A roadside bomb which injured three members of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW) in Mali was probably laid by a child who was paid just €1.50 by Islamic extremists to carry out highly-dangerous task
Thu, 05 Mar, 2020
The brutal ‘reign’ of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of IS, self-proclaimed caliph, and the world’s most wanted man, has ended, write Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein.
Sun, 27 Oct, 2019
Far from being defeated, Islamic State continue to battle on several fronts, write Anne-Marie Slaughter and Asha C Castleberry
Mon, 30 Sep, 2019
The US monitors everyone, apart from Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, so this exception for a militarily ambition nation is a ‘dereliction of duty’, writes Aram Roston
Tue, 27 Aug, 2019
Any hasty foreign-troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to a fiasco similar to the Soviet retreat from the country in the 1980s and would result in chaos, says Amin Saikal
Mon, 26 Aug, 2019
Foreign terrorist fighters have travelled from Ireland to North Africa, the EU police agency says.
Tue, 02 Jul, 2019
I was very interested in your editorial ‘Fundamentalist excluded — Ban on hate preacher is appropriate’ (Irish Examiner, May 14).
Tue, 21 May, 2019
An Algerian man with alleged links to Islamic terrorism has been allowed by the High Court to amend his latest legal challenge against a refusal by the Minister for Justice to revoke a deportation order made against him.
Mon, 28 Jan, 2019
Irish soldiers could be deployed in war-torn Syria before the end of the year, even though the country has become the centre of a new Cold War-era battle between Russia, the US, Britain, France, and their proxy allies.
Sun, 22 Apr, 2018
As hundreds of thousands of the Rohingya Muslim minority flee ethnic conflict in Myanmar, Brahma Chellaney looks at the history of the country’s simmering internal divisions.
Thu, 28 Sep, 2017
Two members of the Defence Forces caught up in a suspected jihadist terror attack in West Africa have been reported safe and unharmed.
Tue, 20 Jun, 2017
An Algerian man who was recently arrested by Gardaí on suspicion of being involved in terrorism is set to be deported after a he lost a case aimed at preventing his removal from the State, writes Ann O'Loughlin.
Mon, 19 Jun, 2017
‘Russian hackers’ are blamed for everything, the latest being breaching Qatar’s news agency, sparking a row with the Saudis. This makes no sense, says Leonid Bershidsky.
Fri, 09 Jun, 2017
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a shoot-out in Australia in which two men died, three police officers were injured and a female hostage was freed.
Mon, 05 Jun, 2017
America’s global re-engagement should be welcomed, but not through a military lens. Diplomacy, not fighting, brings peace, says Carl Bildt.
Tue, 25 Apr, 2017
As China continues to expand its sphere of influence, Brahma Chellaney looks at the steps the US can take to demonstrate its concerns.
Tue, 21 Feb, 2017
Wed, 21 Dec, 2016
There is a long history of the CIA briefing presidents-elect on foreign policy. Donald Trump has rebuffed the agency’s advice. Tim Weiner asks why
Fri, 16 Dec, 2016
Donald Trump’s habit of peddling hype and fabrication emerged unabated in the first presidential debate while Hillary Clinton played it cautiously in her statements, though not without error. They both denied making statements that they are on the record as saying.
Wed, 28 Sep, 2016
Oliver Stone’s film ‘Snowden’ may change US public opinion and garner support to pardon the whistleblower, who performed a public service in the public interest, says James Bamford.
Wed, 21 Sep, 2016
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Tue, 20 Sep, 2016
Tue, 09 Aug, 2016
The European Union is facing an “elevated threat” from Islamic extremists with a trebling in jihadist arrests in the last two years, according to the EU police agency.
Thu, 21 Jul, 2016
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Mon, 11 Jul, 2016
Omar Mateen’s alcohol use and conflicted sexuality are at odds with the terrorists’ religious credo, but losing in Iraq and Syria, it is desperate for a win, say Lori Hinnant and Sarah El Deeb
Thu, 16 Jun, 2016
It’s unlikely that Omar Mateen, who killed 50 people in a nightclub at the weekend, was directly linked to IS. Lack of gun control and mental illness may be factors, says Peter Apps
Tue, 14 Jun, 2016
Frightened people will turn to the national authorities they know and may increasingly see Europe, not as the answer, but as the problem — even the threat, writes John Lloyd
Thu, 24 Mar, 2016
Wed, 23 Mar, 2016
The attacks in Brussels fit into a pattern of a concerted campaign against institutions and activities that the West regards as central to its values and ideals, writes Cormac O’Keeffe
The president of Ivory Coast has said 14 civilians and six armed men were killed after attackers targeted beach-goers and three hotels in the historic resort town of Grand-Bassam.
Mon, 14 Mar, 2016
Wed, 02 Mar, 2016
The Syrian president has assured Russia’s Vladimir Putin of Damascus’ commitment to a Russia-US proposed truce, even as a spokesman for a Saudi-backed alliance of Syrian opposition and rebel factions expressed “major concerns” about the ceasefire, due to begin this week.
Thu, 25 Feb, 2016
Security is to be stepped up in Burkina Faso after al-Qaeda militants in a vehicle from neighbouring Niger killed at least 28 people from 18 different countries in an attack on a hotel and cafe popular with foreigners.
Mon, 18 Jan, 2016
Fri, 15 Jan, 2016
Tue, 05 Jan, 2016
A UN plan to suspend Syria’s nearly five-year-old civil war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire, one of the toughest issues vexing diplomats trying to end the conflict.
Fri, 01 Jan, 2016
Tue, 08 Dec, 2015
Suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital yesterday, firing automatic weapons and seizing more than 100 guests and staff in a hostage-taking incident that left at least 27 people dead.
Sat, 21 Nov, 2015
The Islamic State group is pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments, according to Iraqi and US intelligence officials.
Fri, 20 Nov, 2015
It is the Western powers’ strategy of training, funding, and arming ‘moderate’ jihadists to fight against the ‘radicals’ that is now backfiring with deadly consequences, writes Brahma Chellaney
Thu, 19 Nov, 2015
The costs of failing to defeat Islamic State are rising to intolerable levels, both in lives tragically lost and dollars destroyed. A look at the numbers available suggests that the consequences of not acting outweigh the risks of a full-blown military boots-on-the-ground conflict.
Wed, 18 Nov, 2015
Islamic State’s crude interpretation of the Quran has seen it try to justify the actions of followers who have raped young girls and sold them into sex. Ken Phelan looks at the mindset that allows it
Wed, 11 Nov, 2015
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are “90% sure” the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb, a member of the investigation team told Reuters yesterday.
Mon, 09 Nov, 2015
Mon, 12 Oct, 2015
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Sun, 11 Oct, 2015
More than 100 Irish troops return home today after a six-month mission in Syria's Golan Heights.
Wed, 07 Oct, 2015
President Bashar al-Assad said a military campaign by Russia, Syria and its allies will decide the fate of the Middle East, and a year of US-led air strikes against Islamic State militants had only helped the spread of terrorism.
Mon, 05 Oct, 2015
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