Islamist militants

SYRIA – FRANCE 24’s jihadism expert Wassim Nasr recently travelled to Idlib, the northwestern Syrian province controlled by the armed Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and a desired target for…

Issued on: 07/04/2023 - 14:00 French prosecutors are seeking to try 14 people over the beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist in 2020, a crime that shocked…

Issued on: 06/03/2023 - 13:39 Between 12 and 14 people were killed last week in northern Burkina Faso, a region that has been battered by jihadist insurgents, local…

Issued on: 06/03/2023 - 11:55Modified: 06/03/2023 - 11:59 Four jihadist prisoners escaped the central prison in Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott on Sunday night after an…

Issued on: 23/01/2023 - 19:40 Suspected Allied Democratic Forces fighters have killed at least 23 people in eastern DR Congo, local officials said Monday, in the latest…

Issued on: 20/01/2023 - 22:29 Soldiers rescued a group of 62 women and four babies abducted by suspected jihadists last week in northern Burkina Faso, state television and a…

Issued on: 16/01/2023 - 14:00 Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in Burkina Faso's northern province of Soum on January 12 and 13, the government said in a…

Issued on: 07/01/2023 - 10:10 The UN rights chief called Saturday on the transitional authorities in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso to swiftly and transparently probe the killing…

Issued on: 05/12/2022 - 08:17 Belgium begins proceedings on Monday in its largest ever trial to determine whether 10 men played a part in the Islamist suicide bombings in…

Issued on: 30/10/2022 - 08:23 The number of people killed in an attack on Saturday at a busy intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 100, President Hassan…