In recent years, the agenda of Albanian media has seen an increasing presence of stories, commentary or other informative materials dealing with developments that are related to phenomena such as extremism, radicalism or religious fundamentalism. An increased presence of such content in the mainstream media outlets or in the online media has been noticed particularly after the terrorist
attacks in Paris in January and November 2015, as well as in the course of reporting about high-profile stories or tragic events and developments that are related to the socalled “holy war” of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. At the front of this war, there are also a relatively considerable number of mercenaries from Albania and other areas inhabited by Albanians.