Sitting in Syria, and speaking via the internet, “Abu Dujana” told me: “I’m not a big fan of the suicide attack or exploding oneself.” But after giving it careful consideration, the British Muslim convert said he was prepared to be martyred, to kill himself for his cause. He is perhaps in his mid-20s, has been…
The media is playing its part in today’s horror as “Islamic State” showcases its terrorists in magazines, videos and on the Internet to recruit new members. Joseph Croitoru examines how IS strategy has developed and evolved The radio station operated by the terrorist militia “Islamic State”, which has been broadcasting regularly for the past few…
President Francois Hollande of France called on Monday for constitutional amendments to fight potential terrorists at home and for an aggressive effort to “eradicate” the Islamic State abroad. His call to arms — “France is at war,” he said at the opening of his remarks to a joint session of Parliament — came as…
A British teenager who made a graveside pledge to devote herself to the PKK cause has been convicted of intending to join the proscribed Kurdish terrorist organisation to fight Islamic State. Silhan Özçelik, 18, from north London, ran away from home, took a train to Brussels, and left behind letters and a video for her…
Shukee Begum, 33, who went to Syria with her five children to look for her husband, said the experience of living under ISIS’ stronghold was worse than she expected. Her husband, Jamal al-Harith, left Britain 18 months ago to fight with the Islamic State. Begum has described her stay at the ISIS dominated city of Raqqa as “not…
