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Hakan Barac arrived by small boat but has now been jailed for glorifying ISIS. South Wales Police/PA Wire

Extremist jailed for posting ISIS videos after arriving in UK

UKApril 08, 2025

Family members of the 13 US service members killed in the Abbey Gate blast in Kabul attend a Gold Medal ceremony in the US Capitol in September 2024 EPA

Suspect in Kabul bombing during Afghanistan pullout appears in US court

USMarch 05, 2025

Yazidi woman Ashwaq Haji, who was held by ISIS as a slave, holds portraits of victims from her village of Kocho near Sinjar, as she visits the Lalish temple, northern Iraq, in August 2018. AFP

Thousands of Yazidis still missing a decade after ISIS genocide

MENAMarch 04, 2025

Destroyed neighbourhood in central Raqqa / David Pratt for The National

In ruined Raqqa, cracks appear after the fall of the Assad regime

MENAFebruary 25, 2025

ISIS extremists in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria. AP

Syria needs a functioning state to take on ISIS

EditorialFebruary 24, 2025

A members of the Syrian Kurdish internal security forces walks past women and children queueing at Al Hol camp in north-east Syria. AFP

US aid cuts raise security risk at ISIS holding camps in Syria

MENAFebruary 22, 2025

The Sayyida Zaynab shrine is widely believed as the resting place of Zaynab, sister of Imam Husayn, a 7th century religious figure who is among the most revered in Shi’ite Islam. Matt Kynaston for The National.

‘Islamic unity’ in the protection of Sayyida Zaynab shrine

MENAFebruary 19, 2025

Fuad Hussein in Munich this month. The National

Iraq's Foreign Minister warns of growing threat from ISIS

MENAFebruary 17, 2025

The National met with relatives of victims who have been killed as violence in the southern town of Sanamayn has increased since the fall of the Assad regime. Matt Kynaston / The National.

ISIS victims families fear more violence in Syria

MENAFebruary 13, 2025

A masked ISIS extremist in the desert of Iraq or Syria in 2015.

UN says ISIS remains resilient despite global efforts

USFebruary 10, 2025

A march marking the anniversary of the killings of leaders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force near Baghdad in 2020. AFP

US legislators call for action against Iraq’s Iran-linked paramilitary groups

MENAFebruary 08, 2025

A guard at a Syrian Democratic Forces-run prison in Hassakeh, which houses men accused of being ISIS fighters. The presence of extremist prisoners held in camps in north-east Syria is a security challenge for the new government in Damascus. AP

Indecision plays into the hands of ISIS

EditorialFebruary 07, 2025

Al Hadba minaret and two churches have been reconstructed as part of a Unesco project to revitalise Mosul after its destruction under ISIS rule. The National

Mosul’s historic landmarks rise from the ruins of ISIS’s destruction

MENAFebruary 05, 2025

Nour Mari, from HALO Syria, marks the location of a unexploded projectile. Photo: Paul McCann / Halo

How Syria's minefields jeopardise hope for a better life after war’s end

MENAJanuary 31, 2025

Images of a destroyed car said to belong to Muhammad Salah Al Za'bir suggest a Hellfire R9X missile may have been used in the attack. AFP

US kills senior Al Qaeda-linked militant in Syria

MENAJanuary 31, 2025

Children wave goodbye to their neighbours as a lorry prepares to leave Rukban camp in eastern Syria. Matt Kynaston for The National.

Syrians trickle out of Rukban desert camp with memories to forget

MENAJanuary 30, 2025