Zones of anarchy: Inside the chaos and depravity of Libya’s long civil war
While there is relative calm in Tripoli, in Benghazi a tumultuous and bloody reordering is taking place.
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Quentin Sommerville
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The young Iraqis fighting for a modern, independent nation
For decades the country has been brutalised by dictatorship, war, corruption and unemployment. Now Iraq’s young people are risking…
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Five years a slave of Islamic State
Six thousand Yazidis were enslaved by IS and many of them were murdered. One family was devastated by the…
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The caliphate crumbles: the last days of Islamic State
IS has been reduced to a small encampment in Baghouz – a tent city where hundreds of fighters and 2,000…
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Six days in Raqqa: inside the battle for Islamic State’s last major stronghold
Suddenly there was a buzzing overhead, followed by two loud explosions. It was an IS drone, dropping grenades.
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Tearing down the “caliphate“: on the frontline against Islamic State in Mosul
Truck bombs and drone warfare in the fight to take back Iraq’s second city from Islamic State.
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Fight to the death in Mosul
The street-by-street battle against Islamic State for control of Iraq’s second city.
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Into the terror zone: how Isis has gained support in Syria, Iraq and Libya
As the roots of Isis grow deeper, support for the group is increasing.
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