Stephen Kalin

Stephen Kalin is a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal based in the Middle East since 2015. He has reported extensively on contemporary Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbors, covering every major development in the region during his time there. Before moving to Riyadh, he covered Iraq's war against ISIS and Egypt's rise of strongman Abdelfattah al-Sisi. Stephen is from New York and has a degree in political science from Davidson College.

Biography:  https://www.wsj.com/news/author/stephen-kalin

79%

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • Islamic State militants claimed responsibility Thursday for a pair of bombings that killed dozens of people a day earlier in the largest attack in Iran since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, dispelling suspicions that Israel might have been behind the attack amid worries of a broadening regional conflagration.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Islamic State considers its mission to kill apostate Muslims, including Shiites.
  • The Islamic State wants to attack Iran because Tehran is the most prominent Shia power and the ire of ISIS-K's highly sectarian agenda.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

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Recent Articles

Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Deadly Bombing Attack in Iran

Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Deadly Bombing Attack in Iran

Broke On: Wednesday, 03 January 2024 Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a pair of bombings that killed dozens of people in Iran on January 3, 2024. The Islamic State called the attack a dual martyrdom operation and described how two militants approached a ceremony at the tomb of General Suleimani and detonated explosive belts strapped to their bodies near his grave.