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  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    UK co-operation with US on two Isis suspects ruled unlawful

    Supreme Court says government did not receive assurances death penalty will be waived

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    AnalysisIndian politics & policy
    Islamist extremists eye India as recruiting ground

    Modi’s Hindu nationalism could push alienated Muslims into violence, warn analysts

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    Norway
    Populists quit Norway’s government over Isis wife

    Progress party objects to repatriation of woman and sick child from Syria

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Iraq
    Iraq’s future uncertain as rival militias seek revenge for US strike

    Killing of paramilitary leader alongside Soleimani rocks war-torn nation

  • Sunday, 29 December, 2019
    Iraq
    US bombs Shia group blamed for American’s death in Iraq

    Attack puts Baghdad in difficult position and stokes Washington-Tehran tensions

  • Saturday, 28 December, 2019
    Iraq
    US contractor killed in attack on Iraqi military base

    Rockets hit K1 base near northern oil-city Kirkuk

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Terrorism in UK
    London Bridge attack: the difficulty in reforming extremists

    Did ‘model student’ Usman Khan switch back or was he gaming the system?

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    US foreign policy
    Pentagon report says Isis bolstered by Syria troop drawdown

    US intelligence agency finds terrorist group ‘exploited’ Turkey’s incursion into the region

  • Sunday, 17 November, 2019
    Terrorism
    UK faces uphill challenge in resettling Isis jihadis

    Of the 900 Britons thought to have fought with Isis, about 40% have already returned

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  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Guest House for Young Widows — why did women support Isis?

    The west must learn lessons on terror, warns Azadeh Moaveni in her in-depth exploration

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Terrorism
    Briton detained at Heathrow after Turkey deports Isis suspects

    First forced return of alleged UK supporter of terror group as Ankara loses patience with Europe

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    David Gardner
    A third, more terrible, incarnation of Isis could yet appear

    The chaos caused by US troop withdrawal in northern Syria could see a resurgence of jihadism

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    US begins deploying troops to secure oil-rich Syria region

    Pentagon positioning forces following killing of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

  • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
    Baghdadi death seen as more symbolic than damaging 

    Removing Isis leader may not make coalition of militants any less dangerous

  • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
    Isis leader Baghdadi killed in US raid in Syria

    Trump confirms leader of jihadi group was targeted in commando operation

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Putin can thank Trump for his triumph in Syria

    US pullout betrays Kurds and makes Nato ally beholden to Russia

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    David Gardner
    Russia is the winner in Donald Trump’s Syria mess

    It is an undoubted plus for Vladimir Putin to have his military police patrolling a Nato border

  • Sunday, 20 October, 2019
    Dmitri Trenin
    The Syrian crisis is now Russia’s to resolve

    America’s withdrawal creates an opportunity and a challenge for Moscow 

  • Sunday, 13 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Kurds strike deal with Russia and Syria against Turkey

    Move comes after Trump orders withdrawal of all US troops

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Turkey’s Syrian invasion may prompt Isis prisoners to flee, Putin says

    Moscow could use security services to respond to threat, Russian leader warns

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Syrian crisis
    Turkey steps up offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria

    Ground troops seize villages and continue aerial bombardment of towns

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    Isis ‘Beatles’ transferred into US military custody

    Britons removed from Syria despite UK court battle over US prosecution and the death penalty

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    AnalysisSyrian crisis
    Turkey’s incursion into Syria threatens to revive Isis cells

    Trump says US has taken two jihadis detained by Kurdish forces to ‘secure location’

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    ExplainerMiddle Eastern politics & society
    The Kurdish fight for land and identity

    Ethnic group spread across four countries has long struggled for statehood

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    ExplainerSyrian crisis
    Donald Trump’s change of policy on Syria explained

    US president orders troops out as Turkey threatens incursion against Kurds in north-east of country

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