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Internet activity, PayPal transfers: UP police lay out their case against Gorakhnath attack suspect

He “wanted to establish Islam’s superiority as endorsed by the terrorist outift ISIS” because he “was influenced by the notion of global jihad” that “those who don’t believe in Islam are idol worshippers or kafirs” and so “should be killed and sent to hell”.

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Verdict Expected for Swiss 'ISIS' Knifewoman

A court is on Monday due to issue a verdict in a trial of a woman accused of slashing two people in the name of ISIS in an upscale shop in normally tranquil Switzerland. Prosecutors have called for the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to be sentenced…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US-Backed Syrian Forces Free Women in 3-Week Raid of ISIS Camp

US-backed Syrian fighters said Saturday they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the ISIS group. Dozens of extremists were detained and weapons were confiscated in the operation at al-Hol camp, which began on Aug.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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US-backed Syrian forces free women in 3-week raid of IS camp

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Beheaded: New Details Emerge From Deadly Mozambique Nun Attack

New details have emerged regarding a deadly attack in Mozambique

Zenger

Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement

The Independent UK

Rights Court Condemns France over Syria Repatriation Refusals

The European Court of Human Rights condemned France Wednesday over its refusal to repatriate two women detained in Syria, where they had travelled with their partners to territory controlled by ISIS. French authorities should promptly re-examine the request by the women's parents to let them return home, the court said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Widow of murdered aid worker David Haines still sees husband 'in daughter's eyes'

Dragana, who is raising the couple's daughter Athea, 12, said the pain is still unbearable on the eighth anniversary of his death.

Daily Record

US General Urges Faster Repatriation of ISIS Families in Syria Camp

The repatriation and reintegration of thousands of families of ISIS militants languishing in a Kurdish-run detention camp in northeast Syria should be speeded up, the top US general in the Middle East said on Monday. General Michael “Erik” Kurilla, who leads US Central Command (CENTCOM), said many of the residents…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italian Nun Killed In An Apparent ISIS Attack In Mozambique

LONDON — An Italian nun was killed yesterday in an apparent ISIS-affiliated terrorist attack in the Mozambique city of Chipene. Gunmen stormed a Catholic mission there late Tuesday night. As the attack raged, two Catholic nuns and a group of fled the mission and took cover in the nearby forests according…

Zenger

7 Fighters from Kurdish-led Force Killed in Syria ISIS Attacks

At least seven fighters from a Kurdish-led force were killed Sunday in two ISIS group attacks in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. "Six fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed" in an ISIS attack along the road linking Deir Ezzor province with Hasakeh, said Rami Abdel Rahman,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What Is Left of the War on Terror?

Can three planes sum up a portion of history and the future? It seems that this has already happened. While two of these planes hit the World Trade Center in New York on 9/11, the third took off around twenty years later, departing from Afghanistan as desperate Afghans chased it,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

2 Senior ISIS Members Killed in Iraqi Strikes on Hamrin Mountains

Two senior ISIS commanders were killed in an Iraqi air strike in the Hamrin Mountain range, in the Salah al-Din province, announced the Iraqi Security Media Cell (SMC) on Saturday. The operation was carried out based on intelligence information provided by the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency (FIIA) at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Several Mozambicans Beheaded, Italian Nun Shot Dead in ISIS Attack

At least six people have been beheaded and an Italian nun killed by ISIS-linked terrorists in Mozambique’s Nampula province, authorities have said. Mozambique’s restive north has suffered a spate of attacks since 2017. ISIS members set fire into a church and other properties in Nampula province, an area rich with…

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Erdogan: Türkiye Captures 'Senior' ISIS Leader

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Turkish security forces had arrested a "senior executive" of the extremist ISIS group. Erdogan said the commander was known as Abu Zeyd. His real name was Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, Erdogan told reporters on board his flight home from a three-nation tour of…

Salon

Let's stop pretending this is democracy

Joe Biden's speech was fiery political theater that did nothing to address America's real underlying crisis

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tents for Torture, Secret Detention Uncovered in Syria’s al-Hol Camp

The Kurdish Internal Security Forces (Asayish) and the special female units of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have found a tent used by ISIS-linked elements for torture and detention inside al-Hol refugee camp, east of al-Hasakah governorate. Security forces liberated four women who were chained up to a concrete wall.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

21 Yemeni Soldiers Killed in Suspected Qaeda Attack

Suspected al-Qarda militants on Tuesday attacked a security post in southern Yemen, sparking clashes that killed at least 21 troops and six militants, military officials said. The early morning attack in Ahwar, in the province of Abyan, targeted a post manned by troops from the Security Belt security force. The…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Death of Syrian Detainee under Torture Disconcerts Security, Judicial Authorities

The death of a Syrian young man under torture inside a state security prison in southern Lebanon sparked confusion at the security, judicial and political levels, and brought back to the fore the file of torture in pretrial detention centers. Lebanese sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the arrested Syrian, Bashar…

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 3 September 2022

One-third of Pakistan is under water. The usually life-giving monsoon has instead flooded much of the Indus river valley.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan Mosque Blast Kills 18, Including Senior Cleric

An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 21 people were hurt. The blast went off in the Guzargah Mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Prosecutor Warns of Elevated Terror Attack Threat

There is an elevated threat of terror attacks on French soil by extremists coming from Iraq and Syria, France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor warned Friday. Jean-Francois Ricard said in an interview on French news broadcaster BFM TV that terrorist acts carried out “by individuals coming from areas where terrorists are operating,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Envoy Encourages Kurdish Parties in Syria to Engage in Dialogue

US State Department Special Envoy to Syria Nicholas Granger is urging Kurdish parties to return to intra-Kurdish talks and resolve outstanding contentious issues between them. Granger held meetings with leaders of the opposition Kurdish National Council and officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. In a meeting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab, Western Demands to Implement Resolution 2254, Continue Cross-Border Aid to Syria

The representatives of 11 Arab and Western States, as well as the Arab League and the European Union, called Thursday on all Syrian parties to resume the meetings of the Constitutional Committee and to implement UN Security Council resolution 2254. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, the Arab League, Egypt, the European Union, France,…

Daily Mirror

ISIS Beatle caged in notoriously violent US jail having been spared 'Alcatraz of Rockies'

The jihadist Alexanda Kotey, 38, has now been flown to USP Canaan in Waymart, Pennsylvania, known for its fearsome reputation for extreme violence after being rewarded for his help

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