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Mosul's Old City Rises from Rubble in War-scarred Iraq

Beneath what remains of the 12th-century Al-Hadba minaret, builders work on a project to revive Mosul's Old City, reduced to rubble during Iraq's battle to retake the city from jihadists. Mosques, churches and century-old houses are being brought back to life in the northern metropolis, which the ISIS group seized…

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Arab, Western Countries Press for Accountability in Syria

The Syrian revolution celebrates its 11th anniversary next week, yet the Syrian people continue to suffer from the "war machine" and fighting that have been ongoing since March 15, 2011, amid Arab and Western calls for a political solution to the crisis. In a joint statement, 13 Arab and Western…

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Dozens of Soldiers Killed in Attack on Military Camp in Mali

A militant attack on a military camp in central Mali on Friday killed 27 soldiers and 47 "terrorists" were "neutralized", the country's army said, AFP reported. The fighting left 33 soldiers injured, 21 seriously, and seven are missing, the army added in a statement, while 23 other suspects were "neutralized"…

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800 Iraqi Refugees Return Home From Syria

Eight hundred Iraqi refugees returned home from northeast Syria on Thursday and hundreds more are to follow, a Syrian official in the region's Kurdish semi-autonomous administration said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the first group left on buses via the Al-Yarubiyah border crossing. The Iraqi government has "agreed…

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Read What Activist Cevian Demanded From Ericsson Post ISIS Fiasco

Europe's leading activist investor Cevian AB pressed Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to amend its articles to give its Class A shareholders the power to convert their shares into Class B shares, Bloomberg reports. Class A shareholders carry ten times Class B's voting power per share, notes Bloomberg. Cevian holds ~5% of Ericsson's Class…

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ISIS Widow in NE Syria: I Couldn’t Believe I Got Rid of Him

“I couldn’t believe I got rid of him and his oppression,” with these words Aisha Al-Ahmad, a minor and wife of an ISIS fighter, started telling her story to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Al-Ahmad lives with her family in the Rumailah neighborhood, the largest neighborhood in the city…

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Defense lawyers seek to restrict testimony from ISIS 'slave'

Defense lawyers for a British national facing trial later this month for helping the Islamic State group torture and behead American hostages are seeking to block testimony from a Kurdish girl held as a slave by the group

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Internal Divisions to Stall ISIS Appointing New Leader

An Egyptian monitor predicted that the ISIS terror group would witness internal divisions after the death of its leader, Abu Ibrahim al Qurashi. The Cairo-based Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Terrorism confirmed that ISIS had always been preoccupied with internal divisions after losing its leaders. The group hopes to reorganize and…

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U.S. sanctions four South Africans over alleged Islamic State links

The United States has sanctioned four South Africans it says have led Islamic State cells in the country or facilitated support for branches elsewhere, including by transferring funds or procuring weapons.

Reuters

Iran’s Khamenei: ‘Mafia regime’ of US created Ukraine crisis

Iran’s supreme leader says world needs to learn a lesson about Western support from examples of Ukraine and Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Why Ericsson Shares Are Plunging Today

Citi analyst Andrew Gardiner downgraded Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to Neutral from Buy, calling the company "uninvestable." The re-rating followed the report of alleged "tens of millions of dollars in suspicious payments" by the telecom company to ISIS over nearly a decade to keep its business in Iraq. Related Content:…

Benzinga

Kerry Katona's Vladimir Putin warning goes viral after her anti-war stance

In a bizarre turn of events, it seemed like Kerry Katona had been offering her thoughts about Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. After a fake image fooled the internet, some of the star's fans declared the mum-of-five 'this generation's Winston Churchill'

Daily Mirror

Vile Scots stalker who taunted Bethany Haines about dad's ISIS death jailed after targeting women

Andrew Murray, 26, walked free previously after the appeal court overturned a jail sentence imposed upon him in 2017.

Daily Record

Lebanon Foils 3 Planned Suicide Attacks, Interior Minister Says

Lebanese security forces have foiled plans by militants linked to ISIS to carry out three suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The plans for the attacks involved rocket-propelled grenades and gun fire as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that would have killed…

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ISIS’s Leadership Crisis

A Vacancy at the Top Threatens the Group’s Global Operations

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SDF Units Arrest ISIS Leader, Kill Another in Syria's Deir Ezzor

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the killing of a prominent ISIS leader responsible for terror plots and operations in the eastern countryside of Syria’s east governorate of Deir Ezzor. Another significant terror leader was arrested.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia’s World Human Care in spotlight after US designation

US says WHC working ‘under the guise’ of providing humanitarian aid in Syria, but channels funds to hardline groups.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Crisis Looms in Syria Camps, Jails Holding Foreign Nationals

It was night when Zakia Kachar heard the sounds of footsteps approach her tent in a detention camp for foreigners affiliated with ISIS group extremists. With rocks in their hands, the wives of ISIS fighters had come for her. She fled with her children to another area of the Roj…

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Ericsson Could Have Paid ISIS For Access To Iraq Transport Routes, CEO Ekholm Says; Stock Plunges

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) may have made payments to the ISIS terror organization to gain access to specific transport routes in Iraq, Bloomberg reports as per CEO Borje Ekholm’s statement to a newspaper Dagens Industri. Ericsson had identified “unusual expenses dating back to 2018” and was yet to determine the final recipient of…

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Kurdish Officials: 3 Challenges Facing Autonomous Administration in 2022

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) is facing three challenges this year, said Head of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) Ilham Ahmad. The Rojava Executive Council held its third annual meeting in Raqqa, in the presence of the seven Autonomous Administrations, for two…

Daily Mirror

What happened to the two teenage girls who fled UK with Shamima Begum to join ISIS?

Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana left school in Bethnal Green for the February half term break eight years ago but never returned. The year 10 straight-A students left their families to join ISIS

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Iran Warns Sadr of Divisions Leading to ISIS Resurgence

While Iraq’s Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shiite parties, holds meetings to announce a new political initiative, Iran’s Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani warned head of the Sadrist Movement Moqtada Al Sadr against the resurgence of ISIS amid Iraqi divisions. Qaani had met with Sadr on Tuesday in the central…

The Independent UK

UK handing ‘propaganda gift to Isis’ by refusing to repatriate detainees from Syria

MPs warn of ‘extremely serious’ security consequences if camps collapse, following major Isis assault

Evening Standard

‘Failed suicide bomber’ accused of being key member of ISIS Paris massacre tells court he had ‘changed his mind’ about attack

A suspected suicide bomber accused of being a key member of an ISIS attack on Paris that killed 130 people claimed he backed out of detonating his explosive vest after ‘changing his mind’.

Tribune News Service

Analysis: ‘Harsh’ exchanges: Dismissive Biden press strategy undermines lofty campaign vows

WASHINGTON — “Democracy dies in darkness” became The Washington Post’s guiding principle during Donald Trump’s norms-busting administration. But what happens when democracy is confronted with dismissiveness, deflection and delays?

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