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Some former Islamic State fighters, like this captive Abdel Rahman in Kirkuk, say if they hadn't agreed to join ISIS they would have been killed.

Sitting across from ‘the Ghost of ISIS’

March 29, 2017Conflict

Abu Islam al-Iraqi, a former ISIS commander who ran clandestine cells of suicide bombers in the Iraqi town of Kirkuk has had some time to think about what he’s done. Author Robin Wright says he has few regrets.

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.

The ‘ultra-violent death cult’ at the heart of ISIS

February 4, 2015Conflict

Satellite image showing the extent of damage in Doron Baga taken on January 7, 2015, following an attack by Boko Haram.

Satellite images offer ‘vivid’ evidence of Boko Haram devastation

January 15, 2015Conflict