Islamic State

Afghans protest after dozens killed in Kabul college attack

A suicide bomber attack on an education centre in western Kabul has left at least 100 people killed and injured, most of them young women.

Several Mozambicans beheaded, Italian nun shot dead in Daesh attack

The Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the violent attacks in Mozambique's Nampula province, where at least six people were beheaded and an 83-year-old Italian nun was shot dead.

Assailants kill at least a dozen patients in eastern DRC clinic

Witnesses believe the attack was conducted by fighters associated with Daesh.

In Syria, the US needs to address the roots of Daesh, not the symptoms

Washington and Ankara can work together with an independent Arab entity to help cut off Daesh’s support base and limit the YPG.

Why US-Algeria relations are at their lowest point in years

Shifting geopolitical tides and security priorities have strained the once-close ties between Algiers and Washington.

US has ended its combat mission in Iraq but its malign influence remains

US-Iran geopolitical challenges and a dysfunctional Iraqi government mean the country is teetering on a precarious edge.

The Peshmerga's return: A looming crisis in Iraq's disputed Kirkuk

Maintaining the tenuous peace in the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk will require a nuanced approach as part of a wider strategy to counter Daesh.

Why is the once-acclaimed ‘other Iraq’ struck by exodus?

While the Kurdish region of Iraq is known to be relatively stable and prosperous compared to the rest of the country, economic and political woes are pushing Kurds to take the perilous journey to Europe in large numbers.

US military ‘downplayed' air strikes that killed scores of Syrian civilians

The US military never conducted an independent investigation into a 2019 bombing on the last Daesh holdout in Syria ordered by a classified special operations unit.

SDF’s conscription campaign is a living nightmare for Raqqa's youth

The people of northeast Syria are being forced to fight in a battle they say they didn’t choose.

What does the rise of Daesh-K mean for Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation?

Kabul is hesitant to antagonise the “Pakistani Taliban” lest it supports the self-styled caliphate, yet the same group poses a threat to Islamabad.

How Daesh is leveraging geopolitics to paint the Taliban into a corner

While organised, armed opposition to Taliban rule in Afghanistan has largely ceased, the one exception is the local affiliate of the so-called Islamic State.