ISIS

Should the U.S. retaliate after the latest deadly airstrike in Syria?

• By Jared Keller

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An Iraqi man walks past a prosthetic leg in a residential area in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, on March 13th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Haji Ali, Iraq: A view of the village—which has been ravaged by battles against ISIS—through one of its destroyed buildings.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An expert on the region makes five predictions about what's in store for the area in the next year.

• By James L. Gelvin

A series of attacks against U.S. and Russian backed forces in recent days suggests that ISIS is still very much a threat.

• By Hashem Osseiran

Chechen military involvement in the fight against ISIS is unprecedented.

• By Neil Hauer

The terrorist attack on a mosque in Egypt was potentially motivated by extremist groups viewing Sufi religious practices as a threat to their intolerant worldview.

• By Peter Gottschalk

First Washington went after the nuclear deal, now it wants Iran-backed defenses against ISIS out of Iraq.

• By Massoud Hayoun

Protesters hold placards during the annual Ashura march in Marble Arch on October 1st, 2017, in London, England.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

How many civilian casualties is the U.S. willing to face in order to accomplish its goal of defeating ISIS?

• By Jared Keller

A new study shows that terrorists judge morality based solely on outcomes.

• By Kate Wheeling

President Trump approved the plan, designed to reclaim a Syrian city from ISIS.

• By Morgan Baskin

Discrimination and isolation can send troubled immigrants on a search for personal significance, which can lead them to radical groups.

• By Tom Jacobs

Coordinated bombings in Brussels may have been in the works for some time, aided by an underworld where crime and extremism blur together.

• By Sebastian Rotella

An expert weighs in on the Islamic State's cycle of violence.

• By Kate Wheeling

Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are playing right into ISIS's hands.

• By Jared Keller

The president made non-proliferation a centerpiece of his administration. What happened?

• By Jared Keller

Saudi Arabia's execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr demonstrates that Riyadh is able to act with growing impunity in the Middle East. It also signals a potentially dangerous shift in American-Saudi relations.

• By Cameron Hood

Five years on, researchers weigh in on how we got from Tunisia and the Arab Spring to where we are now.

• By John Wihbey

After Paris, Colorado Springs, and San Bernardino, can the American public come to grips with the skewed nature of our fear of terrorism?

• By Jared Keller

A new paper identifies the Westerners finding their way to Iraq and Syria—and how great a threat they pose, and what should be done to stop them.

• By Devan Kreisberg

It would appear so, going by current research.

• By Madeleine Thomas

In committing to an expanded front against ISIS, France risks having the most to lose, while Russia has the most to gain.

• By Cameron Hood