The so-called Islamic State group (IS) wants to expand its self-proclaimed Caliphate from Syria and Iraq to other parts of the Middle East, North Africa and even Europe. How will this be funded?
Lindsey Hilsum
“If you have a young man of army age in your bus or someone they think is a spy, there’s nothing you can do. They take them off the bus, beat them and send them back to Raqqa.”
Lindsey Hilsum
After I reported on scenes of desperation at the Greece/Macedonia border, there was nearly as much outrage about the use of language as the plight of the people.
Lindsey Hilsum
A deal on Iran’s nuclear programme would be a historic event – but it could come at the expense of angering some of the US’s staunchest allies.
David Cameron says only the US has hit the Islamic State group with more air strikes than Britain. Is the UK really doing enough in Iraq?
Lindsey Hilsum
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put Syria together again. So now neighbouring countries are preparing to intervene.
Lindsey Hilsum
“Were you afraid of Jihadi John?” “No, because I’m a Muslim. He was right to kill those journalists because they were all spies under the cover of journalism.”
Lindsey Hilsum
“Islamic State is good,” said 15 year old Mohammed. “The girls don’t like it because they have to cover up but that’s right in Islam.”
Lindsey Hilsum
They perform dangerous turns in 4x4s on the sand dunes of Misrata. But what chance Libya’s young men will turn their testosterone to fight a new enemy, more dangerous than Gadaffi?
Lindsey Hilsum
The Dafniya checkpoint marks the entrance to Misrata from the Libyan capital, Tripoli. It’s the key point for ensuring the city’s safety. An attack here makes everyone feel vulnerable.
Jonathan Rugman
It has been a bad week for the American-led “strategy” against militants from so-called Islamic State – a strategy with the US president himself views with great qualms and some reluctance.
Jonathan Rugman
The truth about the killings of Armenians, condemned as genocide by Pope Francis, exposes a fragility at the heart of modern Turkey, dating back to the era of Ataturk, the country’s founder.
Many people see the Prevent anti-radicalisation scheme as ineffective, divisive and in dire need of a complete overhaul.
Jonathan Rugman
The UK’s emphasis on Islamist terrorism has meant it has ignored the traditional threat from nation states like Russia, according to a former head of MI6.
Lindsey Hilsum
Visitors to the British Museum can see the magnificent winged bulls taken from Nimrud, in northern Iraq. But Iraqis living there are cowering in terror as their history is annihilated.