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Runaways from Tunisia Search for an Identity in Jihad
Seddik had told his parents that he would be home at 6:30 PM. They called the police to report their son missing. When the police arrived at a suspect’s house, his family said he had already left to fight in Syria shortly after communicating with...
Meet the Guys Devoted to Shaming Jihadists Online
Their pro-Assad website focuses on exposing alleged Danish Islamists who travel to Syria to fight for the rebel forces. Its authors do this by anonymously posting people's names and pictures.
Malaysia Arrests Suspected Islamic State Militant Recruits Amid Fears of Rising Extremist Support
Governments fear local targets could face attack amid the return of homegrown radicalism in Southeast Asia.
How the Islamic State Became the Juggernaut It Is Today
The region has always been treacherous ground for foreign intervention, but many of the reasons for Western failure to read the situation in the Middle East are recent, and self-inflicted.
The Rise of British Jihadists in Syria
VICE News goes to Syria to follow Amer Deghayes, a young British Muslim who has joined the fight against Bashar al Assad.
The Rise of British Jihadists in Syria
VICE News follow Amer Deghayes – a 20-year-old former student from Brighton – to the frontlines of Syria, where he joins in the "holy war" against President Bashir al-Assad
British Jihadists in Syria
We go to Syria to follow Amer Deghayes, a young British Muslim who has joined the fight against Bashar al-Assad.
The Most Evil Thing I Own
Nothing ups the value of a run-of-the-mill kitchen implement or piece of clothing like someone dying all over it. It's like smearing it with interesting butter. And—as with ghosts—the eviler the person who died on it, the heavier the smear.
The Lebanese Rapper Who Was Mistaken for a Terrorist
In 34 days, there were five suicide-bomb attacks by al Qaeda affiliates active in Lebanon. Checkpoints have sprung up on the roads, unfamiliar cars arouse suspicion, and public buses have started to display signs kindly asking passengers to remove...
The Jihadi Transporter
In 2012, "Abu Hussein the Russian" began escorting foreign mujahideen fighters to Syria to join the war against Bashar al Assad’s regime. He was the jihadists’ transporter, responsible for meeting them at the airport in Istanbul and taking them on the...
How Jihadists Use the Internet
Islamic extremists probably know how to work the web better than you do. But how has that changed in the wake of the revelations of NSA spying? We asked a few experts what the future holds for jihadists and the internet.