Islamic State

Former Irish soldier on trial in Dublin accused of membership of Islamic State

Irish woman told gardaí she believed caliphate would be followed by ‘day of judgement’

Rights groups urge repatriation of children following Isis attack on Kurdish-run jail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in Mali

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘The mafia are stealing the money, the ideas and the hope’ in the Iraqi city

Bardarash Letter: Camp’s occupants struggle on after having lost everything

Sudesh Amman carried out stabbing attack in Streatham days after release from prison

If the presidential poll is anything to go by, some Dáil hopefuls will play the race card

The US should take seriously Tehran’s efforts to put an end to the cycle of violence

Hussein Yazdanpanah says tragedy of Kurds is ‘we have been divided among ourselves’

Garda interview with Smith last ‘piece of the puzzle’ before file can be sent to DPP

Dutch foreign affairs and justice ministries to appeal court decision ‘as quickly as possible’

US to post 600 troops targeting Isis in east despite October withdrawal of forces

The demise of Islamic State, and its underpinning ideology, remain a long way off

Erbil Letter: A gentleman’s club believes style affords an identity beyond politics and faith

Yazidi woman Naveen Rasho was held captive by Isis and wound up in al-Hawl camp

Vivien Lusted: ‘There is no hospital . . . no medicine – where do you start?’

‘All the countries betrayed us...How could they leave us? We are like the sheep without a shepherd. They fed us to the wolves’

US backing made the Kurds in Syria overconfident. They are set to pay a high price