A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
Mourners stand in a queue to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, after 137 were killed in a terrorist attack.
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At least 137 people were killed in the Moscow attack – the latest in a a series of ISIS-K operations outside its traditional stronghold.
A Russian National Guard servicemen secures an area as a massive blaze seen over the Crocus City Hall in Moscow. An Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for the attack on the concert hall that killed over 130 people.
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Ukraine has denied any involvement in the terrorist attack that killed dozens of people in Moscow, but that doesn’t mean Russia won’t try to use the event as a way to escalate its war with Ukraine.
The first Arab woman nominated for two Oscars, Kaouther Ben Hania is a visionary and a feminist.
A Palestinian militant rides on the back of a motorcycle near a crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023.
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A scholar of the Islamic State group says Hamas has undergone a radical ISIS-inspired transformation that has not yet gotten widespread public attention.
Ugandan soldiers in the deep forests of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2021.
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Regional rivalries have functioned as oxygen, allowing the rebel group to survive and grow.
The exterior of Shifa hospital in Gaza City is seen on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas near the facility.
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Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service
The Taliban and the Islamic State group are among the militant groups that have been known to use civilians as human shields in the past, in order to try to shift their opponents’ war calculations.
Armored Israeli military vehicles maneuver near Israel’s border with Gaza.
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Hamas and the international community expect Israel to invade the Gaza Strip. The battle will probably be more like recent Middle Eastern combat than Israel’s past fights with Palestinians.
Niger’s coup leaders waving at a crowd of supporters in Niamey on August 6, 2023.
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A combination of Nigerian and Nigerien factors dim prospects of Ecowas military intervention in Niger.
A crowd outside a cinema in Mumbai. A recent low-budget film about a discredited anti-Muslim conspiracy has sparked national debates and unrest.
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A controversial low-budget Indian feature film about a discredited anti-Muslim conspiracy theory has been causing a political storm, going all the way to India’s Supreme Court.
A Yazidi refugee woman’s upper body is tattooed with the names of her missing family members and fiancé.
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While the flag ban is well-intentioned, we must remember the creed of Islam has been hijacked by a terrorist organisation - and one which is dwindling anyway.
Worshippers gather at the New Life Prayer Centre and Church. The head of the Church was recently arrested.
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Both cults and violent extremist movements have similar push and pull factors at the individual level.
A woman and a child stand in a detention camp in northeast Syria in 2022. Tens of thousands of ISIS-affiliated foreign nationals are in the camps, including four Canadian men.
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Brian L. Cox, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
A Federal Court justice ruled four men, suspected ISIS members, must be repatriated to Canada from a Syrian detention camp. Here’s why the decision is flawed and an ongoing appeal is justified.
A US female soldier searches Iraqi women, Baghdad, June 2003.
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The beginnings of Iraq’s sectarian civil war, the failures of its US-built political system, and the struggle for civilians attempting to survive chaos and violence are here in these 2004 interviews.
Will justices seek to hold social media firms to account for the postings of terrorists?
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While some world leaders and foreign policy experts expected IS to increase its attacks during COVID-19’s early days, travel bans and curfews helped slow violence.
Bali Bomber Umar Patek is released from prison.
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