Will There Be an Alliance against the Islamic State?

... their activities. The Algerian authorities flatly refused “to enter the Libyan swamp.” However, about a month ago, Algeria together with South Africa began to render covert assistance to its ally Nigeria in the latter’s fight against Boko Haram, which had pledged formal allegiance to ISIS. This assistance played an important role in the recent successful operations on the “Nigerian front.” However, the observed worsening of the situation (ISIS continues to “metastasize” ...