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The strategists of terror

At present, IS is the most dangerous terrorist militia in the world. It controls a territory that stretches from north-eastern Syria to western Iraq, including almost all Syrian oil and gas fields. Igal Avidan spoke to Christoph Reuter (correspondent for the German weekly news magazine "Der Spiegel") about the ascent of IS

Time for a new beginning

Christian Churches in Aleppo have welcomed the government troops' victory. But after five years of war, it is important that they abandon the paradigm that the Assad regime is the protector of religious minorities and work tirelessly to overcome the religious divide. By Claudia Mende

Human Rights Watch: Egypt's new approach to fighting dissidents

Over the past year, Egypt's authorities have increasingly resorted to anti-terror and emergency laws as a means of crushing peaceful opposition to the government. Journalists and human rights activists continued to be persecuted, Human Rights Watch said in its latest World Report.

Human Rights Watch: Egypt's war crimes in North Sinai

A recently published Human Rights Watch report based on two years of investigation documents crimes including mass arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings and possibly unlawful air and ground attacks against civilians in the North Sinai.

Reporters Without Borders: 2020 World Press Freedom Index

This year's World Press Freedom Index demonstrates the great personal risk journalists are exposed to in many countries around the world. Added to the expected dangers of reporting from dictatorships and increasingly brazen authoritarian regimes, countries with democratically elected presidents are also presenting increasing problems.

Film series: Iran Through Different Lenses

Video: The Last Place - Sherko Fatah’s new novel

Video: Muslims in Britain fight extremism

Young British Muslims are appearing in videos where they demonstrate their opposition to IS and send out the clear message that IS does not represent them or their values. The videos are hugely popular on the Internet. However, several Muslim groups have criticised the campaign, arguing that Muslims aren't responsible for the actions of extremists and shouldn't have to publicly distance themselves from extremists.

Photo gallery: Unwelcome images of life in Tehran

SWP: Libya’s conflicts enter a dangerous new phase

Wolfram Lacher argues that the UN’s ongoing attempts at brokering a political solution in Libya are being undermined by the recent advances made by Khalifa Haftar’s “Libyan Arab Armed Forces” in the south of the country.