower tensions, including a halt to further reclamation, new construction and militarization of disputed areas."

Obama offers veiled reprimand of China in South China Sea dispute

Without mentioning China by name, President Obama offered an implicit reprimand of Beijing at the close of a two-day summit he hosted for Southeast Asian leaders Tuesday, suggesting China's construction of artificial islands and naval bases in the contested South China Sea was destabilizing the region and vowing to keep the sea open to international traffic. Published February 16, 2016

Fighting around Syria's largest city of Aleppo has brought government forces closer to the Turkish border than at any point in recent years, routing rebels from key areas and creating a humanitarian disaster. (Associated Press)

Syria cease-fire would help Bashar Assad, allies secure control of Aleppo

Syria's largest city has become the biggest prize for embattled President Bashar Assad and his Iranian and Russian backers, as the Obama administration pushes to implement a cease-fire that would effectively consolidate their gains around the onetime moderate opposition stronghold of Aleppo. Published February 14, 2016

Under army patrol, South Korean cargo trucks head to Kaesong, North Korea. South Korea said it will shut down the joint industrial park there and accused Pyongyang of using hard currency from Kaesong to develop its nuclear and missile programs. (Associated Press)

North Korea penalized by U.S., Japan, China, South Korea for hostility

Aftershocks from North Korea's satellite launch over the weekend continued to reverberate on both sides of Pacific on Wednesday, as South Korea pulled the plug on a high-profile joint venture with Pyongyang, the U.S. and Japan moved ahead on new economic sanctions on the North and China faced increasing pressure to rein in its rogue ally. Published February 10, 2016

Choe Ryong Hae (center), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA), and other delegates (from left) Kim Hyong Jun, deputy minister Foreign Affairs, Ri Yong Gil, colonel general of KPA, Kim Song Nam, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers party of Korea, and Kim Su Gil, lieutenant general of KPA, pose before leaving Pyongyang Airport for China on May 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ri Yong-gil, North Korea’s army chief of staff, executed: Report

A top North Korean military general was executed this month on corruption and other charges, according to a South Korean news report Wednesday, sparking speculation that ruler Kim Jong-un may have deemed the official as an internal threat to his grip on power in Pyongyang. Published February 10, 2016