Abu Mohamed Al Golani

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Suspected Islamic State members imprisoned just south of Mosul, in Iraq, in July 2017: Isis reveals it has taken into account the defeat of the “caliphate”. Photograph: Ivor Prickett/New York Times
Isis spokesman urges fighters to target Arab leaders

Islamic State spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir has called upon the group’s fighters to focus on the Arab world rather than mount operations further afi(...)

Jabhat al-Nusra fighters march towards the northern Syrian village of al-Aie in Aleppo province. The group is the most powerful fundamentalist faction in the country. Photograph: Al-Nusra Front via AP
Nusra’s move to cut al-Qaeda ties a tactic to avoid ‘terrorist’ label

The decision to cut ties between al-Qaeda central and its official Syrian branch, Jabhat al-Nusra, was a tactical ploy to convince the US to remove th(...)

Nusra Front leader Mohammed al-Golani in a video announcing a new name for his organisation. Photograph: AP
Syria’s Nusra Front breaks ties with al-Qaeda

The leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Nusra Front said on Thursday it was cutting its ties with al-Qaeda to deny foreign powers, including the(...)

Members of Islamist rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra prepare a home-made mortar in the Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo. Photograph: Reuters/Hamid Khatib
Radical insurgent emirate stretches from east Syria to west Iraq

The official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra, yesterday pledged loyalty to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), creating a cross-(...)

People walk along a street in Aleppo’s Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood. Fighting between insurgents and pro-government forces was reported to be raging in the city yesterday. Photograph: Molhem Barakat/Reuters
Syria involved in widespread ‘disappearing’ of people, says UN panel

Syrian government forces have carried out a widespread and systematic campaign of enforced disappearances of people to terrorise the population, a com(...)

A woman in Deir al-Zor carries tree branches to be used for heating. Photograph: Reuters
UN calls on Syrian factions to facilitate food and medical assistance to civilians

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has called on the Security Council to put “sustained pressure” on the Syrian government and armed opponents to faci(...)