Islamic State conflict

Top Stories

How will the battle for Mosul unfold?

Mosul humanitarian crisis looms

The UN prepares for the exodus of as many as 1.5 million civilians from IS stronghold

15 October 2016
From the section Middle East

Islamic State group: The full story

Five years after the Syrian civil war began, how did IS become a byword for terror?

20 June 2016
From the section Middle East

Background

Struggle in maps

Shape of the battle against Islamic State

28 April 2017
From the section Middle East

Is IS finished?

Do losses spell the end for so-called Islamic State?

5 October 2016
From the section Middle East

Who is the head of IS?

How Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi came to lead militant group

8 March 2016
From the section Middle East

Watch/Listen

Inside secret camp where IS defectors go

12 October 2016
From the section Middle East

Mosul 'feels like living in a prison'

22 September 2016
From the section Middle East

The Iraqi town where IS were driven out

14 September 2016
From the section Middle East

Punishment rules found in IS school

18 July 2016
From the section Middle East

Iraqi 'victory' flag is raised in Falluja

27 June 2016
From the section Middle East

How IS arose

9 March 2016
From the section Middle East

'How I escaped from Islamic State'

29 February 2016
From the section Middle East

Features and Analysis

Smuggled diary of life under IS

22 September 2016
From the section Middle East

What is the lure for young Europeans?

8 March 2016
From the section Middle East

Inside Mosul

9 June 2015
From the section Middle East

A Raqqa diary

5 March 2016
From the section Magazine

The struggle to stay rich

8 March 2016
From the section Middle East

An invincible force?

8 March 2016
From the section Middle East

Watch/Listen

Inside secret camp where IS defectors go

12 October 2016
From the section Middle East

Mosul 'feels like living in a prison'

22 September 2016
From the section Middle East

The Iraqi town where IS were driven out

14 September 2016
From the section Middle East

Punishment rules found in IS school

18 July 2016
From the section Middle East

Iraqi 'victory' flag is raised in Falluja

27 June 2016
From the section Middle East

How IS arose

9 March 2016
From the section Middle East

'How I escaped from Islamic State'

29 February 2016
From the section Middle East