The Latest Breaking News from IS

Nice Bastille Day attack trial begins in Paris terror court

Eight people are going on trial in a special terrorism court in Paris

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022

Shamima Begum: Canada would back Islamic State ‘trafficking’ inquiry

Pressure mounts for independent investigation into alleged smuggling of British schoolgirl into Syria by Canadian agent in 2015

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022

Shamima Begum’s is a story of trafficking, betrayal and now, it seems, a state cover-up

Allegations that her smuggler was a spy cast an entirely new light on the Home Office’s decision to strip Begum of her citizenship, says author Azadeh Moaveni

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022

Shamima Begum ‘smuggled into Syria for Islamic State by Canadian spy’

Canada and UK accused of covering up involvement of double agent in British teenager’s recruitment for IS

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022

Shamima Begum ‘smuggled to Syria by Canadian spy’

Ms Begum fled her east London home for Syria as a 15-year-old schoolgirl with her two friends in 2015.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022

Shamima Begum 'smuggled into Syria by Canada spy', new book claims

Shamima Begum and two of her schoolgirl friends were trafficked into Syria by an ISIS agent who was working for Canada at the time, it has been alleged in a new book

Daily Mirror · Aug 31, 2022

Who are the rival Shiite politicians vying to fill Iraq’s political vacuum?

Ten months after the October 2021 parliamentary elections, Iraq is still mired in a political impasse that turned deadly Monday after Moqtada al-Sadr announced his resignation from politics. Supporters of the powerful cleric clashed with followers of rival Shiite parties, plunging Iraq into a crisis that could draw in regional…

France 24 · Aug 30, 2022

A year after the Taliban’s capture of Kabul and women ‘do not even have air to breathe’

Almost half the population of Afghanistan are facing hunger

Bristol Post · Aug 29, 2022

U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces move to halt 'brutal torture' at IS camp

U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish security forces have launched a new operation targeting Islamic State sleeper cells in a large northeastern detention camp where violence has reached record levels.

Reuters · Aug 28, 2022

Iraqi PM: Political crisis undermining security achievements

Iraq’s caretaker prime minister has warned that the political crisis in the country is threatening security achievements made in past years

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022