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Charlie Winter

Charlie is a Middle East researcher at the Quilliam Foundation, a London-based counter extremism think tank

Fighters from Isis parading in Raqqa, northern Syria, where the ‘Islamic State’ has its capital; Iranian-backed Shia militia are already fighting the group on the ground in Iran

Heartlessness towards refugees is the lifeblood of Isis

Journalists raise their press cards as others hold up pens during a gathering at the Place de la Republique, following the terrorist attack on the offices of the satirical weekly, 'Charlie Hebdo'

Charlie Hebdo: Assuming the attack is Isis-inspired helps no one apart

Authorities in Iraq were tonight investigating claims that the Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been 'critically injured' in US-led air strikes, prompting speculation of his death

Isis in Iraq: What would happen if al-Baghdadi really was killed in an

An unidentified man approaches New York City police officers with a hatchet

We cannot just focus on challenging the violent extremists in society

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc.

America's bombs are only making Isis stronger, and al-Qaeda has just

A pro-Isis leaflet handed out on Oxford Street on Tuesday

Isis supporters are on the streets of London — but the media needs

Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces take their positions during clashes with the al-Qa'ida-linked Isis

Western intervention in Iraq would be a gift to Isis