Islamic State

Islamic State resurges with ‘new generation’ of recruits

Attacks in Syria and Iraq in recent days show Isis sleeper cells are re-emerging as serious threat

Mozambique: Better co-ordination needed to tackle Islamist insurgency – experts

Southern African leaders agree to extend military mission in Cabo Delgado province

At least 25 killed, more than 50 injured in explosions, gunfire at Kabul hospital

Blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital underline insecurity under Taliban rule

Millions of Afghans endure hunger crisis as US warns of terror attacks

Intelligence agencies say Islamists in Afghanistan could attack US in six months

Iraq election: Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr the main winner

‘Good election machine’ propels Mahdi Army leader and Reform bloc Sadrists to success

Defeats of Al-Shabaab insurgents in Mozambique forces them into new areas

Rwandan troops and a military mission have been in Cabo Delgado since June and July to help the Mozambican army restore peace

Member of Islamic State ‘Beatles’ cell pleads guilty in hostage cases

Alexanda Kotey was part of terror group cell of four Britons known for its extreme brutality

Explainer: who are Isis-K, blamed for the Kabul airport attack?

There had been fears the group would strike Taliban fighters, US troops and Afghans and foreigners

Chaotic Afghanistan exit likely to embolden Islamist elements

Emergence of Isis-K a taste of things to come in wake of calamitous withdrawal of allied forces

Taliban victory could have major implications beyond Afghanistan

Fundamentalists in neighbouring Central Asian countries likely to be boosted by success

Army colonel sworn in as Mali president as tensions with Paris grow

Assimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in Mali

Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan may spark civil war

Taliban’s 85,000 fighters poised to battle way back to power after US and Nato forces leave

Blinken flies to Kabul in show of support after troop withdrawal announced

US secretary of state tells Afghan president that partnership is ‘changing but enduring’

Kurdish forces capture Isis radicals at Syrian detention camp

Both Syrians and foreigners suspected of supporting terror group caught in sweep

Self-declared hunter trades big game for jihadists in Burkina Faso

Civilians given authority to take law into their own hands to stop spread of militant violence

Baghdad bombings signal Islamic State is back in business in Iraq

Terror group recruiting veterans as country’s economy falters and Covid-19 spreads

Indonesia frees radical cleric linked to 2002 Bali bombings

Abu Bakar Bashir, suspected mastermind of the attacks that killed 202, served 10 years in jail

Terror will not divide Austria, chancellor says in wake of Vienna attack

Four killed and 17 injured in shooting spree by 20-year-old Islamic State supporter

Charlie Hebdo trial opens in Paris, evoking three days of terror

Trial of 14 alleged accomplices in 2015 attack on satirical weekly scheduled to last for 10 weeks

Hundreds of prisoners flee before Afghan forces end Isis jail siege

At least 29 killed in terror group’s assault on prison in eastern city of Jalalabad

Case over passport renewal application by Irish-born child resolved

Boy’s family moved to Syria after father travelled to fight for Islamic State terror group

Pandemic offers perfect opportunity for Islamic State comeback

Residents in Mosul, still traumatised by violence, fear a resurgence of the terror group

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