Many in the U.S. military believe ISIS needs to be immediately, and repeatedly, smashed by American drones and warplanes. Richard Engel americandroneimmediately Change image and share on social
I have seen heroics - soldiers saving other soldiers' lives - and horrors. Richard Engel heroichorrorlive Change image and share on social
There weren't many weapons in Egypt in the 1990s. Police controls on guns were very strict back then. That is no longer the case in Egypt today. Richard Engel 1990sbackcase Change image and share on social
War is not a petri dish to examine and analyze our emotions. Richard Engel analyzedishemotion Change image and share on social
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed not by a massive troop deployment but by a commando raid carried out by a few dozen highly trained men and helicopters. Richard Engel bincarrycommando Change image and share on social
Mali exists mostly to itself. Few people go there. Few Malians leave. Most of Mali's 13 million people live, and seem to live quite happily, off the rice, corn and millet they grow and the long-horn cattle and goats they keep. Richard Engel cattlecornexist share on social
The truth was, there was never a connection between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden. There were no weapons of mass destruction, either. Richard Engel binconnectiondestruction Change image and share on social
Afghanistan was always a backwater in the Islamic world. Richard Engel afghanistanbackwaterislamic Change image and share on social
Hezbollah and the government are only two of 18 political factions in Lebanon, most of them armed. There are militant Christian groups, Palestinian radicals, al-Qaida, Druze militias and even armed bands of Marxists still operating in Lebanon. Richard Engel armbandchristian share on social
For many foreign fighters, the jihad in Iraq and Syria is a commuter war. Richard Engel commuterfighterforeign Change image and share on social
