Islamic State suicide bombing in Damascus church kills 22 people
Sunday night attck was first major IS operation and suicide bombing in Syria since toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad in December
Sunday night attck was first major IS operation and suicide bombing in Syria since toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad in December
Popular mobilisation in Iran for more than 100 years has been driven by domestic actors in pursuit of domestic agendas - never by external forces
There have been more than 900 mine-related injuries or fatalities in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime
The novelist has turned American Mother, his book about the executed journalist James Foley, into an opera with the composer Charlotte Bray
Sanctions to be lifted as Washington urges Damascus to cut ties with Palestinian militants and to protect minorities
Solicitor for former soldier, who is appealing conviction, says there is no evidence Smith recruited or fundraised for terrorist organisation
The US is conducting its largest bombardment since the war on Isis – without a clear endgame
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
War, corruption and sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Syria, whose deepening poverty is ‘a dangerous accelerant in an already volatile environment’
Even if she moved to Islamic State-controlled area and was a sympathiser, it does not prove she was a member, court told
Former Irish soldier (43) became first person to be convicted in an Irish court of an Islamic terrorist offence committed abroad
Recent developments could make it easier for group to show renewed vigour, say experts
Kurdish community to get citizenship and language rights denied under Assad regime
This smart, punchy book is destined to spark conversation, says Naoise Dolan. It deserves to be a massive hit
Trump spending freeze threatens security arrangements and could make it harder to stop resurgence of Islamic State
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
Abdullah Ocalan is serving life sentence, but could be freed under tentative Turkish peace process
Amer Matar, who fled Syria in 2011, runs an online archive that helps people to search for information about their loved ones
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says strikes directed by Donald Trump and co-ordinated with Somalian government
Suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar joined Islamic State terror group last summer, investigators say
HTS founder Abu Muhammad al-Jolani participated in Iraqi insurgency against US as member of group that later became Islamic State
Country’s long-running civil war has killed hundreds of thousands since erupting in 2011 in rebellion against president Bashar al-Assad
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
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
Eight injured, five of them seriously, police say, as investigators look into terror motive
Islamic State is using social media apps such as TikTok to reassert its influence, say experts
Vienna shows to see increased security and ‘antiterrorism measures’ after chemical substance found in home of one of the detained
Ongoing operations show movement’s territorial defeat was only ‘symbolic’, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights report
Former soldier first person to be convicted in Irish court of an Islamic terrorist offence committed abroad
Twelve people have been arrested in the case, including four who allegedly carried out the attack
Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people
Iran warned ally Moscow of terror threat days before concert hall massacre, report says
Analysts say Isis-K — a group blamed for the recent Moscow concert hall attack — gained strength after the US withdrawal
With a bullet in his back, Dmitry Saraev made it out of Crocus City Hall alive
Moscow repeats unsubstantiated claim of Ukrainian and western role in terror attack on concert hall
Some 139 people killed and 182 injured in concert hall assault, which Islamic State has claimed responsibility for
Islamic State in Khorasan, an Afghanistan entity, is also active in Pakistan and Iran and has set sights on Europe and beyond
Death toll from attack at Crocus City Hall rises to 137 as rescue continue to search through ruins
The attempt is a handy deflection of hard questions about the lack of preparedness of his security services
Zelenskiy lambasts ‘Putin and other scoundrels’ for trying to blame country for attack which has been claimed by Islamic State
Russia now prosecutes more people for ‘extremism’ and ‘justifying terrorism’ than at any time since the rule of Josef Stalin
Tánaiste Micheál Martin says nothing justifies the attack on innocent civilians
Islamic State Khorasan emerged in eastern Afghanistan in late 2014 and has recently been fixated on Russia
The economic fallout from the war with Islamic State is still felt in northern Iraq - and women are most likely to be affected
Colum McCann and Diane Foley tell the story of her son’s kidnapping by Islamic State
James Foley’s brutal murder in 2014 was seen around the world. His mother Diane’s book documents the family’s struggle
In the News podcast: Jailed in the US, Algerian-born Ali Charaf Damache hopes to return to Ireland
National counterterrorism co-ordinator warns that al-Qaeda and Islamic State are using the Gaza conflict as a ‘call to action’
Yazidi survivor and Jewish speaker were to give an ‘eye witness’ talk based on them surviving two separate genocides
Voluntary role included access to personal and legal files despite previous conviction
Milan acts as security fears across Europe rise after gunman in Brussels claims to be member of jihadist group
Attack prompts Swedish PM to call for increased security and stricter border controls across Europe
Pakistani Taliban distance themselves from attack as those responsible yet to come forward
US warned SDF commanders and Arab tribal leaders that fighting in Deir al-Zor risked enabling Islamic State to regain strength
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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