Jihadis

Africa's Mali crisis widens as extremist groups advance and state control erodes - analysis

Mali is experiencing a major escalation in violence, with jihadist groups advancing and the defense minister assassinated. The crisis threatens to destabilize the Sahel region.

 A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026.
Soldiers from Hay’at at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a prominent Sunni Islamist militant group and political organization formerly affiliated with al-Qaeda, hold a demonstration in Damascus, Syria.

Washington's tactical amnesia on Syria could fuel jihadist resurgence - analysis

In this photo illustration, young children hold an iPhone while using the online game platform Roblox on November 19, 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Terror groups groom and recruit children online, exploiting Roblox, Discord, and Minecraft - NYT

Shahid Butt, a former jihadi convicted of terrorism offences in Yemen, has announced he will run as an independent candidate in Birmingham’s upcoming local elections.

Ex jihadi fighter Shahid Butt launches bid for Birmingham council seat


How Saudi Arabia can combat the sectarian divide

It is critical at this stage to support the nationwide awareness campaign to combat sectarianism and extremism.

Saudi King Salman

Hezbollah, jihadists suffer casualties in Qalamoun

Death toll of Shi'ite Lebanese group up to 22, while the number of Sunni jihadists killed is estimated to be in the hundreds.

HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS carry the coffin of Adnan Siblini on Tuesday, who was killed in the Qalamoun region, during his funeral in al-Ghaziyeh.

Salafi jihadi group: 'Gangs of Hamas regime destroyed Gaza mosque'

The mosque had been frequented by supporters of the salafi jihadi group, which is called Ansar al-Dawleh al-Islamiyeh (Supporters of the Islamic State).

Clearing the rubble east of Gaza City

Son of British politician among nine detained in UK on suspicion of joining ISIS

British security services estimate some 600 Britons have gone to Syria or Iraq to join militant groups, including the man known as "Jihadi John," who has appeared in several Islamic State beheading videos.

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

Fearing Islamic State, some Afghan Shi'ites seek help from old enemies

The unusual pact is a window into deepening anxiety in Afghanistan over reports of the Islamic State group radicals gaining a foothold in a country already weary of more than a decade of war with the Taliban.

An Afghan Shi'ite Muslim flagellates himself during an Ashoura procession in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2014.

Gunmen attack Tunisian parliament, 8 killed

8 tourist were killed in an apparent terrorist attack in Tunisia, two assailants surrounded in nearby museum.

Militant Islamist fighters parade on military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa province.

Turkish FM: Spy from anti-Islamic State coalition helped UK girls enter Syria

Mevlut Cavusoglu says individual was caught who allegedly helped London schoolgirls who fled Britain to join Islamic State last month.

Muslim woman (illustrative).

'Jihadi John' apologizes to family, but not for beheadings

Since his identity was revealed on February 26, his family has had to go into hiding, as well as move out of their government-provided London home.

"Jihadi John," the Briton named Mohammed Emwazi

Another Tack: Gee, Officer Obama!

Wittingly or not, Obama had cast himself in the role of the ineffectual Officer Krupke whom the street-wise juvenile delinquents seek to impress with their hard-luck spoof.

Telling Officer Krupke “a touching good story” in the 1961 film version 'West Side Story'

Who was 'Jihadi John?'

Childhood friends describe Mohammed Emwazi, better known as the British-accented ISIS executioner, as ordinary "boy next door."

"Jihadi John," the Briton named Mohammed Emwazi