Islamic State
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Why is Islamic State targeting Russia?
Today's Big Question Islamist terror group's attack on 'soft target' in Moscow was driven in part by 'opportunity and personnel'
By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published
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Hizb ut-Tahrir: the Islamist group set to be banned by home secretary
Why Everyone's Talking About 'Party of liberation' that aims to re-establish the Islamic Caliphate to be proscribed a 'terrorist organisation' this week
By The Week UK Published
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How Islamic State bombings in Iran could escalate regional war
The Explainer Terrorist group claims responsibility for deadly blasts on 'irredeemable foe' but Tehran likely to ramp up anti-US rhetoric
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The deadly attacks on Syrian truffle hunters
feature Islamic State suspected of targeting Syrians risking their lives to secure much-needed income
By The Week Staff Published
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Shamima Begum: what next after ‘Isis bride’ loses bid to regain UK citizenship?
Talking Point Lawyers say the Isis bride was victim of human trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Last updated
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Shamima Begum and the ‘Canadian spy’ who smuggled her into Syria
feature Britain conspired to cover up Canada’s role in the operation, claims a new book
By The Week Staff Published
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The Week Unwrapped: terrorist threats, space debris and natural history
podcast Why has Islamic State launched a new ‘global offensive’? Is the US right to ban anti-satellite missile tests? And does the UK need a natural history GCSE?
By The Week Staff Published
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The threat posed by Islamic State’s new ‘global offensive’
feature Jihadists told to strike Europe and Israel while Western powers are distracted by Ukraine
By The Week Staff Published
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El Shafee Elsheikh: the alleged ‘IS Beatle’ on trial in the US
Why Everyone’s Talking About British-born jihadist is accused of torturing and beheading Western hostages
By The Week Staff Published
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Why are Islamic State-linked attackers targeting Israel?
In Depth Jerusalem boosting security presence as death toll mounts amid wave of attacks
By The Week Staff Published
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What the arrest of ‘chief financier of jihad’ means for Isis
In Depth Islamic State’s Sami Jasim Muhammad al-Jaburi captured by by Iraqi security forces
By The Week Staff Published
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‘In the war on terror, the terrorists won’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
By The best columns Published
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Where will be next target for global jihad - and is the West at risk?
Today's Big Question Militant insurgents already hold territory in a string of poor and unstable states
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Will the Kabul bombing lock Joe Biden into a ‘forever war’ against Isis?
In Depth President vows revenge against extremists following airport suicide attack
By The Week Staff Published
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