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## Islamic State


* ![Military operation against Daesh in Iraq](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d77226a08f3d139/698a088d4ee2620bf0316e48/GettyImages-1190719613.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 8, 2020  
## [Why Iraqis Are Worried About an Islamic State Resurgence After Soleimani's Death](https://time.com/5761448/why-iraqis-are-worried-about-an-islamic-state-resurgence-after-soleimanis-death/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![Alleged ISIL leader appears in video footage](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt634699cfd49adf2c/6988dfe086f68e62ab6e69ff/gettyimages-451738080.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 29, 2017  
## [ISIS Releases 'New Audio Recording' of Leader Baghdadi](https://time.com/4962304/isis-baghdadi-audio-recording/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![Memorial for Barcelona terror attack victims](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bed351f8a2c2d8b/6988da3d22fb8524d4e2274a/barcelona-victims-cambrlis-terror-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 18, 2017  
## [These Are the Victims of the Spanish Terrorist Attacks](https://time.com/4906267/victims-spanish-terror-attacks/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rachel Lewis
* ![Aftermath Of The Barcelona Terror Attack](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5658c325d44e000f/6988da3cfb4eac7e888935c6/barcelona-cambrils-terror-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 18, 2017  
## [How the Terrorist Attacks in Spain Unfolded Over a Chaotic 12 Hours](https://time.com/4906208/spain-terrorist-attacks-timeline-barcelona-cambrils/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rachel Lewis
* ![IRAQ-CONFLICT-MOSUL](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt292e4532f00687df/6988d3f1656a3f7d3cbd0a2b/gettyimages-802615224.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2017  
## [Iraqi Prime Minister Says End is Nigh for 'Fake' Islamic State](https://time.com/4839617/mosul-isis-mosque-haider-al-abadi/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jared Malsin  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4e442b9d14f4aac/6988d0208fd2eecfd035759a/hell-on-earth-national-geographic-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 5, 2017  
## ['Hell on Earth': A New Documentary on Syria Traces the Rise of ISIS](https://time.com/4804985/syria-isis-film-sebastian-junger-nick-quested/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz
* ![IRAQ-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53d5e565a0fa054c/6988cfcee76ad2463862db50/170601_baghdad-bombing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 1, 2017  
## [ISIS Is Turning Ramadan Into an Annual Killing Season](https://time.com/4801216/isis-ramadan-killing-season-muslims/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jared Malsin
* ![BRITAIN-SOMALIA-DIPLOMACY-SECURITY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a4b52dee77d0872/6988cf48cf40a8fa1dc47e53/gettyimages-681829942.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 29, 2017  
## [Mattis Says U.S. Using 'Annihilation Tactics' Against ISIS](https://time.com/4797075/james-mattis-islamic-state-annihilation/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Feliz Solomon
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 8, 2017  
## [Leader of ISIS in Afghanistan Killed in Special Forces Raid](https://time.com/4770170/islamic-state-afghan-leader-killed/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![islamic-state-magazine-steers-followers-gun-shows-easy-access-weapons](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6238d62379cbb994/6988cc24bc6cfc0ddc3e1394/islamic-state-magazine-steers-followers-gun-shows-easy-access-weapons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 5, 2017  
## [ISIS Tells Followers It's 'Easy' to Get Firearms From U.S. Gun Shows](https://time.com/4768837/isis-gun-shows-firearms-america/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers  
* ![Civilians walk in Baghdad road to go back to their homes after their neighborhood has been liberated, in southwest Mosul.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77fb710fb1b31bf5/6988c26c0b72e304d46ed4db/mosul-emanuele-satolli-19.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 13, 2017  
## [Inside Mosul: Scenes of the Toll of War in Mosul](https://time.com/4738911/mosul-photography-scenes-toll-of-war/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Photo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80d1f1b056238cf4/6988c28a86f68e7eb96e43ae/christian-families-tanta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 13, 2017  
## ['He Was My Everything': Portraits of Grief After Egypt Church Blasts](https://time.com/4735608/egypt-coptic-christian-church-bombings-portraits/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz
* ![A boy rides his bike past destroyed cars and houses in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces on the western side of Mosul on March 19, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c67c114af14c8f8/6988bf54e20a87c0a2a948bc/mosul-western-section-iraq-isis-boy-bike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 23, 2017  
## [An Unexpected Encounter in Mosul's Ruins](https://time.com/4708800/mosul-iraq-bicycle-boy-photo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz
* ![China Steps Up Security Following Xinjiang Unrest](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd975e31f119d41/6988bc7af887dca77ae99426/gettyimages-452933772.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 1, 2017  
## [Uighur Militants Reportedly Threaten China in ISIS Video](https://time.com/4686836/isis-video-china-uighur/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![The Photographers of Qaraqosh](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21b4248312fd9827/6988b92d196cf4ee3303ec51/alessio-mamo-photographers-of-qaraqosh-05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 8, 2017  
## [The Iraqi Photographers Documenting ISIS's Destruction](https://time.com/4663045/iraqi-photographers-isis/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent

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