Yusri Mohamed & Mahmoud Mourad, Reuters: Islamic State raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - The mosque was packed with hundreds of worshippers for Friday prayers in Egypt’s North Sinai when gunmen in military-style uniforms and masks appeared in a doorway and at windows.
The ease with which they mounted an attack - killing more than 300 people in the worst bloodshed of its kind in Egypt’s modern history - highlighted the threat militant groups pose in the most populous Arab country.
After four years of battling Islamic State in the Sinai, where the group has killed hundreds of soldiers and police,
authorities still face an enemy with growing ambitions in Egypt, despite its defeats in Iraq, Syria and Libya.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 26, 2017
Egypt reeling from attack on mosque in Sinai that killed 305 -- Maggie Michael and Hamza Hendawi, AP
Gunmen in mosque attack ‘carried Islamic State flag’ -- Omar Fahmy and Patrick Markey, Asia Times
The long record of terror on the Sinai Peninsula -- Kersten Knipp, DW/AP
Inside the rapid rise of Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince who is now leading a TIME Magazine poll for its 2017 'Person of the Year' -- Peter Jacobs, Business Insider
Saudi Arabia's Great Gamble -- Mohammed Ayoob, National Interest
Tehran Is Winning the War for Control of the Middle East -- Jonathan Spyer, For. Policy
Three Problems With Trump's 'Ultimate' Middle East Peace Plan -- Ami Ayalon, Gilead Sher, and Orni Petruschka, Bloomberg
Is Abu Sayyaf Really Defeated? -- Michael Hart, The Diplomat
Nepal hopes upcoming elections will bring stability -- Julia Strasheim, DW
Malaysia’s ‘Arabization’ owes to Saudi ties -- Nile Bowie, Asia Times
Trouble for Angela Merkel — and the global elite -- Michael Barone, NYPost
Behind the Croatian bankruptcy that’s shaking the Balkans -- Dusan Stojanovic, AP
Homicides have hit a new high in Mexico — but that's not the only sign of growing insecurity -- Christopher Woody, Business Insider
China Isn't Winning the Race for Space -- Adam Minter, Bloomberg
Is TPP Dead without America? -- Ji Xianbai, National Interest
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