Jihad

Syria

Syria: Eight fighters killed by Russian strikes on a rebel zone

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attacks occurred early Monday on the north-western outskirts of the city of Idlib.

21/08/2023

Food and Drink

Meet the Russian jihadist turned sushi chef in Syria

Meet 37-year-old Islam Shakhbanov, who came to Syria at the height of the conflict in 2015 to "complete jihad". He now runs a successful sushi restaurant in war-torn Idlib.

31/03/2023

Spain

At least one dead in southern Spanish city machete attack

Spanish police are investigating a suspect who killed a church caretaker with a machete in the city of Algerciras.

26/01/2023

Iraq

Germany classes Islamic militants' crimes against Yazidis as genocide

German lawmakers have recognised as genocide crimes committed by so-called Islamic State militants against minority Yazidis in Iraq in 2014.

21/01/2023

Europe News

Belgium kicks off largest-ever trial for 2016 Brussels terror attacks

Up to 960 civil plaintiffs will be represented in the landmark trial, expected to last a total of eight months.

12/09/2022

Burkina Faso

More than 100 people killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attack for years

At least 138 people died in Burkina Faso in the deadliest attack in the country for years.

05/06/2021

Europe News

Belgium to repatriate children of jihadists held in Syria refugee camp

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said 30 to 50 children located in a refugee camp in northeastern Syria would be brought to Belgium.

05/03/2021

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

Mali

French and Malian troops kill 100 jihadis in offensive in the Sahel

Jihadist insurgents still control large areas of the Sahel desert region after violence erupted in northern Mali in 2012.

27/01/2021

France

France repatriates ten children of French jihadists from Syria

There might be around 300 children of French jihadists still in refugee camps in north-eastern Syria.

22/06/2020

Burkina Faso

Terrorists kill 35 civilians in Burkina Faso attack

The attack was one of the most deadly in the West African nation's history.

25/12/2019

Syria

Exclusive: Europe’s Children of ISIS

“Europe’s Children of ISIS” follows the victims - and children - of the members of one of the world’s most brutal terrorist organizations.

27/09/2019

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

Mali

Suspected jihadists kill 40 Tuaregs in Mali

As many as 40 Tuareg people, mostly men, have been killed in northern Mali's Menaka region, officials say.

28/04/2018

France

French left-winger arrested for tweet celebrating death of policeman

A former French left-wing parliamentary candidate for the France Insoumise party was arrested Sunday over a tweet concerning a policeman who was killed during the supermarket siege in Trèbes.

26/03/2018

France

French Senate forum: Where next in fight on Middle East terrorism?

After the fall of ISIL in Iraq, where is the fight against terrorism going? A roundtable at the French Senate discussed the war in Yemen, Hezbollah, and Syria.

24/03/2018

France

France ‘will intervene’ if jihadist nationals sentenced to death in Mi

The comments came after an Iraqi court sentenced a German woman to death for belonging to the so-called Islamic State.

29/01/2018

Spain

Fourth suspect in Spain attacks granted conditional release - court

24/08/2017

My Europe Series

Insiders: Living with Terror

Insiders takes an in-depth look at how Europe is responding to the threat of terrorist attacks.

28/04/2017

My Europe Series

Fighting extremism - in and out of prison

Usman Raja is a cage fighting coach.

28/04/2017