Lindsey Hilsum
Islamic State: Syrian child refugees’ reflections
“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.”
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Migrant crisis sets nation against nation within EU
With hundreds of migrants being rescued daily from overloaded boats in the Mediterranean, the EU is struggling to agree on an adequate response to the new arrivals.
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Migrants drown as Turkey rushes to sinking ship
Eight migrants drowned and Turkish authorities rescued 70 others after their ship sank off Greece. Their screams are heard through the darkness as authorities rushed to their rescue.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Missing Bradford children: fathers’ tearful appeal
Two fathers, whose wives are feared to have taken their children to Syria, break down as they beg their families to come home.
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Turkish elections: the key questions
Turkey’s AK party has lost its majority at a general election after 13 years in government – a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was seeking to cement his grip on power.
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Jonathan Rugman
With Syria and Iraq, there is no Plan B – and the omens are not good
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.
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Gallipoli: remembering one of WWI’s bloodiest campaigns
Prince Charles and Prince Harry, together with leaders from Turkey, Australia and New Zealand, commemorate the bloody, nine-month 1915 Gallipoli campaign, which began 100 years ago.
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Jonathan Rugman
Time for Turkey to come to terms with its Ottoman past
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.
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Armenia: what do the Pope and Kim Kardashian have in common?
Pope Francis and TV star Kim Kardashian have weighed into a debate, causing outrage in Turkey. But what is the reason behind it?
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Councillor’s home searched after son held near Syrian border
Police are searching the home of a Labour councillor whose son is one of nine Britons detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross the border into Syria.
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Nine Britons from Rochdale arrested trying to enter Syria
Nine British nationals – three men, two women and four children – arrested in Turkey near the Syria border are believed to come from Rochdale, say police in Greater Manchester.
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New CCTV of British teenagers at Turkey airport
Sabiha Gokcen airport releases footage of three teenagers – two cousins aged 17 and a man aged 19 – from London being detained as they allegedly attempt to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.
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London teenagers ‘wanted to go to Syria to help’
Two of the London teenagers stopped in Turkey at the weekend were heading to Syria “to do some good”, says Mohammed Butt, leader of Brent Council, who has spoken to the boys and their families.
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London teenagers who tried to go to Syria bailed
A 15-year-old, 17-year-old and 19-year-old from north-west London arrested at Istanbul airport and returned to UK, while an 18-year-old is arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of travelling to Syria.
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British teens ‘travelling to Syria’ back in the UK
Three British teenagers who were stopped in Turkey on their way to Syria are back in the UK and are being held at a central London police station, Scotland Yard says.
