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  • Houses destroyed in airstrikes in Rafah (on Sunday): Last Hamas-dominated town in the Gaza Strip
    Get out of Gaza

    Exploiting the Palestinians

    In view of the catastrophic situation in Gaza, Palestinians all over the world are trying to get relatives out of the sealed-off enclave. Unscrupulous Egyptian businessmen are cashing in on people's desperation. Qantara.de reports from Cairo

  • Novelist Sherko Fatah
    Sherko Fatah's Great Wish

    A daughter estranged

    In his new novel "Der große Wunsch", award-winning author Sherko Fatah tells the story of a father whose daughter meets a supporter of IS and follows him to the Syrian war zone

  • The Syrian Orthodox Church of St Behnam and Sarah in Karakosh, Iraq
    Christians in Iraq

    The demons of Karakosh

    Christians in Iraq are under massive pressure. With the burning of a Koran by Christian Iraqi Salwan Momika in Sweden, the nationwide ban on alcohol, as well as the tragic fire at a recent wedding reception, life isn't getting any easier for them

  • In their battle against the Islamic State's Afghan cell, the Taliban have appropriated the tactics of their former enemy:  the Afghan government and its U.S. backers. They, however, are more likely to receive support from regional actors.
    Afghanistan

    The Taliban’s "War on Terror"

    In their battle against the Islamic State's Afghan cell, the Taliban have appropriated the tactics of their former enemy: the Afghan government and its U.S. backers. They, however, are more likely to receive support from regional actors. Analysis by Emran Feroz

  • Yazidis in Sinjar, Iraq

    The deep scars left by IS terror

    For centuries, the Yazidis lived in the northern Iraqi region of Sinjar. In 2014, the region was overrun by the so-called "Islamic State", which committed genocide against the Yazidi population. This brutal chapter in Yazidi history has left deep and lasting scars. To this day, the community in Sinjar is still picking up the pieces. By Birgit Svensson

  • When the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan just under two years ago, analysts warned that their return would also mean a return of the threat posed to neighbouring Pakistan by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a Taliban offshoot.
    Resurgence of Pakistan's Taliban

    Terror returns with the TTP

    When the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan just under two years ago, analysts warned that their return would also mean a return of the threat posed to neighbouring Pakistan by offshoot Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). By Mohammad Luqman

  • 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

  • Sufis today are under attack from fundamentalists and modernists alike. At the same time, a new form of Sufism is emerging in the West.
    The future of Islamic mysticism

    Is Sufism under threat?

    Sufis today are under attack from fundamentalists and modernists alike. At the same time, a new form of Sufism is emerging in the West. By Marian Brehmer

  • Iraq's art and literature scene

    Culture boom in Baghdad

    Frustrated with their politicians, young Iraqis are turning their backs on politics and throwing themselves into cultural life. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad

  • Turkish fighter jets have been flying attacks against Kurdish positions in northern Iraq and northern Syria for days.
    Turkey, Iran – and Iraq's Kurds

    Days of reckoning

    The Kurds are under attack from two sides: from Turkey, and from Iran. The situation in their territories in northern Iraq is becoming increasingly desperate. Birgit Svensson reports from Erbil

  • Antoine Leiris lost his wife in the Islamist terrorist attack on the Bataclan club in Paris. German director Kilian Riedhof has made a film of his book " You will not have my hate".
    Paris Bataclan attack, 7 years on

    You will not have my hate

    Antoine Leiris lost his wife in the Islamist terrorist attack on the Bataclan club in Paris. German director Kilian Riedhof has made a film of his book "You will not have my hate". By Philipp Jedicke

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