The provisional Irish Republican Army, or IRA, is an outgrowth of an older group known as the Irish Republican Army, which fought an insurgency that successfully challenged British rule in the whole …

An overview of Peruvian terrorist groups, Shining Path and Tupac Amaru.

A profile of a militant Islamist Kurdish separatist movement seeking to transform Iraq into an Islamic state.

Gen. David Petraeus’ assertions about falling casualties in Iraq are supported by a range of objective sources. But his testimony to Congress does not establish whether the decline is attributable to…

A brief overview of the Israeli political system.