Richard Engel
Richard Engel
Richard Engelis an American journalist and author who is NBC News' chief foreign correspondent. He was assigned to that position on April 18, 2008, after being the network's Middle East correspondent and Beirut Bureau chief. Engel was the first broadcast journalist recipient of the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for his report "War Zone Diary"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth16 September 1973
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Afghanistan and Iraq were lumped together in what was called a 'global war on terrorism.'
After literally hundreds of firefights, Chosen Company became increasingly battle-hardened. And they also became increasingly suspicious of their Afghan counterparts, believing - with their lives on the line at the end of the day - that they could only truly rely on themselves.
I think the Chinese model is one that appeals more and more in the developing world. People see that an authoritarian state can hold onto power, can hold on to stability and can drive the economy forward.
Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.
Rockets fired by the Taliban generally aren't guided.
President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.
If Syria collapses completely, the United States and the world would have to consider who, and what, fills the vacuum.
Hamas is a Palestinian political party with an aggressive militant wing.
Hamas has long been Israel's enemy, but in the wake of the Arab Spring, the group is empowered like never before.
Staying in a very public fight with the U.S. is exactly what Al Qaeda wants.
Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders.
Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.
Iraq was home of the Abbasid Caliphate, a golden age when the Muslim world was at the forefront of math, science and medicine.
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 instability now stretches from Algeria to Pakistan.