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Life under ISIS rule is worse than we ever imagined, and some fighters and citizens have had enough

Conflict

ISIS’ self-proclaimed Islamic State is crumbling. With momentum lost and victories in short supply, the terrorist organization has struggled with the most basic responsibilities — like keeping the lights on.

A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds a weapon while another holds a flag in the city of Mosul, shortly after the Islamic State captured the city. The flag reads, "There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

The so-called Islamic State is even worse than you thought

Conflict
Members of the Islamist Syrian rebel group, Jabhat al-Nusra, pose on top a tank in northern Syria earlier this year.

In Syria, the Nusra Front tries to distinguish itself from the Islamic State

Conflict

Iraq threatens to make the Middle East into a vast terrorist training ground

Global Politics
ISIS imposing summary justice. A still from an ISIS video, allegedly showing events in Mosul this week.

The back story of ISIS, the jihadi group that has just seized control of northern Iraq

Conflict & Justice
ISIS imposing summary justice. A still from an ISIS video, allegedly showing events in Mosul this week.

The back story of ISIS, the jihadi group that has just seized control of northern Iraq

Conflict & Justice

The Sunni militant group that has seized most of northern Iraq is called ISIS, or ISIL. Where have they come from? What are their connections to the old al-Qaeda in Iraq?

Fighters from ISIS on a vehicle in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, which the Sunni jihadi group overran on Wednesday, closing in on the biggest oil refinery in the country and making further gains in their rapid military advance against the Shi'ite-led governme

Who are the jihadi extremists storming through Iraq — and what do they want?

Conflict & Justice

The jihadi group called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — also known as ISIS or ISIL — has made stunning military advances against Iraqi government forces. Who is ISIS and what do they want?

Fighters from ISIS on a vehicle in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, which the Sunni jihadi group overran on Wednesday, closing in on the biggest oil refinery in the country and making further gains in their rapid military advance against the Shi'ite-led governme

Who are the jihadi extremists storming through Iraq — and what do they want?

Conflict & Justice

The jihadi group called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — also known as ISIS or ISIL — has made stunning military advances against Iraqi government forces. Who is ISIS and what do they want?

The World

Bloodbath in Baghdad church leaves at least 41 dead

Lifestyle & Belief

Militants believed to be associated with the Islamic State of Iraq, a fundamentalist group associated with Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, attacked the Iraqi stock exchange yesterday then fled to a nearby church. The BBC’s Jim Muir reports live from Baghdad.

Abu Hussein

Why this Syrian man regrets bringing Al-Qaeda fighters into his country

Conflict & Justice

Expectations are pretty low for this week’s Syria peace talks in Geneva. It will the first time that government and opposition representatives actually meet since the civil war began almost three years ago. But a third major player in the conflict will be missing: the Al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel group that controls much of north-east Syria. Most of its fighters are foreign. Here’s the story of one Syrian man who has been forced into exile by the very men he once helped bring into his country.