The Struggle Over Bangladesh’s Future
On July 1, militants attacked a restaurant in one of the Bangladeshi capital’s affluent neighborhoods, taking dozens hostage. Twenty-nine people died, including the five gunmen and eighteen foreign victims. This incident was the most deadly in a recent rise in violence linked to Islamist e…
From ‘Dirty Division’ to golden boys: the Iraqi force leading the country’s fight against ISIS
Iraq’s counterterrorism forces, known as the Golden Division, were once so loathed that they were nicknamed the “Dirty Division.” They were accused of running secret prisons and carrying out extrajudicial killings. Some lawmakers called for them to be disbanded. But the country’s war against the Isl…