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Protesters at a Reclaim Australia rally in Sydney in April 2015. Photo: Anthony Brewster, CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Fear, loathing and factions

Chaos reigns on the Australian far right, where anti-Muslim ideas are mixed with anti-Semitism and old-school radical nationalism. Øyvind Strømmen BENDIGO is the name of a town in inland Victoria, Australia. Originally, it […]

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TRAINING: Jihadists and forced recrutits, many of them as young as 16 years or younger, are given one month of military training before they are sent off to the battleground. PHOTO: IS

Child warriors in Kobani

More than 30 youngsters from Raqqa have been killed in the battle for Kobani in the last four days, HSI has learned from a variety of Syrian sources. The Islamic State (IS) is […]

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THE ENIGMATIC CALIPH: How long will Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi be able to survive on the run? What powerbase will he be able to establish in the Middle East? The ISIL commander came out of hiding Friday 4 July, leading the prayer in a mosque in Mosul in Iraq. A recording of the appearance was published by ISIL the day after.

The quest for the caliph(ate)

ANALYSIS: With several national intelligence services using all their resources to hunt him down, the self-declared “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi needs to maintain the fighting spirit of his mujahedeen force while establishing his […]

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ENTERING RAQQA: Jihadist fighters from ISIL entering into Raqqa in January 2014, after fierce fighting between ISIL and Jabhat Al Nusra.

US role seen in Syria attack

Military forces in recent days have repeatedly attacked a Syrian ISIL training and military camp named after Osama Bin Laden, according to eyewitnesses. Two assault team members were said to have been killed in one of […]

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Charity raided in al-Qaeda hunt

The Turkish charity Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has been accused of smuggling weapons in support of al-Qaeda in Turkey. Lars Akerhaug On the 1st of January 2014, Turkish authorities stopped a truck they […]

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