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Byline: Rukmini Callimachi The Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was able to hide out in an unlikely part of Syria, the base of a rival group, because he was [...]

Editors' Note: After this article was published, questions were raised about the authenticity of the documents upon which it was based. The Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was able [...]

HASAKA, Syria -- More than four years ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation appealed to the public to help identify the narrator in one of the Islamic State's best-known videos, [...]

DAKAR, Senegal -- When terrorists in Africa delivered two devastating attacks last month, they invoked a battle cry seldom heard in recent militant activity on the continent: the Palestinian cause.The [...]

Byline: RUKMINI CALLIMACHI In the weeks before they carried out an attack in the Spanish city of Barcelona last summer, a cell of jihadists inspired by the Islamic State traveled [...]

Byline: RUKMINI CALLIMACHI The first to be killed was a jogger, gunned down last September during his daily run in the leafy diplomatic quarter of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. He was [...]

Byline: JIM YARDLEY, RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and SCOTT SHANE The identification of Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui as suicide bombers in the deadly Brussels attacks is confronting investigators and counterterrorism experts with [...]

Byline: RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, KATRIN BENNHOLD and LAURE FOURQUET PARIS -- The gunfire had still not subsided, and those who could were running for their lives. But one man was crossing [...]

The article discusses the militant group Islamic State (ISIS) and their support and training of recruits worldwide in order to carry out enabled or remote-controlled terrorist attacks. Topics include the use of social media by ISIS to lure recruits with videos of life inside the caliphate and of brutal executions, recruiters' efforts to convince recruits that going to Syria was a spiritual journey, and recruiters' use of the encrypted messaging application Telegram to communicate with recruits.

The article discusses the personal background of Chérif Kouachi, who along with his brother, Saïd Kouachi, committed a terrorist attack on the offices of the French satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris, France. Topics addressed include Chérif Kouachi's training by the Al Qaeda in Yemen terrorist organization, as well as his criminal background, his Islamic views, and the process of his radicalization as a jihadist.

The article focuses on a scrutiny of the terrorist leanings of Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspect accused of carrying out bombings in New York and New Jersey on September 16/17, 2016. Topics include investigations by U.S. federal officials of the travel history of Rahami to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey. Analysis of writings in Rahami's notebook which mentions Al Qaeda's propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki and comments by Islamic State's senior strategist Abu Muhammad al-Adnani are offered.

The article discusses how the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group's secret service branch built a global network of potential killers by encouraging foreign-born fighters such as Harry Sarfo to leave Syria and move back home in order to carry-out terror attacks in places such as Germany and Europe, and it mentions the experiences of German terror suspect Harry Sarfo. Senior operative Abu Muhammad al-Adnani is addressed, along with ISIS' goal of exporting terrorism around the world.

The article reports that terrorists controlled a huge stretch of territory in Iraq and Syria and mentions views of Seth G. Jones, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on guerrilla strategy.

The article reports that nine people were killed and 21 were wounded in a shooting rampage at the Olympia Shopping Center in Munich, Germany on July 22, 2016. Topics covered include the identification of the killer, the link of the attack with Islamic extremists, and the police authorities' response to the act. The accounts of the incident from eyewitnesses including Miriam Arlt and her roommate are also mentioned.

The article focuses on the terrorist attacks that took place at the Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek Metro Station in Brussels, Belgium, on March 22, 2016. The authors explain that brothers Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui partook in the attack as suicide bombers, examine the radicalization that seems to take place between siblings involved in terrorist organizations, and explores how they were connected to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015.

The article reports that Ibraheem Musaibli and Samantha Elhassani, two Americans who believed to have ties to the Islamic State (ISIS), were captured by Syrian forces and plans to bring them to the U.S. for prosecution.

The article discusses the cases of Islamic terrorists, who were caught alive by security personnel in the U.S. and Europe, and the response of the Islamic State terrorist organization to these attacks. Topics of the article include terrorists such as the 2016 bomber, Ahmed Khan Rahimi and the 2017 ramming attacker in Manhattan.

The article reports that according to senior administration officials, senior terrorist leader in Syria is killed by the U.S. Special Operations commandos while a person close to President Donald Trump said that the target of the raid was believed to be leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al Baghdad.

The article reports on attacks on Muslims in London, England, after Islamist terrorists carried out two attacks in the city and another in Manchester since April 2017. On June 19, a white British man rammed a rental van into a congregation of Muslims leaving prayers during Ramadan, which killed one person and injured 10 others.

The article discusses the fatal shooting of the Tunisian suspected terrorist Anis Amri near Milan, Italy on December 23, 2016 after Italian police officer asked for his identification card, commenting on his role in the December 2016 attack on a Berlin, Germany Christmas market. An overview of Amri's radicalization process,including his allegation to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is provided.

The article reports on the arrest of a man named Omar Ameen, who is a member of the terrorist organiation, Islamic State, by federal authorities in California in 2018.

The article reports on the gunman identified as Radouane Lakdim who killed three people and hold hostages at a supermarket in Trèbes, southwest France on March 23, 2018.

The article discusses debate over the alleged role of terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Yemen (the Arabian Peninsula or AQAP) in organizing a terrorist attack on the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris, France. Topics addressed include suspects Chérif Kouachi and Saïd Kouachi's ties to the organization prior to the attack, as well as a formal statement by AQAP claiming responsibility for the attack.

The article discusses a failure of French intelligence and security forces to prevent a terrorist attack on the offices of the "Charlie Hebdo" satirical newspaper and a Jewish supermarket in Paris, France. Topics addressed include suspects Saïd Kouachi's and Chérif Kouachi's ties to the Al Qaeda in Yemen Islamic (in the Arabian Peninsula) extremist organization, the suspects' reputations among neighbors and acquaintances, and suspect Amedy Coulibaly.

The article reports that Khurum Shazad Butt, one of the three terrorists who attacked people at London Bridge and Borough Market in London, England, was said to have been known to the police and was friendly with his neighbors at Elizabeth Fry Apartments.

The article reports on the announcement by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) on August 30, 2016 of the death of its senior strategist Abu Muhammad al-Adnani in northern Syria. Topics covered include the confirmation by Pentagon that an American precision strike near Al Bab, Syria had targeted Adnani, the role of Adnani as an operational leader and the impact of Adnani's death on the group.

The article reports on killing of university students Maren Ueland and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen in Atlas Mountain which is considered the killings as terrorist act and mentions that the suspects had filmed them self pledging allegiance to Islamic State.

The article discusses the public release of the identity of Mohammed Emwazi, a member of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist organization who has been filmed executing prisoners and was referred to as Jihadi John by the press. Topics addressed include Emwazi's background living in West London after moving from Kuwait as a 6-year-old, as well as British intelligence agencies' awareness of Emwazi as a potential terrorist as early as 2009.

The article discusses the French government's decision to deploy military personnel and police officers to guard certain sites in France after terrorist attacks on the office of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" and a Jewish supermarket in Paris, France. Topics addressed include concerns within France about future attacks by Islamist militants, as well as the views of French defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.