Could fighting in northern Mozambique destabilise the region?

ISIL-linked fighters have taken control of a port near major gas projects.

Government forces in Mozambique are fighting to regain control of a remote area in the north.

Soldiers are trying to push back ISIL-linked fighters in Cabo Delgado province, a resource-rich region that has faced years of conflict.

The fighters have taken control of the port of Mocimboa da Praia, near offshore gas projects worth $60bn.

Sri Lanka’s New War | 101 East

101 East investigates what led to Sri Lanka’s Easter attacks and whether they could have been prevented.

Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday attacks have exposed a new divide in the island nation.

A local ISIL-inspired Muslim group carried out the coordinated suicide bombings, killing 253 people at churches and luxury hotels.

It shocked Sri Lankans because faith was never a factor in the country’s brutal 26-year civil conflict that ended in 2009.

But in the past decade, religious minorities – including Christians and Muslims – have been subjected to riots and discrimination.

Security analysts say a rise in more conservative teachings, values and behaviour by some Muslims has made parts of the community susceptible to radicalisation.

Video evidence: The return of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The video showing the ISIL leader that sparked a thousand headlines. Plus, journalism gets the reality TV treatment.

The return of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

It was a long time between on-camera appearances. The world's most wanted man, ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has surfaced for the first time since 2014.

The last time the world saw him, al-Baghdadi was triumphant, crowing over the territory the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group had captured in Syria and Iraq.

His forces have since been routed and thousands of fighters are either locked up, on the run, or dead.

ISIL's media output has always been central to the movement, however, as times have changed for ISIL, its output and its media messaging have changed.

Iraq: A Deadly Deception

An inside look at how world leaders and the American public were duped into a war that cost thousands of lives.

On the evening of 9/11, George W Bush made a vow to the American public - that he would defeat terrorism.

Unknown to those listening in shock to the presidential address, the president and his advisers had already begun planning their trajectory into an invasion of Iraq. It was packaged as "holding responsible the states who support terrorism" by Richard Perle, a Pentagon adviser between 2001 and 2003.

"I believe it represented a recognition that we would never succeed against the terrorists if we went after them one at a time and as long as governments were facilitating the organisation, training, equipping of, financing of terrorist organisations, we were never going to get it under control," says Perle.

Has ISIL been defeated in Syria?

President Donald Trump announces the total withdrawal of US troops from Syria and a victory over ISIL in the country.

US President Donald Trump defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group has been defeated.

His tweets surprised just about everyone, both at home and abroad.

France has warned that ISIL has not been wiped off the map.

And rebel groups fighting ISIL said a United States pullout could destabilise the region.

What happened to ISIL? An UpFront special

We discuss the group's past, present, and future.

Four years after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) seized large areas in Iraq and Syria, it appears the group has been defeated militarily, and has now lost 99 percent of the territory it once controlled.

According to a University of Maryland study, 2017 was the third consecutive year in which the number of "terrorist" attacks around the world went down.

In this special UpFront discussion, we look at the current status of ISIL, why the media have generally decreased its reporting on it, and whether the group still poses a risk.

How big a threat is ISIL to the Syrian government?

ISIL fighters killed over 240 people on Wednesday, raising the question how much ISIL threatens the Syrian government.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) fighters have carried out their deadliest attacks for months in southern Syria.

Suicide bombers targeted a vegetable market, a hospital and a public square in the government-held city of al-Sweida on Wednesday.

Other fighters raided nearby towns and villages.

Dozens were killed, including pro-government fighters. Some activists and doctors say the number of fatalities is at least 240.