Syria Leader of so-called Islamic State killed in US operation in Syria The US announced that Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed during an overnight raid in Idlib province. 03/02/2022
no comment Taliban special forces unit guards Kabul streets A Taliban special forces unit patrols and guards Kabul streets as suicide bomb threats hang over the final phase of the US military's airlift operation, with US President Joe Biden warning another attack is highly likely before the evacuations end 29/08/2021
People Why preserving Iraq’s cultural heritage is crucial post-ISIS Iraq's ancient Citadel in Erbil has survived decades of neglect and mismanagement, as well as the threat of occupation by ISIS, to become Iraqi-Kurdistan’s most important cultural site. 20/08/2021
United Kingdom Shamima Begum: UK Supreme Court says IS bride cannot return to UK The Supreme Court, in its judgment on Friday 26 February, ruled against the Court of Appeal's decision, stating among other reasons that "the right to a fair hearing does not trump all other considerations, such as the safety of the public". 26/02/2021
USA Two Islamic State ‘Beatles’ plead not guilty to charges in US court Two jihadists from the Islamic State group, who were part of a terror cell nicknamed ‘The Beatles’ due to their British accents, have pleaded not guilty before a judge in the USA. 09/10/2020
USA US charges British IS members in deaths of Western hostages El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed "the Beatles" by the hostages they held captive because of their British accents. 07/10/2020
France Charlie Hebdo trial: How the terror attacks unfolded five years ago France will reopen one of the darkest chapters in its modern history as dozens go on trial for the terror attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket. 01/09/2020
View Deploying innovative technology could help combat the dark art of money laundering ǀ View The battle against dirty money is far from over. But adopting innovative technologies to follow money trails could be the solution to ending money laundering in Europe. 11/02/2020
View In killing Soleimani, Trump’s only success is the uniting of a once divided Iran ǀ View The extrajudicial killing of Iranian official Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis by US forces last week will set back Western-Iranian relations by decades, with repercussions not only across the region but across the world. 07/01/2020
Italy Albanian father rescues son who had been kidnapped to live under IS After 5 years of not knowing where his son is, an Albanian father manages to rescue his son out of Syria. His mother had taken him to live under the IS. 06/01/2020
View Turkey's Erdogan is playing Trump at their White House meeting ǀ View US President Donald Trump invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to come to Washington Wednesday to demonstrate his dealmaking prowess. Instead, the meeting is only going to further erode the already strained relations between the two countries. 13/11/2019
Turkey Turkey begins deportation of IS militants, with many headed to EU Eleven French jihadists are expected to be sent home in the coming days, along with seven Germans, according to state media. 11/11/2019
USA ISIS spy who betrayed al-Baghdadi was motivated by revenge "His relatives were subjected to harsh treatment by ISIS and he no longer believed in the future of ISIS. He wanted to take revenge on ISIS and Baghdadi himself," General Mazloum Abdi told NBC News. 31/10/2019
USA Who's a good boy? US won't name dog that helped catch ISIS leader The dog, whose name is classified, was chasing al-Baghdadi in a tunnel when the ISIS leader detonated a suicide vest. 29/10/2019
View Trump is using ISIS leader's death to distract from his failures. Don't let him ǀ View Despite Trump’s grandstanding, and despite even this latest, legitimately positive news regarding Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the past few weeks have not been a collective success. Rather, they have been a boon for America’s adversaries and a catastrophe for its friends. 28/10/2019
Syria ISIS insider helped in hunt for leader al-Baghdadi An ISIS insider who gained the trust of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was passing on information about his whereabouts to the United States via Kurdish officials, NBC News' Richard Engel reports. 28/10/2019
Europe News MEP calls for humanitarian corridor for Europe's children of IS Following the Turkish military offensive in Northeast Syria, the lives of hundreds of European nationals - men, women and children are at risk. We took the issue to parliament with our documentary Europe's Children of ISIS. 23/10/2019
Good Morning Europe Former YPG fighter says Kurds 'thrown to the wolves' by allies A British man who fought alongside Kurdish forces in Syria to defeat Islamic State told Euronews the Kurds have been "thrown to the wolves" after Turkey launched a military campaign in the northeast of the country. 11/10/2019
View Trump's Syria policy isn't America first — it's America alone ǀ View Given ample evidence that the terror organization still poses a deadly threat, it is clear that the military mission in Syria is not complete. 09/10/2019
Iraq Is this Iraqi General behind Iraq's wave of protests? Who is Iraqi Special Forces general Abdul Wahab Al Saadi? 03/10/2019
France Europe’s problem with jihad: Foreign fighters who tore families apart Europe’s problem with jihad, and the shocking aftermath of the mass recruitment of European’s to ISIS, is far from solved. 23/09/2019
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
Sri Lanka 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
