A cemetery where victims of the November 24 mosque attack were laid to rest.
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Much of Sinai is almost beyond Egyptian state control altogether.
Sexual violence survivors need more than recognition of what they have suffered.
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As foreign Islamic State fighters return home, there needs to be proper prosecution of sexual violence in armed conflict.
Don’t jump to conclusions: protesters in Kashmir with a mocked-up IS flag.
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Just because a group waves the IS flag or claims to be its friend doesn’t mean a global insurgency is underway.
A Russian plane delivers 10,000 AK-47 rifles to the Afghan National Security Forces.
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Russia is pursuing influence in Central Asia and competing with the US. Afghanistan offers it a chance to do both.
A sign in Raqqa reads ‘Attention, Islamic State barrier’.
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What lies ahead for IS after Mosul, Raqqa and tens of thousands of casualties?
A nine-year-old boy plays on his damaged street in Mosul, Iraq in this July 2017 photo. U.S.-backed forces have wrested Mosul from the Islamic State, and the terrorist group lost Raqqa, in northern Syria, last month. Nonetheless the Islamic State is using virtual information sessions to keep its members committed to the cause.
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Despite the fact that the Islamic State is on the run, the terrorist group still manages to inspire, motivate and maintain the social identity and cohesion of its members. Here’s how.
A sign in Arabic on the way into Raqqa, Syria reads: ‘Attention, Islamic State check point’.
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As Islamic State territory in Iraq and Syria shrinks, concerns are mounting about the number of foreign fighters who may return.
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It hinges upon whether she was a member of IS, and what that means.
Smoke from an airstrike rises in the background as a man flees during fighting between Iraqi special forces and IS militants in Mosul, Iraq, on May 17, 2017.
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Ten months of data reveal some alarming trends.
Though British officials have foiled far more terrorist plots than they’ve missed, the United Kingdom is on edge after its fifth terrorist attack this year alone.
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The September 15 London train bombing that injured 30 was the UK’s fifth terror attack this year. A security expert looks at why Europe has been seeing more frequent and bloodier jihadist assaults.
A 1932 photograph showing the minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul.
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As Mosul rebuilds, its history is a reminder that people of many faiths lived in cooperation in the city. In the city was the Tomb of Prophet Jonah, venerated by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike.
Migrants attempting to jump the fence between Morocco and Ceuta, watched by Moroccan police in December 2016.
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Tensions are mounting along the EU’s only land borders with Africa on the Moroccan coast.
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Criticisms that Peter Kosminsky’s drama about Islamic State is propaganda are wide of the mark.
IS supporters are turning away from Twitter.
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New research has tracked how quickly Twitter accounts linked to extremism are being suspended.
A makeshift memorial to the victims of the terrorist attack in Barcelona. Police killed five men August 18 believed to have been involved.
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With terrorists striking again in Spain and in Finland, one cannot help but ask – again – why people want to follow the Islamic State. Some new theories are emerging.
What’s the role of faith in service?
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Religious values, deeply rooted in texts, serve as an important motivator for giving. Religious Americans volunteer more, give more, and give more often.
A memorial on Las Ramblas following the attack.
EPA/Quique Garcia
A toxic combination of history and social tension makes Spain fertile ground for extremist recruitment.
La Rambla runs right through the centre of Barcelona.
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The boulevard runs through the heart of the city, drives its tourist economy and acts as a symbol of life in Catalonia.
Spain plays a relatively inconsequential role in the fight against Islamic State.
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The location and targeting of Islamic State’s latest attack, on the Spanish city of Barcelona, deviates from the group’s previous efforts.
At least 16 people have died, and scores more have been injured, in a terror attack on Barcelona’s Las Ramblas strip.
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Barcelona 2017, London 2017, Berlin 2016, Nice 2016. In all of these cases the weapon of choice was a vehicle, driven at speed, into crowds innocently going about their daily business. Barcelona is just…