Islamic State
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Why is Islamic State targeting Sufi Muslims?
In Depth Last week's bombing of a mosque in Egypt was the latest in a series of attacks against the mystical Sufis
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US-led coalition has killed Iraqi civilians at rate 31 times higher than reported
In Depth New York Times investigation finds that one in five airstrikes results in a civilian death, rather than one in 157
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Jojo Dixon, son of British Isis convert, ‘alive and fighting in Syria’
Speed Read Sally Jones’s 12-year-old son is said to have avoided the airstrike that killed his mother
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Sayfullo Saipov: how the New York terrorist was radicalised
Speed Read Truck driver accused of killing eight near 9/11 memorial feels ‘accomplished’
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Terrorists planning ‘another 9/11’, US intelligence head warns
Speed Read Elaine Duke says recent knife and vehicle attacks carried out to keep Isis followers engaged
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Islamic State driven out of its ‘capital’
Speed Read US-backed alliance captures Raqqa after five-month battle in symbolic blow to ‘caliphate’
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‘White Widow’ Sally Jones: British Isis recruiter killed in Syria strike
Speed Read Jihadi convert, who took young son to Raqqa, was high on US kill list
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Islamic State releases new recording of ‘dead’ leader
Speed Read Russia and Iran claim they killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi three months ago
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Dozens of IS children could be resettled in Australia
In Depth Government draws up plan to reintegrate offspring of Australian militants
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Do drone operators deserve military medals?
In Depth UK considers bravery awards for those working outside the 'battle space'
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UK ‘first in Europe’ for online extremism
Speed Read Report says UK public would support new laws criminalising the consumption of terror content
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Iraq holds 1,400 Islamic State relatives in ‘de facto detention’
Speed Read Iraqi government must decide what to do with the wives and children of IS fighters held in a Mosul camp
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Syria’s civil war is over and Assad has won, says the UN
Speed Read Special envoy Staffan de Mistura says Syrian rebels must give up their armed struggle and try to ‘win the peace’
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Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham: Hardliners take over Syria's opposition
In Depth Jihadi group makes sweeping gains in last rebel-held province
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