Iraq

The destructive way terrorists make money

Terrorists make headlines by destroying ancient sites like Palmyra, in Syria. But there’s an even more sinister endgame, as archaeologist and TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak expla...

Why I study groups like ISIS, Hezbollah and Hamas

Watch Benedetta Berti’s TED Talk, “The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power” >> It is virtually impossible to look at the news without being bombarded with graphi...

Need to know: About the Islamic State

In Iraq and Syria, more than a million people have already been displaced by militants from the Islamic State, a dangerous and fast-spreading jihadist group also called IS, ISIS...