Today, any discussion of the role of transnational Islamist actors in the Syrian conflict invariably focuses on Salafi-jihadi organizations, such as the self-proclaimed Islamic State and al-Qaeda. In 2012–2013, however, the conflict was primarily shaped by other transnational networks that...

The forces fighting the remnants of Daesh (ISIS) in Syria have tacit instructions on dealing with the foreigners who joined the extremist group by the thousands: Kill them on the battlefield. As they made their last stand in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, an estimated 300 extremists holed...

( The Daily MAil )- ISIS have released pictures showing the medieval punishments their members inflict on people living under their control in the Syrian capital of Damascus.  In one particularly harrowing image, a man can be seen hanging off the edge of a tall building before being...

A German teenager who joined Daesh (ISIS) is now being held in detention in Iraq and says she regrets joining the extremist group and just wants to come home to her family, media reported on Sunday. Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday that four German women who joined Daesh in recent...