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Syria

Exclusive: Euronews speaks to European children of IS held in Syria

"When I see them, it’s so painful. It’s normal for them…They don’t know there is better than this," a Dutch mother-of-two detained in a Syrian camp told Euronews' Anelise Borges.

Syria

Parents of Europe's IS fighters in struggle to repatriate loved ones

The parents of a French man who ran away to Syria to join Islamic State have talked about their struggle to find out what happened to their son.

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.

Syria

Exclusive: Europeans who joined ISIS face Iraqi justice

French women who fled the so-called caliphate tell Euronews: 'I would never have come.'

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Turkey

What are the implications of a Turkish military operation in Syria?

Why is Turkey threatening to make new incursions in northern Syria? What are the implications for Syrian Kurds, the fight against the so-called Islamic State, and already strained US-Turkish relations?

World News

Lull in terror attacks may not last 'until the end of 2019': UN report

The relative lull in Islamist terror attacks "may not last long, possibly not even until the end of 2019," UN monitors have warned in a report.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. To stop the potential "Jihadi Jacks" of the future, British Muslim converts need support ǀ View

The number of people converting to Islam in the UK is growing rapidly, but they often make headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Germany

Germany ordered to repatriate IS fighter's family from Syria

A German court has ordered the repatriation of the wife and children of a suspected fighter for the Islamic State in Syria.

World News

Euroviews. Blindly fighting the symptoms of radicalisation in Europe won’t address the causes ǀ View

The question of what to do with Islamic State fighters, their wives and children keeps policy makers and security experts awake at night. But we should worry less about those returning, and more about convincing them not to go in the first place.

Netherlands

Alleged Islamic State militant on trial in Netherlands for war crimes

A Dutch-born alleged Islamic State fighter was brought before a court in the Netherlands on Monday.

USA

Navy SEAL medic admits killing young, injured IS captive

Scott, the medic in question was in fact not the Navy SEAL defendant on trial for war crimes for the killing of this same IS fighter.

Iraq

Two more Frenchmen sentenced to death in Iraq over ISIS involvement

The two men — Bilel Kabaoui, 32, and Mourad Delhomme, 41 — are the latest defendants in a string of court cases that have already seen other nine French citizens and a Tunisian national be sentenced to death in the past weeks.

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.

France

24-year-old Algerian student confesses to Lyon bomb blast, IS links

A 24-year-old Algerian student held in connection with last week's bomb blast in Lyon that injured 13 people has confessed to the attack and links to IS

Germany

Exclusive: Militant suspected of letting Yazidi girl die is arrested

Exclusive: Militant fighter suspected of letting Yazidi girl 'die of thirst' arrested in Greece

World News

What clues are in purported Al-Baghdadi video?

Experts are scrutinising the purported video message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for clues about his whereabouts and the terror organisation’s next moves.

USA

California man busted in domestic terror plot wanted to kill LAPD officers

The suspect was under surveillance for weeks after he posted online messages lamenting the killing of Muslims at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

World News

So-called IS leader appears in alleged new video

So-called Islamic State media network published on Monday what it said was a video message from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for the first time in five years.

Sri Lanka

Churches fall silent as Sri Lanka fears more attacks

Churches across Sri Lanka suspended Sunday mass as fears of more attacks remained a week after suicide bombers killed over 250 people.

World News

Euroviews. Terrorist content removal: “United in Action” rather than “United in Grief” ǀ View

The online terror content file looks to ensure content providers remove terrorist content from their sites within an hour of it being flagged to the hosts. Failure to do so will result in providers receiving fines.