Bondi gunmen had ‘tennis ball bomb’, made Islamic State-inspired video, police allege
Home-made bombs were thrown before Bondi mass shooting but failed to detonate, police tell court
Islamic State
US launches strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for killing of US troops
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says attack is ‘not the beginning of a war’ but a ‘declaration of vengeance’
It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can’t fall silent on Gaza
Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic
Bondi attack: Suspects rarely left hotel during stay in Philippines, say hotel staff and police
Alleged gunman had been arrested at scene of attack on a Jewish event at the beach and taken to a Sydney hospital with critical injuries
Reasons for Bondi suspects’ trip to Philippines, where Islamic State is active, unclear
One suggestion is father and son sought military training from small number of active extremist factions in Mindanao
‘It was dead people everywhere’: Inside Australia’s Hanukkah massacre
Videos show father and son opening fire on Bondi Beach in attack that left 15 dead and 40 wounded
Two US soldiers and an interpreter killed in suspected Islamic State attack in Syria
Donald Trump warns of ‘very serious retaliation’
Syrian Christians remain anxious almost a year after fall of Assad regime
Families remember lost loved ones while navigating fears under new governance
Brides review: Raw, compassionate chronicle of two teenage girls on a journey into extremism
Nadia Fall’s film is inspired by London schoolgirl Shamima Begum, who left home to join Islamic State
A thoroughly engrossing account of the Iranian revolution and an essential read on post-Assad Syria
King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson & Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria
Probation officials begin training to deal with radicalised criminals engaged in violent extremism
A project has also been set up to help steer 12- to 24-year-olds away from involvement in crime in Dublin’s north inner city
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
If Netanyahu wants regime change in Iran, it is unlikely to end well
Popular mobilisation in Iran for more than 100 years has been driven by domestic actors in pursuit of domestic agendas - never by external forces
Demining in Syria: ‘People are desperate to go back to their houses... In their mind the main threat is gone’
There have been more than 900 mine-related injuries or fatalities in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime
Colum McCann: ‘Diane Foley’s story was inherently dramatic – mother meets son’s killer, then forgives him
The novelist has turned American Mother, his book about the executed journalist James Foley, into an opera with the composer Charlotte Bray
US pushes former foes to lead Syria towards ‘normalisation’ after decades of enmity
Sanctions to be lifted as Washington urges Damascus to cut ties with Palestinian militants and to protect minorities
Lisa Smith’s conviction for Islamic State membership should be upheld, court told
Solicitor for former soldier, who is appealing conviction, says there is no evidence Smith recruited or fundraised for terrorist organisation
Donald Trump’s bombing campaign against Houthis tests his vow to ‘stop wars’
The US is conducting its largest bombardment since the war on Isis – without a clear endgame
The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A Gerges – engaging read for seasoned observers
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
‘We are nice people, but poor’: After Assad’s fall, economic problems are Syrians’ biggest concern
War, corruption and sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Syria, whose deepening poverty is ‘a dangerous accelerant in an already volatile environment’
Lisa Smith lawyers argue no legal system could convict her of Isis membership
Even if she moved to Islamic State-controlled area and was a sympathiser, it does not prove she was a member, court told
No proof Lisa Smith did anything for Islamic State, lawyer argues in appeal
Former Irish soldier (43) became first person to be convicted in an Irish court of an Islamic terrorist offence committed abroad
Islamic State regains strength in Syria
Recent developments could make it easier for group to show renewed vigour, say experts
Hope for Syria as government and Kurds sign deal to merge forces
Kurdish community to get citizenship and language rights denied under Assad regime
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis: A comedy about a rehabilitation programme for Islamic State brides
This smart, punchy book is destined to spark conversation, says Naoise Dolan. It deserves to be a massive hit
‘We’ve become used to being betrayed’: US aid cuts affect camps for people accused of Isis affiliation
Trump spending freeze threatens security arrangements and could make it harder to stop resurgence of Islamic State
‘Guantánamo on steroids’: Inside a prison for suspected Islamic State members in Syria
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
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to ‘disarm, dissolve’ after four-decade campaign that has cost 40,000 lives
Abdullah Ocalan is serving life sentence, but could be freed under tentative Turkish peace process
Searching for Syria’s disappeared: ‘We can’t always give answers, but we can give part of the story'
Amer Matar, who fled Syria in 2011, runs an online archive that helps people to search for information about their loved ones
US military targets Islamic State operatives in Somalia with air strikes
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says strikes directed by Donald Trump and co-ordinated with Somalian government
New Orleans attack: FBI says suspect acted alone and there appears to be no link to Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion
Suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar joined Islamic State terror group last summer, investigators say
Who are the Syrian rebels who have taken Damascus?
HTS founder Abu Muhammad al-Jolani participated in Iraqi insurgency against US as member of group that later became Islamic State
Syria: Rebel and government forces continue battles near city of Hama
Country’s long-running civil war has killed hundreds of thousands since erupting in 2011 in rebellion against president Bashar al-Assad
Dutch woman facing charges of crimes against humanity for enslaving two Yazidi women
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
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