Sahel Crisis Goes Coastal as Insurgents Push Toward the Atlantic
Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.
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Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.
Israel and Iran both have little incentive to stop and no obvious route to outright victory. Much depends on President Trump.
The path to diplomacy appeared to narrow after officials called off talks that had been set for Sunday between Tehran and Washington on Iran’s nuclear program.
Since last year, Israel forces have repeatedly hit Iran’s defenses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had worked to “peel off the layers of protection” of Iranian defenses.
The conflict, the most intense fighting between the two countries in decades, has been met in the United States with feelings of “frustration and helplessness,” as well as heartbreak.
Many of those confirmed dead were women and children, according to the authorities, although they have yet to publicly name all of the victims.
Israel decimated the group’s leadership last fall and degraded its military capabilities. Can the same strategy work against a far more powerful foe?
Launching weapons from within their territory forces adversaries to look not only outward but also inside for threats, one expert said.
Israel’s leader and President Trump appeared to bet they can persevere, but other world leaders warned of unintended outcomes in a volatile region.
Iranians recalled scenes of confusion and fear, explosions in the night and how they, their friends and neighbors experienced Israel’s widespread attacks.