US pushes former foes to lead Syria towards ‘normalisation’ after decades of enmity
Sanctions to be lifted as Washington urges Damascus to cut ties with Palestinian militants and to protect minorities
Islamic State
Lisa Smith’s conviction for Islamic State membership should be upheld, court told
Solicitor for former soldier, who is appealing conviction, says there is no evidence Smith recruited or fundraised for terrorist organisation
Donald Trump’s bombing campaign against Houthis tests his vow to ‘stop wars’
The US is conducting its largest bombardment since the war on Isis – without a clear endgame
The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A Gerges – engaging read for seasoned observers
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
‘We are nice people, but poor’: After Assad’s fall, economic problems are Syrians’ biggest concern
War, corruption and sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Syria, whose deepening poverty is ‘a dangerous accelerant in an already volatile environment’
Lisa Smith lawyers argue no legal system could convict her of Isis membership
Even if she moved to Islamic State-controlled area and was a sympathiser, it does not prove she was a member, court told
No proof Lisa Smith did anything for Islamic State, lawyer argues in appeal
Former Irish soldier (43) became first person to be convicted in an Irish court of an Islamic terrorist offence committed abroad
Islamic State regains strength in Syria
Recent developments could make it easier for group to show renewed vigour, say experts
Hope for Syria as government and Kurds sign deal to merge forces
Kurdish community to get citizenship and language rights denied under Assad regime
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis: A comedy about a rehabilitation programme for Islamic State brides
This smart, punchy book is destined to spark conversation, says Naoise Dolan. It deserves to be a massive hit
‘We’ve become used to being betrayed’: US aid cuts affect camps for people accused of Isis affiliation
Trump spending freeze threatens security arrangements and could make it harder to stop resurgence of Islamic State
‘Guantánamo on steroids’: Inside a prison for suspected Islamic State members in Syria
During my visit, an administrator says ‘that’s correct’ when I ask if many detainees had died from tuberculosis, and ‘no answer’ when I request the exact figure
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to ‘disarm, dissolve’ after four-decade campaign that has cost 40,000 lives
Abdullah Ocalan is serving life sentence, but could be freed under tentative Turkish peace process
Searching for Syria’s disappeared: ‘We can’t always give answers, but we can give part of the story'
Amer Matar, who fled Syria in 2011, runs an online archive that helps people to search for information about their loved ones
US military targets Islamic State operatives in Somalia with air strikes
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says strikes directed by Donald Trump and co-ordinated with Somalian government
New Orleans attack: FBI says suspect acted alone and there appears to be no link to Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion
Suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar joined Islamic State terror group last summer, investigators say
Who are the Syrian rebels who have taken Damascus?
HTS founder Abu Muhammad al-Jolani participated in Iraqi insurgency against US as member of group that later became Islamic State
Syria: Rebel and government forces continue battles near city of Hama
Country’s long-running civil war has killed hundreds of thousands since erupting in 2011 in rebellion against president Bashar al-Assad
Dutch woman facing charges of crimes against humanity for enslaving two Yazidi women
Hasna Aarab, a 33-year-old mother of three from Hengelo, was married to a Moroccan Islamic State fighter in 2014 and lived in the Syrian city of Raqaa
‘I felt that life has no value and it’s better to die’: Yazidi woman on experience of being sexually enslaved by Isis
Shireen Khero, a Yazidi from Iraq, was abducted by Isis in 2014 but luckily escaped three years later. She is in Ireland to mark the 10th anniversary of Isis atrocities against the Yazidi community
Islamic State claims responsibility for mass stabbing in Germany as police arrest two suspects
Eight injured, five of them seriously, police say, as investigators look into terror motive
Taylor Swift concert plot leads to warnings of new generation of teenage Islamist terrorists
Islamic State is using social media apps such as TikTok to reassert its influence, say experts
Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts cancelled after police foil planned terror attack
Vienna shows to see increased security and ‘antiterrorism measures’ after chemical substance found in home of one of the detained
Islamic State killed nearly 4,100 in Syria since collapse of caliphate in 2019 – report
Ongoing operations show movement’s territorial defeat was only ‘symbolic’, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights report
Lisa Smith to file submissions in her appeal against conviction for Isis membership
Former soldier first person to be convicted in Irish court of an Islamic terrorist offence committed abroad
Russian authorities arrest another suspect in connection with concert hall attack that killed 144
Twelve people have been arrested in the case, including four who allegedly carried out the attack
Islamic State terror group draws half its recruits from tiny Tajikistan
Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people
Kremlin denies its spies are behind US ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases
Iran warned ally Moscow of terror threat days before concert hall massacre, report says
Taliban’s return has made Afghanistan a hub for global jihadis
Analysts say Isis-K — a group blamed for the recent Moscow concert hall attack — gained strength after the US withdrawal
Moscow attack survivor: four minutes are ‘a whole lifetime’
With a bullet in his back, Dmitry Saraev made it out of Crocus City Hall alive
More deadly shelling hits Kharkiv as Ukraine and Russia trade cross-border strikes
Moscow repeats unsubstantiated claim of Ukrainian and western role in terror attack on concert hall
Moscow attack: Eighth suspect appears in court as concerns raised about potential torture
Some 139 people killed and 182 injured in concert hall assault, which Islamic State has claimed responsibility for
Islamic State group affiliate linked to Moscow attack harbours global ambitions
Islamic State in Khorasan, an Afghanistan entity, is also active in Pakistan and Iran and has set sights on Europe and beyond
Four appear in court over Moscow attack as Kremlin tries to link massacre to Ukraine
Death toll from attack at Crocus City Hall rises to 137 as rescue continue to search through ruins
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