World leaders have never had to undergo such levels of pre- and post-conflict scrutiny as they do now.

Julie Lenarz appeared on ZDF's Auslandsjournal and analysed the use of child soldiers by ISIS.

The US and its coalition should look hard as its position in siding with an ally that fears a Kurdish State more than an Islamic one.

Looking into the camera, a baby-faced boy, no older than three years old, holds a teddy bear in left hand and a knife in his right. The child, who is not even old enough to start school, then appears to ...

By voting to create a Joint Investigative Mechanism to bring the Syrian perpetrators to justice, the UN is furthering the enforcement of the “red line” initially established by President Obama.

Last year’s rout of the Iraqi Army in the northern city of Mosul by ISIS represented the nadir of the post-2003 Iraqi state. But if the country’s long-term prospects have brightened noticeably since the dark summer of 2014, its path to that future is still filled with uncertainty.

The present state of international law is insufficient to effectively tackle terrorists.

“For the first time in 1600 years, no Christmas and Easter masses were celebrated in Mosul.”

IS has launched a “considerable recruitment push” focused on women and girls in recent months, according to a comprehensive new report issued Monday by the London-based Human Security Centre (HSC).