In the 1990s, Islamists in Algeria won elections like the Brotherhood did in Egypt. The Algerian military refused to allow the Islamists… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing -… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
For years, Lebanese have known that Palestinian camps like Nahr al-Barid and Ain al-Helwe - hopeless slums crowded with generations of disenfranchised… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
The U.S., often in secret, carries out counterterrorism missions all the time, with drones in places like Yemen and Somalia. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
When students and liberals initially occupied Tahrir Square, it looked like it might be a passing thing. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
On one level, bombing ISIS is easy. The U.S. knows where the group operates. There's no need for a ten-year hunt like… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Hamas has long been Israel's enemy, but in the wake of the Arab Spring, the group is empowered like never before. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
The Syrians are better suited to sort out their internal divisions than anyone else. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed not by a massive troop deployment but by a commando raid carried out by a few dozen highly… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Anyone who follows the Middle East and Islamic world in general can't deny it is often a very violent place, that a band of… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
An Egyptian newspaper once publicly identified me as the C.I.A. station chief in Cairo. It seemed so stupid at the time. I was only… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Every country where the the United States maintains troops has a status of forces agreement. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
If you're in part of rebel-controlled Syria, and suddenly your house blows up or a building next to you blows up, it would be… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Bin Laden is dead, and most of his friends are dead. But did it need to cost a trillion dollars and two land wars,… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
