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What Is behind Turkey’s Syria Incursion Threats?

In northern Syria, residents are bracing for a new fight. With the world’s attention focused on the war in Ukraine, Turkey's leader says he’s planning a major military operation to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters and create a long sought-after buffer zone in the border area. Tensions are high.

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Turkey Continues to Amass Forces ahead of Incursion in Northern Syria

Turkey and its allied Syrian National Army continued to amass forces in northern Syria on Thursday ahead of the imminent launch of a Turkish offensive against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in Tal Rifaat and Manbij west of the Euphrates River. Turkey continued to send reinforcements to the frontlines in…

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Syrian Democratic Forces Warn Against New Turkish Attack

The commander of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Thursday a new offensive threatened by Turkey in northern Syria would create a humanitarian crisis and undermine a campaign against ISIS. SDF general commander Mazloum Abdi called on all sides to "prevent any new tragedies and support de-escalation," Reuters…

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Erdogan Says Turkey to Rid Syria's Tal Rifaat, Manbij of 'Terrorists'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey will rid northern Syria's Tal Rifaat and Manbij areas of terrorists, confirming the targets of the new incursion for the first time and saying it will continue into other regions. His comments, in a speech to lawmakers from his ruling AK Party,…

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Loner bullied at school went on to become 'literal Nazi' who posted vile racist hate online and downloaded terrorist documents

Mason Yates, from Cheshire, was hauled before a judge

Manchester Evening News

Turkey says Syria military operation to target Tal Rifaat, Manbij

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says military operation will target two cities controlled by the SDF in northern Syria.

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Rockets Fired at Iraq Military Base with Foreign Troops

Five rockets on Monday targeted an Iraqi military base hosting troops from an international anti-extremist coalition without causing deaths or damage, a military official said. A coalition source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said five rockets struck the Ain al-Assad base in Anbar province, according to initial reports. "Iraqi security…

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Ex-Irish soldier guilty of being Isis member

Lisa Smith was earlier found not guilty of a separate charge of funding terrorism

The Independent UK

ISIS bride Lisa Smith found not guilty of attempting to finance terrorists

Former Irish Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith, 39, accompanied an ex-president on foreign trips before travelling to war-torn Syria in 2015 after becoming radicalised

Daily Mirror

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith not guilty of attempting to finance Isis

Lisa Smith sent 800 euros to member of the terror group

The Independent UK

Egyptian Army Kills 10 Terrorists in Sinai

The Egyptian army announced that at least 10 "extremely dangerous" terrorists were killed in a military raid in North Sinai province in northeastern Egypt. Over the past weeks, north Sinai witnessed several clashes between armed militants affiliated with ISIS and the Egyptian army and police. Egyptian military spokesman Gharib Abdel-Hafez…

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4 Albanian Women, 9 Children to Be Repatriated from Syria

Four Albanian women and nine children, all related to Albanians who joined extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, are being repatriated from a Syrian camp, a Kurdish official from northeast Syria said Friday. Abdul-Karim Omar, an official who negotiates with countries on the return of their citizens, tweeted that,…

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New ISIS Leader Allegedly Arrested in Istanbul

The new leader of the ISIS terrorist group was allegedly arrested in the Turkish city of Istanbul, media reports said on Thursday. Zeid al-Iraqi, known as Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, was detained days ago in the city. He assumed the leadership of the terror organization after his predecessor, Abu Ibrahim…

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Syrian Democratic Council Urges Int'l Community to Prevent Turkish Offensive

The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) urged on Thursday member states of the international anti-ISIS coalition to intervene to prevent Turkey's planned offensive on regions in northeastern Syria. It called on the international community and Untied Nations to "seriously deal with the rising threats and to immediately intervene and take…

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The Child Victims of ISIS

Repatriating the Residents of Syria’s Detention Camps

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Turkey Prepares to Expand Safe Zones in Syria Despite US Warnings

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent statement led to a dispute with the US concerning the safe zones in Syria. Erdogan on Monday said Ankara would soon launch new military operations along its southern borders to create safe zones 30 km (20 miles) deep to combat what he characterized as…

Tribune News Service

Islamic State operative charged with plotting to assassinate George W. Bush

DALLAS — An alleged ISIS operative based in Ohio was charged on Tuesday with plotting to murder former President George W. Bush and attempting to bring assassins into the country illegally, across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service

Islamic State planned to assassinate George W. Bush, FBI report says

DALLAS — An alleged Islamic State operative based in Ohio was plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush and even traveled to Dallas late last year to survey his home, according to an exclusive Forbes report and recently unsealed court documents.

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ISIS 'plotting' to assassinate George W. Bush with 'death squad', search warrant reveals

Former US President George W. Bush was targeted by an alleged ISIS-linked operative for assassination in revenge for the Iraq War, according to an FBI search warrant

The Independent UK

ISIS operative filmed George W Bush’s Dallas home in November assassination plot, FBI reveals

According to an FBI document, the would-be assassin traveled to Dallas and filmed videos of the former president’s house

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ISIS Plotted to Seize Syria's Hasakeh, Declare Formation of New Group

ISIS was plotting to seize Syria's Hasakeh city and launch new operations to seize the province in wake of this year's prison break by members of the terrorist organization, revealed a member of a sleeper cell of the group. The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) released the confessions of the…

Evening Standard

Security guard killed in attack at Qatar embassy in Paris

A murder enquiry was opened in Paris on Monday after a security guard at Qatar’s Embassy in France was killed by an intruder.

The Independent UK

Asma Khan: ‘As an immigrant, I want everyone to know you cannot eat my food if you don’t also take me’

The owner of Darjeeling Express and star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table is unapologetically political, telling Holly Baxter at the Santa Fe Literary Festival that ‘I rattle every cage I can’

Bangkok Post

When war comes for our museums and heritage

Protecting cultural heritage during crises and wars is a big challenge, especially if conflict erupts suddenly and consumes a country with violence.

Evening Standard

Man who had ‘extremely harmful’ ISIS terrorist manuals jailed

Nuh Raheel was jailed for three-and-a-half years on May 20

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