ISIS

Earlier this year, as the world turned its attention to Putin, scores of suspected ISIS militants escaped a prison in Syria during a sophisticated breakout.

Indonesian fishermen, lured by higher paychecks and steady work, are leaving poorer fishing villages for Malaysia, and are sailing right into the jaws of Abu Sayyaf, a feared terrorist group.

It could also really hurt the American position with its allies in the region.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched airstrikes on Kurdish outposts and sent troops into northern Syria on Wednesday after President Trump pulled U.S. troops from the region, abandoning a key U.S. ally in the fight against ISIS.

In Iraq, Suroosh speaks to the soldiers on the frontline of the fight against ISIS and experiences the violence of the conflict firsthand.

Suroosh tracks the origins of the Islamic State from an American prison camp in Iraq and a 1400 year old religious prophecy.

VICE News traveled to Niger to see what troops are up against – and gained rare access to the new U.S. drone base.

The battle is almost over, but for now ISIS fighters are still clinging to their last tiny piece of territory.

In Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, VICE meets some of Syria’s “Lost Generation” of young people who have grown up in the shadow of the brutal seven year war.

In President Trump’s first year as commander-in-chief, U.S. military activity intensified in nearly every theater of war he inherited, a VICE News review of publicly available information on military operations shows.

What we know about the U.S.’ shadow war across Africa

VICE News examines the aftermath of the 5 month siege of Marawi.