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  • Protesters waving flags and banners
    Islamists in Idlib

    Syrian protesters rise up against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

    Opponents of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad seeking refuge in Idlib are now protesting against local Islamist hardliners Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The group is accused of becoming increasingly dictatorial

  • Three Israeli soldiers, armed and in fatigues, walk through rubble in the Gaza Strip
    Israel's goal in Gaza

    Can Hamas really be completely 'eliminated'?

    The short answer, military analysts say, is "no". The long answer is more complex. Israel's campaign may degrade the group's capabilities, but defeating its ideology is likely impossible without a political solution

  • A raging mob burned down two churches and several Christian homes after claims of blasphemy spread through the community.
    Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

    Who are the Pakistani Islamists vowing 'death to blasphemers'?

    An outlawed Islamist political party with the main objective of protecting Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws and punishing blasphemers has been linked to violence against Christians and the burning of several churches

  • As Sweden grapples with the diplomatic fallout of a series of Koran burnings, radicals on all sides are rubbing their hands and exploiting the moment.
    Sweden Koran burnings

    Playing to the radicals

    As Sweden grapples with the diplomatic fallout of a series of Koran burnings, radicals on all sides are rubbing their hands and exploiting the moment. Birgit Svensson travelled from Baghdad to Stockholm to get the full picture

  • It was an Iraqi with Christian roots – Salwan Momeka – who staged the burning of the Koran in Stockholm last week. In doing so, he aimed to get even with his countrymen.
    Koran-burning in Sweden

    The Iraqi Christian turned radical

    It was an Iraqi with Christian roots – Salwan Momeka – who staged the burning of the Koran in Stockholm last week. In doing so, he wanted to get even with his countrymen. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad

  • Locals on the Tunisian holiday island of Djerba, where a gunman killed five people last week during a Jewish pilgrimage, are asking why – and what happens next.
    Synagogue shooting in Tunisia

    What next for Djerba?

    Jews on the Tunisian holiday island of Djerba, where a gunman killed five people last week during a Jewish pilgrimage, are asking why – and what happens next. By Cathrin Schaer and Tarak Guizani

  • 20 years after U.S. invasion

    Young Iraqis see signs of hope

    On the banks of the Tigris River one recent evening, young Iraqi men and women in jeans and sneakers danced with joyous abandon to a local rap star as a vermillion sun set behind them. It’s a world away from the terror that followed the U.S. invasion 20 years ago

  • Years after the offensive against Islamic State, parts of Mosul are still in ruins. But there is hope.
    Reconstruction of Mosul in Iraq

    "The city will be stronger in future"

    The fortunes of the city of Mosul are an illustration of Iraq’s long and arduous path out of destruction and back to regular life: years after the offensive against Islamic State, parts of the city are still in ruins. But there is hope. By Karin A. Wenger (text) and Philipp Breu (photos)

  • It is 20 years since the U.S. began its invasion of Iraq. In his essay, Karim El-Gawhary describes how the supposed victor at the time became the loser.
    20 years Iraq War

    Farewell to the old world order

    It is 20 years since the USA began its invasion of Iraq. Alongside the countless dead Iraqis and U.S. soldiers, it was the West’s credibility in the Arab world that would fall victim to this war. As Karim El-Gawhary argues, this loss is still having consequences two decades later

  • 20 years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq is only just beginning to recover from the aftermath.
    20 years after the U.S. invasion

    Iraq's wounds are slow to heal

    20 years after the U.S. invasion, the country between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers is only just beginning to recover from the aftermath. But the road is paved with obstacles. Birgit Svensson reports from Iraq

  • 20 years after Saddam's fall

    Iraq still haunted by missing persons

    When he first heard that U.S. troops had toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraqi engineer Hazem Mohammed thought he would finally be able to find his brother, who had been shot dead and dumped in a mass grave after a failed uprising against Saddam's rule in 1991

  • Will they, won't they? This evening's semi between Morocco and France will decide whether the Arab world's World Cup fairytale will see Morocco facing Argentina in the final.
    Arab world on tenterhooks

    World Cup semi-final – "We are all Moroccans"

    Morocco has taken the 2022 World Cup by storm, with the northwest Africans reaching the semi-finals for the first time in their soccer history. As the knockout match approaches, Birgit Svensson's public viewing report from Baghdad throws a different light on Morocco's recent victories in Qatar

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