Islamic State

US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia

Biden administration to rethink counter-terrorism strategy after breakdown of pact allowing US forces on soil to fight jihadists

Robert Tait in Washington

20, Apr, 2024 @4:53 PM

US and UK complicit in detentions at Syrian camps where torture rife, says Amnesty

Report says thousands of people held in little-reported facilities where authorities are violating human rights on a large scale

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

17, Apr, 2024 @9:01 AM

Idaho teen arrested for alleged plans to attack churches in name of Islamic State

FBI arrests Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, a day before reported plan to attack more than 20 churches with knives, firearms and fire

Maya Yang

10, Apr, 2024 @7:26 PM

Man who helped procure gun used in Strasbourg terror attack jailed for 30 years

Audrey Mondjehi, 43, found guilty of terrorism-related charges relating to 2018 attack that killed five

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

04, Apr, 2024 @9:47 PM

Advance of Islamic State affiliates ‘could lay ground for new wave of terrorism’

IS has stalled in Iraq and Syria but officials believe it has been planning new attacks on west for years

Jason Burke International security correspondent

28, Mar, 2024 @4:27 PM

Moscow concert attack: fear death toll higher after reports of up to 100 missing

Telegram channel with ties to security services reports 95 individuals unaccounted for since Friday

Pjotr Sauer

27, Mar, 2024 @4:05 PM

Russia-Ukraine war: 200,000 without power in Ukraine since Friday; Nato could ‘shoot down Russian missiles near borders’ – as it happened

Attack on energy infrastructure on last week still causing blackouts; Poland’s deputy foreign minister warns Russia of consequences if missiles enter territory

Yohannes Lowe and Lili Bayer

26, Mar, 2024 @3:57 PM

Putin says radical Islamists carried out Moscow attack but maintains suggestion of Ukraine role

Russian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsible

Andrew Roth and Pjotr Sauer

25, Mar, 2024 @7:31 PM

Russia lauding torture was unthinkable – now it is proud to do so

Moscow’s proud promotion of the brutal treatment of men accused of Crocus City Hall attack marks watershed moment

Warning: contains descriptions of torture readers may find distressing

Andrew Roth and Pjotr Sauer

25, Mar, 2024 @7:08 PM

The Guardian view on terror in Moscow: Putin’s cynical blame game should fool no one | Editorial

Editorial: Baseless claims that Ukraine played a role in the assault on a concert hall should not distract from a failure to heed credible warnings

Editorial

25, Mar, 2024 @6:39 PM

Monday briefing: Why Vladimir Putin won’t link Islamic State to Moscow terror attack

In today’s newsletter: As Russia mourns, the president is ignoring evidence of Islamic State’s responsibility – and instead hinting at a link to Ukraine

Archie Bland

25, Mar, 2024 @6:58 AM

Moscow attack explainer: why would Islamic State attack Russia and what will Putin’s response be?

After IS claimed responsibility for shooting in Moscow’s Crocus city hall, questions remain about how Russia will respond

Jason Burke and Jonathan Yerushalmy

25, Mar, 2024 @6:01 AM

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