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Israeli self-propelled artillery ready for action, near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights. Picture taken Jan 27th 2015.
Conflict
Hezbollah’s gains in Syria have triggered concerns in Israel
A man in Tokyo's Ginza district reads an extra edition of a newspaper, which reported ISIS' claim to have beheaded Japanese journalist Kenji Goto on February 1, 2015.
Conflict
The ‘ultra-violent death cult’ at the heart of ISIS
Maya and Nancy Yamout, sisters who have spent the last two years interviewing accused militants in Roumieh prison.
Justice
These two sisters are trying to understand why people join groups like ISIS — by meeting militants in prison
A masked man speaking in what is believed to be a North American accent in a video that Islamic State militants released in September 2014.
Conflict
ISIS taunts the West in its latest beheading video
A student-led protest marches to Istanbul University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences with a banner that reads, “Through the imagination to the Power” and “From Campus to Kobane”.
Conflict
Conflicts over ISIS turn physical and violent on Turkey’s college campuses
The main atrium of this would-be mall is now home to hundreds of Iraqis from villages outside Mosul. Here the concrete floors and walls give families more protection than the displaced families living in tents in a public park just across the street.
Conflict
Erbil’s abandoned construction sites are a ‘saving grace’ for refugees
Turkish soldiers stand at a position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc on September 24, 2014.
Conflict
Turkey prepares to shift course and take military action against ISIS
“Long live the Iraqi army,” tattooed on Sirgon Horomes’ arm. He says now he’s disappointed the army did not protect him and other Christians.
Conflict
Thousands of young Christian Iraqis have joined the fight against ISIS — but few have faith it will help
A billboard displays a verse from the Koran that urges women to wear a hijab in the northern province of Raqqa in March. ISIS has imposed sweeping restrictions like this in areas where it has gained control.
Belief
A shy 19-year-old woman disappeared in Minnesota — and resurfaced in Syria
American journalist Steven Sotloff in Libya.
Conflict
A friend remembers American journalist Steven Sotloff
A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria holds an ISIS flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul. Picture taken June 23rd, 2014.
Business, Economics and Jobs
How the US can take the fight to ISIS on the financial front
Volunteers have joined the Iraqi security forces to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from a radical Islamic group (ISIL) who've taken over parts of northern Iraq.
Conflict & Justice
Iraq is ‘back where it was’ at height of the civil war