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A review of Caliphate – Episode 5

Dolores calls Fatima with very upsetting information. Fatima is afraid that her phone is tapped and tells Dolores they should meet at her place.

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120 killed by suicide bomber at Unity Day parade in Yemen (May 21, 2012)

An AQAP suicide bomber dressed as a soldier killed more than 120, mostly soldiers, and wounded more than 350 at a Unity Day parade in Sana’a in 2012.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 4

Ahmed, the colleague of Husam, is reported missing and Husam believes he has killed Ahmed.

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What will terrorism look like post-COVID?

Terrorists like to have large audiences for their acts – what if we keep ‘social distancing’?

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 3

Fatima tries to convince her chief at the Security Service of the seriousness of the information she has received from Pervin, but is met with complete indifference. What’s going on?

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ISIS terrorists burn alive an entire family in public for trying to escape (May 11, 2016)

ISIS terrorists are known for all kinds of atrocities in Iraq and Syria but how much lower can you get than burning a family with children alive?

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Where is the COVID-19 terrorism spike?

There has not been an appreciable increase in terrorism activity in most nations across the world (there are exceptions). Here is what we know so far.

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ISIS Attack on a Funeral in Abu Ghraib (May 8, 2016)

On this day in 2016, ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber who attacked a funeral tent, killing six people and wounding another 11.

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A review of Caliphate – Episode 2

Fatima is going to help bring Pervin home from Syria, but she has a counter-demand. She asks Pervin to spy on her husband.

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World Media Freedom Day: Terrorism and the media

As we recognise World Media Freedom Day, we must remember those journalists killed by the very terrorist groups they were investigating.