foreign fighters
How the World's Safest Country Produced So Many ISIS Fighters
Finland, which last week had its first terror attack, spawns the most foreign ISIS fighters per capita of Muslims.
Islamic State Fighters Had a Baby Who Probably Qualifies for a Canadian Passport
A couple who left Canada to join the caliphate have found love in a hopeless place and while they won't be welcome back home, their kid might be.
VICE News Is Appealing Canadian Court Order That Reporter Hand Over Digital Messages With Alleged IS Fighter
A newly unsealed document provides insight into why Canada's federal police force is demanding a VICE News reporter hand over all communications he had with an alleged Islamic State fighter from Calgary who's wanted on terror charges.
A Day With Jamie Williams: The Australian Who Tried to Fight ISIS
Jamie Williams is the first Australian ever charged under the foreign fighter laws. But he wasn't trying to join ISIS. He was trying to fight against them.
Canadian Cops Arrest An Ontario Student on Suspicion He Intended to Join a Terrorist Group
The 23-year-old Ontario man was arrested on terrorism and weapons charges by Canadian cops on Friday, as Canadian cops try to stem the flow of foreign fighters.
An American Defected From Islamic State and Was Captured By Kurds
Kurdish sources say the US citizen and IS defector mistakenly believed he was at the Turkish border when really he was in Kurdish territory in Iraq.
Another Canadian Has Died Fighting in a Foreign War — This Time, in Libya
Omar Egwilla, the son of a former Canadian imam who reportedly tried to recruit his peers to “take part in jihad,” died in Benghazi on Saturday, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
Another Young Australian Is in Syria and the AFP Wants to Know Why
Last week 19-year-old Oliver Bridgeman's passport was cancelled by the Australian government. Now they want to arrest him.
Canadian Police Are Still Fighting to Seize a VICE News Journalist’s Cellphone Records
Police are trying to bolster a case against a Calgarian who is accused of joining the Islamic State. In the process, they've demanded that a journalist help prove their case.
Russia Detains Seven Suspected Islamic State Militants Planning Attack
The alleged militants were planning attacks on St Petersburg and Moscow, authorities said.
The Number of Foreign Fighters Who Travelled to Syria and Iraq Doubled Since Last Year
About half of the foreign fighters hailed from the Middle East and North Africa. Militants from Tunisia continue to have an outsized presence in Jihadi groups in Iraq and Syria.
What the Deaths of Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar Mean for Australia's Terror Generation
Australia's most notorious ISIL fighters were killed in Syria, but the war for young Muslims is far from over.