Last year, two men opened fire on a Jewish community in Sydney – and Ahmed Al Ahmed risked his life to disarm one of them. The man’s accomplice then shot him five times. He describes what he was thinking in those fateful...
Read MoreData lays bare the extent and geographical spread of attacks in Africa’s most populous countryData from Acled and the Global Terrorism Index shows that after a few years of improvement, insecurity in Nigeria has worsened. With...
Read MoreAs a young mother, Tareena Shakil fled with her toddler from the UK to Syria and joined Islamic State. Now she’s giving dating advice on TikTok. How did she get here?If you met Tareena Shakil today, you would have no idea that...
Read MoreDirector of al-Hawl camp describes chaotic scenes as Kurdish guards fled and government fighters arrived. Will Christou reports from al-HawlThe children crowded the wire fence, waiting for the guard to turn his back, and made a...
Read MoreHamas, Hezbollah and other militia are enfeebled – but Palestine is likely to stay at forefront of global politicsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe ceasefire due to come into force on Sunday, barring a major last-minute...
Read MoreSebastian Gorka says letting people in prison camps return to Britain would benefit the ‘special relationship’ with USBritish nationals being held in Syrian prison camps for fighting on behalf of Islamic State should be allowed...
Read MoreRecordings by Shamsud-Din Jabbar contain diatribes against music, drugs, sex and other sensuous pleasuresNearly a year before he allegedly killed 14 people and injured dozens more by driving a pickup truck flying an Islamic...
Read MoreIntelligence chiefs have to decisively analyse the risk posed by group once affiliated to islamists al-QaidaWhen Sir Richard Moore, the head of MI6, warned in a speech given 10 days ago that he had “never seen the world in a...
Read MoreRebel alliance includes groups with roots in Islamic extremism, Arab and Turkmen fighters, and Kurdish and Druze coalitionsSyria live – latest updatesHayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS; Levant Liberation Union) is led by Ahmed al-Sharaa,...
Read MoreKen McCallum says agency facing ‘one hell of a job’ to counter efforts to stage assassinations and terror attacksThe head of MI5 has said his agency has “one hell of a job” to do as the threat from Islamic State has returned...
Read MoreBegum’s lawyers argued she was trafficked as 15-year old, which authorities should have preventedShamima Begum’s legal fight to restore her UK citizenship has received a big blow after the supreme court refused to hear an...
Read MoreRussian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsibleVladimir Putin has said that the terrorist attack on the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow was...
Read More