This week on Beyond the Headlines, we look into the growing number of European ISIS fighters captured in Syria and ask what should Europe do with them?
France has agreed to allow eleven ISIS fighters to be handed over to Iraq where the penalty for belonging to a terrorist group is death. France is opposed to the death penalty and has campaigned against the ... Show More
Jan 8
Why US action in Venezuela is causing so much anxiety in Middle East
Even though Caracas sits across the ocean, thousands of kilometres from the Middle East, the US attack on Venezuela and capture of its leader Nicolas Maduro has been unsettling. For Venezuelans who felt oppressed by Maduro’s regime, the raid brought the prospect of hope for a bet ... Show More
22m 55s
May 2023
Le jihadisme européen: un phénomène enraciné?
Depuis le 11 septembre 2001, près de 150 attentats islamistes ont été commis en Europe, de Madrid à Paris, de Londres à Berlin, en passant par Bruxelles ou Stockholm. Bilan : quelque 800 morts, près de 5 000 blessés... Depuis l’effondrement de Daech et la perte de son califat aut ... Show More
50 m
Oct 2019
The Life and Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
<p>After a five-year international manhunt, the leader of the Islamic State, who at one point controlled a caliphate the size of Britain, was killed in a raid by elite United States forces in Syria over the weekend.</p><p>Today, we explore the life and death of Abu Bakr al-Baghda ... Show More
27m 53s
Nov 2020
French secularism and the resurgence of terror
<p>Over the last few weeks, Islamist terror attacks in France, and then Austria shook Europe, and the world. In response, the UK has also raised its terror threat level to "severe". But the French President Emmanuel Macron's response to the attacks has sent ripples ... Show More
30m 7s
Aug 2021
Charia, terrorisme, nouveaux équilibres géopolitiques... Les conséquences du retour des talibans à Kaboul
<p>Les conflits et la géopolitique n'attendent pas, <em>Le Monde devant soi</em> non plus. Qui aurait imaginé que les talibans reprendraient le contrôle de l'Afghanistan si vite après le retrait des États-Unis? Il y avait bien des signaux plus ou moins faibles depuis qu ... Show More
32m 7s
Feb 2022
What's Next For ISIS After The Death Of Their Leader
Last Thursday morning, before dawn, U.S. special troops arrived at a house in Syria to capture the ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi alive. Two hours later, he was dead after detonating an explosive that also killed the lives of at least 13 others. The U.S. opted for ... Show More
9m 40s
Aug 2021
What Next: Afghanistan’s Power Vacuum
On Friday, in the midst of the effort to evacuate thousands of people from Kabul, two suicide bombers attacked the Kabul airport, killing about 160 people. A jihadi group ISIS Khorasan, or ISIS-K, claimed responsibility. Who are these extremists? And how do they impact the Taliba ... Show More
23m 14s