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Mass Grave with 18 Bodies Found in Libya

Libyan authorities on Sunday said they have found 18 bodies buried in a mass grave in a former ISIS stronghold along the country’s coast. The Missing Persons Authority said in a statement the bodies were unearthed in the Sabaa area of Sirte, a city in central Libya. The bodies were…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 1, 2023

ISIS Claims Attack on Egypt Police that Killed 4

The ISIS militant group claimed responsibility for a militant attack on a police checkpoint in Egypt’s Suez Canal city of Ismailia that killed at least four people, including three police. The extremist group claimed the attack in a statement late Saturday carried by its Amaq news agency. The attack took…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 1, 2023

Sick Brit stuck in Syria camp as brother pleads for her to be allowed back to UK

A British man has spoken to the press for the first time about his family's pleas to repatriate his sister and nephew back to the UK from a detention camp in Syria

Daily Mirror · Dec 30, 2022

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Attack Kills 10 in Syria, Kurdish Forces Arrest 52 Militants

A militant rocket attack in eastern Syria on Friday targeted a bus with oil industry employees, killing at least 10, the government said. To the north, Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced they arrested 52 militants in an operation against ISIS sleeper cells. According to Syria’s petroleum ministry, the rocket struck in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 30, 2022

Syrian Regime Warplane Crashes in Aleppo Countryside

A Syrian regime warplane crashed in the northern countryside of Aleppo on Thursday, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported. “During a routine training, a jet of the Syrian Arab Air Force crashed near the Kuweires Military Aviation Institute, the main training facility of the air force, as a result of a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 30, 2022

U.S. says nearly 700 ISIS operatives killed in Syria and Iraq this year

"No U.S. forces were injured or killed in these operations," CENTCOM said.

Axios · Dec 30, 2022

Nearly 700 Islamic State operatives killed in 2022, US says

WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces and their allies in Iraq and Syria killed almost 700 Islamic State operatives, including several of the organization’s leaders, in 2022, according to the US Central Command.

Tribune News Service · Dec 30, 2022

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Is the terrorism threat over?

Eight years after raising the national terrorism threat level, Australia recently lowered it again – from mid-range (probable) to low-range (possible).

The Conversation · Dec 29, 2022

Syria's Kurds Launch Offensive against ISIS Militants

Syrian Kurdish-led forces said Thursday they had launched an offensive against ISIS group fighters, days after jihadist gunmen launched a deadly prison attack. Six Kurdish fighters were killed Monday when ISIS militants attacked a complex in Raqa, the extremist group's former de facto capital in Syria, in a bid to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 29, 2022

The Supreme Court Weighs the Future of Section 230

The famous internet law is headed for the High Court.

Reason · Dec 29, 2022

Syria's Kurdish-led Forces 'on Alert' for ISIS Attacks, Says Official

Syrian Kurdish-led forces boosted security Tuesday a day after foiling a deadly ISIS group assault on a prison fearing that the extremists will strike again, a spokesman said. Authorities on Monday declared a state of emergency in Raqa, the extremists’ former de facto capital in northern Syria, after gunmen launched…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 27, 2022

Head Of US Military’s Middle East Activities Sounds Off On Iranian Drone Threat

CENTCOM commander Erik Kurilla discusses race for new tech to counter Iran’s drones, lauds Israel’s inclusion in partnerships.

Zenger · Dec 27, 2022

Kurdish Forces: Deadly ISIS Assault Targeting Syria Prison 'Thwarted'

ISIS militants in northern Syria launched a failed attack targeting a prison holding fellow extremists in a clash that killed six Kurdish fighters, local authorities and a war monitor said. The Kurdish fighters were killed in the assault on a security complex near a prison with ISIS inmates in Raqqa,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 26, 2022

Damascus is Drowned, ‘Painful’ Offers Await Decision

Damascus is mired in its suffocating economic crisis. Syria is expelling its people and is divided into three “states” separated by border-like lines, where militias, organizations, extremists and warring foreign armies coming from major and regional countries abound. Contradictory offers and different conditions are put forward to start a long…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 24, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 22, 2022

Explosion in Northern Iraq Kills Two Soldiers, Injures Three

Two soldiers were killed and three were injured in an explosion in northern Iraq, Iraqi state news said Thursday. The soldiers were traveling in an army vehicle a day earlier in the Makhmour district when an explosive device detonated, the state Iraqi News Agency reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 21, 2022

Children ‘Trapped’ in Syria Camps at Risk, Warns Aid Group

About 7,000 children of suspected foreign extremists housed in overcrowded detention camps in northeast Syria are at risk of attack and must be repatriated, an aid organization warned Wednesday. Since the ISIS group's 2019 territorial defeat in Syria, around 56,000 relatives of defeated extremists have been detained in the Kurdish-controlled…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 21, 2022

Yemen’s Al-Alimi Reiterates Demand for Int’l Designation of Houthis as Terrorist

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi reiterated on Tuesday his country’s demands for the international community to designate the Iran-backed Houthi militias as terrorist. Al-Alimi received in Riyadh a delegation of the European Parliament headed by the Chair of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, David McAllister.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 21, 2022

US Army Captures 6 ISIS Members in East Syria

US forces have conducted three raids in eastern Syria and arrested six ISIS militants, US Central Command said Tuesday. “Over the past 48 hours, US Central Command forces conducted three helicopter raids in eastern Syria,” CENTCOM said in a statement. Six ISIS operatives have been arrested, it added, including a…

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 20, 2022

Libyan Court Sentences 17 Former ISIS Members to Death

Tripoli's Criminal Court on Monday sentenced to death 17 suspects convicted on charges of joining ISIS and participating in the killing of 53 people in the western city of Sabratha, a statement from the country’s top prosecutor said on Monday. The death sentences were given out to those convicted of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 19, 2022

In Joint Raid, Kurdish Forces Seize ISIS Militant in Syria

A Kurdish-led group in Syria said Monday that its fighters alongside US forces have arrested a wanted militant with the ISIS group that continues to stage attacks in the region. There are some 900 US troops in Syria supporting Kurdish-led forces in the fight against the militant group. The Syrian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 18, 2022

Saudi Arabia Condemns Terrorist Attack against Iraqi Forces

Saudi Arabia strongly condemned on Sunday the terrorist attack that targeted Iraqi police forces in Kirkuk. The Foreign Ministry said the Kingdom slams the attack in the strongest terms, adding that it rejects all forms of violence and terrorism. It reiterated Saudi Arabia’s support to all efforts aimed at eliminating…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 18, 2022

ISIS Gunmen Kill Nine Iraqi Police Officers in Kirkuk

ISIS fighters said Sunday they had carried out an attack in northern Iraq killing nine police officers, setting off a roadside bomb before machine-gunning survivors. The attack in the Kirkuk area -- which police said left nine federal officers dead -- is one of the deadliest in Iraq in recent…

AAP · Dec 16, 2022

ISIS supporter to be watched in community

A Sydney man who planned on fighting for ISIS in Syria will be carefully monitored for two years after being released from prison.

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

Kabul hotel attack: 3 killed and others injured as ISIS storm building in 'bomb vests'

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, saying its regional affiliate, ISIS-K, targeted Chinese nationals as well as Taliban members

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 13, 2022

5 Chinese Nationals Wounded in Kabul Hotel Attack

Five Chinese nationals were wounded in an attack on a hotel in central Kabul on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. The attack, claimed by ISIS, prompted China to lodge representations with Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration, Wang told a regular news briefing.

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