Top US officials meet new Syrian rulers
US diplomats discuss transition principles with representatives of Syria’s new de facto rulers led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Al Qaeda
International Criminal Court jails former Islamic police head for crimes against humanity
‘Reign of terror’ in Timbuktu involved overseeing public amputations and floggings
At least 32 people killed in Somalia beach attack
State media says militant Islamist group al Shabaab behind explosion in Mogadishu
‘The reason I forgive is that I did a lot of bad things’: A former Guantánamo prisoner’s new life in Belize
Majid Khan, a former al-Qaeda courier who was imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay for two decades, has had an eventful year since his release
How fake news about the Madrid bombings continues to divide Spanish politics
The attack and its aftermath ended up driving a toxic wedge into Spanish politics and society which would coarsen public debate and sow a mistrust in the country’s democratic institutions
Netherlands raises terror threat level, with attack deemed ‘a realistic possibility’
National counterterrorism co-ordinator warns that al-Qaeda and Islamic State are using the Gaza conflict as a ‘call to action’
A Stranger in Your Own City, and Taking Sides: hard-hitting Middle East journalism memoirs
Lara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine Tadros
Muqtada al-Sadr: Part popular mystical figure and part militia boss who whips up a mob at a whim
Politically powerful Shia cleric has stood up to Iran and his volatile persona continues to mesmerise his Iraqi compatriots
‘Iraq is now a teenage country’: Artists under pressure in Iraq
After decades of Iraq’s creative sector being held back, the country is ready to set out its own narrative. Three artists explain how they see their role
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan
‘Justice has been delivered’: Biden says death a major blow to terrorist network behind September 11th, 2001, attacks
Biden signs order to deploy troops to Somalia day after country elects new president
Decision made amid growing concerns about power held by Islamist group al-Shabaab
Erdogan plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees to north of country
Turkish president facing potential voter backlash over his refugee policy
Why it took the UK a long time to become a Russia hawk
Repositioning happens to now mesh with need to reset relations with EU but Putin was courted for years
No grand theory can explain the Ukraine crisis
Politics: The past couple of months have been embarrassing for intellectual elegance
Guantanamo Bay inmate sent home to Algeria after nearly 20 years
Sufyian Barhoumi was captured in Pakistan and taken to US base in Cuba in 2002
Lisa Smith chose to go to area controlled by ‘demonic’ terrorist group, court told
Michael O’Higgins SC told court his client did not travel to Syria to take part in combat
Islamic State announces new leader as terror group sets out to rebuild
New caliph must remain hidden to stay alive while ruling over fragmented organisation
Madrid letter: Rancour lives on two decades after bombing
Horrific 2004 train attack killed 193 and left legacy of division
Fintan O’Toole: West needs to think carefully about endgame in Ukraine
Shock of Al-Qaeda’s attacks on the US in 2001 led to some catastrophic responses
Janan Ganesh: The incoherence at the heart of anti-westernism
The West can’t stop its rivals reading it wrong, but it can choose not to encourage them
Isis leader killed in US raid was a low-key figurehead dubbed ‘the ghost’
Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi’s death was more dramatic than his brief reign over group
Islamic State leader dies during US raid in north-west Syria
Six children reported among dead as militant chief ‘detonates bomb’ in village hideout
Lisa Smith planned to die in Syria and ‘be a martyr’ court hears
A woman who knew former Defence Forces member told the Special Criminal Court she was ‘indoctrinated’
Burkina Faso army deposes president in west Africa’s latest coup
Ousted leader Roch Kabore’s whereabouts unknown as government dissolved and borders closed
Iraq’s new parliament to hold first session since October election
Party headed by reformist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won most seats in election
Joe Biden’s democracy summit risks flattering the enemy
US Politics: The democratic faultline runs mostly through countries, not between them
At least 25 killed, more than 50 injured in explosions, gunfire at Kabul hospital
Blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital underline insecurity under Taliban rule
Millions of Afghans endure hunger crisis as US warns of terror attacks
Intelligence agencies say Islamists in Afghanistan could attack US in six months
Life with Robert Fisk: I realised I would not be at peace until I wrote this book
In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband
Colin Powell’s death sparks complex array of blame and praise
Former US secretary of state’s role in US invasion of Iraq led to fatalities and misery
Colin Powell obituary: Respected military leader criticised for role in Iraq War
General who became first black US secretary of state made faulty claims about Hussein’s weapons
Noam Chomsky: ‘Ireland has robbed poor working people of tens of trillions of dollars’
The 92-year-old author on US foreign policy and Ireland’s immoral tax regime
Iraq election: Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr the main winner
‘Good election machine’ propels Mahdi Army leader and Reform bloc Sadrists to success
Assad steps in from the cold, but Syria is still shattered
Neighbours are re-establishing contact with leader known for gassing his own people
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