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AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb)  fighters in a propaganda video, somewhere in the Sahara Desert in 2017.

How Islamic State radicalises people today

The group that wants to force Muslims to adhere strictly to the faith’s earliest teachings has a very modern strategy to boost its global reach.

  • Alissa J. Rubin

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Military personnel walk down Bourbon Street on Thursday in New Orleans.

The New Orleans attacker’s secret radicalisation

Recordings and interviews detail Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s growing discontent with US society and his increasing isolation even within his local Muslim community.

  • Edgar Sandoval, Eduardo Medina, Adam Goldman and Rukmini Callimachi
Emergency personnel at the scene of the New Orleans terror attack.

New Orleans attack a ‘wake-up call’ on terrorism in Australia

Islamic State and other terrorist groups are seeking to harness anger about the war in Gaza to gain recruits, national security experts have warned.

  • Matthew Knott
Military personnel walk down Bourbon street on Thursday in New Orleans.

New Orleans attacker behind NYE rampage acted alone, FBI says

Shamsud-Din Jabbar posted five videos on social media hours before the attack in which he aligned himself with the Islamic State.

  • Farrah Tomazin
A passport photo of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who allegedly drove into crowds in New Orleans killing at least 15.

Suspect in deadly terror attack served in US Army

The Texas man accused of driving a pick-up truck into New Year’s Day revellers in New Orleans was once deployed to Afghanistan, the US Army said.

Telling Israel the killing must stop in Gaza is not antisemitic

Israel had every right respond to Hamas, but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.

  • Rodger Shanahan
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The al-Roj camp in Syria.

‘The fear is palpable’: Australian women and children trapped in Syria afraid for their lives

Australia has had five years to repatriate dozens of women and children who went to Syria under Islamic State.

  • Michael Bachelard
Aran Sherani outside court in 2023.

‘Depraved ideology’: Terrorist smiles after being jailed over Islamic State pledge

Aran Sherani, who pledged allegiance to the terror group after lighting bushfires, may be out of prison in just under three years.

  • Tara Cosoleto
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, speaks to the press near the scene of Friday’s knife attack.

Germany to step up deportations after stabbing

Visiting the site of last weekend’s stabbing, which has emboldened his far-right opposition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it ‘terrorism against us all’.

  • Rachel More

Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas: Who they are and what they want

As Israeli troops raid Lebanon, conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players, and what is the Axis of Resistance?

  • Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin

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