Algeria’s Niger deployment comes with serious risks

As well as being a vast expanse of desert, the Sahel is a test for Algiers because of its proxy warfare and armed groups adapting drone technology. The biggest risk is that Algeria gets sucked in

Rabia Abdul Salam

Iraq at risk of fragmentation

This week's cover story details how militia influence undermines state institutions, deepens sectarian divisions and creates security vacuums that IS could exploit

Al Majalla - London