Belgium Six Belgian orphans of Islamic State fighters taken in by Belgium European countries are currently wrestling with the idea of whether to repatriate citizens captured in Syria and Iraq fighting for IS, who are considered a security risk. 15/06/2019
Philippines Dutch photographer 'shot dead by ISIS-linked captors in Philippines' Ewold Horn had been held hostage by Islamic State-linked militants in the Philippines since 2012. 31/05/2019
Spain Police arrest man accused of funding return of ISIS fighters to Europe Police said the operation was part of the fight against so-called Islamic State's (ISIS) new strategy of returning its fighters to their home countries, following the loss of its territory in Iraq and Syria. 31/05/2019
France Christianity in Iraq 'will never die' insists Archbishop of Mosul Christianity in Iraq 'will never die' insists Archbishop of Mosul 30/05/2019
SriLanka Sri Lanka bombings: Who are the suspects? Investigations have confirmed there were nine suicide bombers and that eight have been identified, police said. 24/04/2019
Kosovo Kosovo brings back jihadist fighters and families from Syria Kosovo has brought back 110 citizens from Syria, including jihadists who fought in the civil war and 74 children. 20/04/2019
Belgium Ex-ISIL women 'losing hope' of returning home to Belgium Two Belgian women said they were losing hope of ever going back home after a Belgian court overturned the ruling to repatriate them and their six children. 11/03/2019
Syria Last days of the ISIS Caliphate What was once proclaimed as a caliphate is now just a tiny enclave and these soldiers from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces believe they are now on the verge of a final victory. 10/03/2019
USA ISIS on the brink of defeat in Syria as U.S.-backed forces launch final attack "We expect it to be over soon," said Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). 04/03/2019
no comment Hundreds of people evacuated from last ISIS stronghold in Syria Syrian Kurdish fighters released footage of hundreds of men, women and children being evacuated on Monday night from the last stronghold of the Islamic State group in Syria. 26/02/2019
United Kingdom British Bengalis divided on IS teen's right to come home A divide is opening in the British Bangladeshi community in East London, where Shamima Begum spent her formative years, over whether the teen who ran away to join to self-styled Islamic State should return home 21/02/2019
USA Trump says he will not readmit Alabama woman who joined ISIS Muthana, a 24-year-old Alabama woman, made a desperate plea to U.S. officials earlier this week to be allowed to return home. 21/02/2019
United Kingdom Teen Shamima Begum to have her UK citizenship revoked after joining IS British authorities have revoked the UK citizenship of 19-year-old Shamima Begum, who abandoned Britain in 2015 so she could join Islamic State 20/02/2019
United Kingdom Shamima Begum: Can Britain revoke citizenship and what happens next? Britain is already embroiled in a legal battle with a member of a group of foreign ISIS fighters dubbed 'the Beatles'. Can we learn anything from this case? 20/02/2019
United Kingdom ISIS runaway schoolgirl must ‘be allowed’ to return: friend’s father A British teenager who fled the UK to marry a member of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria should be allowed to return, said the father of another schoolgirl who accompanied her four years ago. 18/02/2019
world news Seven Islamic extremists get life sentences for killing tourists in Tunisia So-called Islamic State said they carried out both attacks, supposedly their first in the country. 09/02/2019
United Kingdom Journalist John Cantlie, captured by ISIS in 2012, 'is still alive' The journalist was last seen in a propaganda video at the end of 2016 05/02/2019
brussels bureau Lawyers: Defendant in Brussels terror attack should be acquitted No DNA of Mehdi Nemmouche found on door of Jewish Museum or revolver, they claim 15/01/2019
USA Top US envoy in fight against ISIS resigns after Trump Syria pullout Brett McGurk submitted his resignation amid disagreements over US troop presence in Syria 22/12/2018
View How to Stop the War in Yemen | View The Houthi threat has not been given due attention in Western capitals. They are not proscribed as a terrorist group by the US State Department, NATO, or the EU. This means it is perfectly legal to support, or even fundraise for them. 15/11/2018
Germany I met my ISIS captor on a German street Teenager says she encountered her ISIL captor, who kept her as a sex slave, in Germany 19/08/2018
Aid Zone Stories of brutality and survival in Mosul We met the people who survived the 9-month battle of Mosul, but also the three hard years of ISIS' occupation. Each of the people you will find on this page has been seriously injured and gone through trauma. Like them, there are another 54,000 in Mosul alone. 03/08/2018
Tajikistan Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack in Tajikistan Its claim runs counter to a statement by the Tajik government which accused a banned Islamist opposition party of being behind the attack. 31/07/2018
Iraq Mosul bridge re-opens The bridge - known as the 'old bridge' or 'iron bridge' - is an essential artery linking the two sides of the Tigris river in central Mosul 15/03/2018
world news More mass graves discovered in northern Iraq Mass graves discovered near Hawija, recently taken from ISIL, are believed to contain around 400 bodies. 12/11/2017
Syria Syria rejects UN chemical attack report The report blames the Assad regime for a chemical strike that killed dozens in an opposition-held town 28/10/2017
