The Latest Breaking News from Islamic State

Ex-Defence Forces soldier found guilty of membership of so-called Islamic State

Lisa Smith, 40, was acquitted of a separate charge of financing terrorism.

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022

Lisa Smith: Former Irish soldier convicted of being a member of Islamic State

Smith, 40, wiped away tears as the guilty verdict was read out by the judge

Evening Standard · May 30, 2022

ISIS bride Lisa Smith found not guilty of attempting to finance terrorists

Former Irish Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith, 39, accompanied an ex-president on foreign trips before travelling to war-torn Syria in 2015 after becoming radicalised

Daily Mirror · May 30, 2022

Islamic State group ‘trying to control’ Mali-Niger border with series of attacks

The Islamic State (IS) group appears to be stepping up attacks close to the border between Mali and Niger, with sources suggesting that the jihadists are trying to seize control of the border itself. FRANCE 24’s terrorism expert Wassim Nasr explains.

France 24 · May 24, 2022

Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa's Green Wall

A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall, according to experts involved in the initiative

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Former Russian mercenary lifts lid on secretive Wagner Group

Marat Gabidullin is the first combatant from private Russian paramilitary company Wagner to break rank and talk publicly about the secretive organisation. He recounts his four years as a mercenary in eastern Ukraine and Syria in his memoir In the Same River Twice, now available in French.

Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2022

Togo looks like West Africa’s new frontier of violent extremism

The threat of violent extremism across West Africa has been on the rise in recent times.

The Conversation · May 21, 2022

Militant attacks hurt Pakistan relations with Afghan Taliban

Pakistan is taking a tougher line to pressure Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to crack down on militants hiding on their soil who have stepped up attacks in Pakistan

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

France indicts company for financing terrorist groups in Syria, including the Islamic State

A Paris court of appeal has upheld the indictment of French cement group Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity concerning its activities in Syria at the height of the country's civil war.

Radio France Internationale · May 18, 2022

Pentagon probe rejects claims US covered up civilian deaths in Syria airstrike

A US military investigation found that American troops did not violate the law of war or deliberately cause civilian casualties in a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed dozens of people, including women and children. It did find that the military committed procedural mistakes in the aftermath of the attack.

France 24 · May 18, 2022