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Amid growing tension between Russia, Iran and the US, Syria's Kurds have been sidelined

In north-east Syria, the 12-year conflict is far from over. Russian fighter jets buzz US surveillance drones, threatening to bring them down. Iranian-backed militias occasionally fire rockets at US positions. The Assad regime maintains that it will “regain every inch” of Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy in the north-east.

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Gunman in southern Iran opens fire at prominent Shiite shrine, killing 1 and wounding 8 others

A gunman has opened fire at a prominent shrine in southern Iran, killing one person and wounding eight others

The Independent UK

IS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 20 Syrian soldiers, and vows to keep fighting

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an ambush in eastern Syria that killed at least 20 government soldiers and wounded others

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Fire breaks out at north Syria camp housing families linked to Islamic State group fighters

A fire has broken out in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say

Officials and activists say that rebel groups — including one with ties to the Islamic State group — killed at least 21 people in restive northeastern Congo over the weekend

The Independent UK

Gujarat: Two IS-linked terrorists get imprisonment till "last breath" for planning lone-wolf attacks

A total of 75 witnesses, pen drives, mobile phones, laptops, surveillance data and digital evidence were considered by the court as evidence which established that the duo planned terrorist activities before fleeing to Syria.

The Hindu

Syria's main al-Qaida-linked group denies it was behind the killing of an Islamic State leader

Syria’s main insurgent al-Qaida-linked group denied it was behind the killing of the Islamic State group’s leader in the country’s northwest saying it would have otherwise claimed responsibility

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'In the fight against jihadist groups, Niger has no better allies than France and the US'

The military junta that took control of Niger at the end of July said on Thursday it would be cutting military ties with the United States and France, both former allies. The move could redefine the fight against Islamist groups in the Sahel region. FRANCE 24's expert on jihadist groups,…

France 24

The Islamic State group says its leader was killed by militants in Syria and names his successor

The Islamic State group has announced the death of its little-known leader, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, who headed the extremist organization since November

The Independent UK

Morning Digest | Most of the unclaimed bodies in Manipur are of ‘infiltrators’, says Centre; Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election, and more

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Australian teenager Yusuf Zahab ‘alive’ in Syrian prison months after reports he was killed in IS strike

Family ‘overwhelmed with joy’ after video emerges of teenager, believed to be Zahab, looking healthy and speaking into a camera

The Guardian - AU

Islamic State says it carried out Pakistan suicide bombing that killed 54

Blast took place at political rally for a pro-Taliban party as country faces a rising tide of militant attacks

The Guardian - UK

British rapper turned Islamic State fighter found dead inside Spanish prison cell

He was found dead on Wednesday in Puerto III prison in Cádiz where he was awaiting the trial verdict

Evening Standard

UK rapper turned Islamic State fighter dies in Spanish jail

Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary had been on trial in Madrid and was awaiting the verdict

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Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing

Kuwait says it executed five prisoners including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group

Radio France Internationale

Belgium court finds six guilty of murder for 2016 Brussels bombings

A court in Brussels has convicted six men of murder and two others on terrorism charges for the 2016 jihadist bombings in the capital that killed 35 people, concluding Belgium’s largest-ever criminal trial.

The Independent UK

Six men guilty of murder over Brussels terror attacks that killed 32 people

Both the Brussels and Paris attacks were claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group

Evening Standard

Six convicted over Brussels terror attacks that killed 32

Islamic State terrorists found guilty of attacks at airport and on metro

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Six men guilty of murder over Brussels terrorist attacks in 2016

Islamic State bombers killed 32 and injured more than 300 in attacks at subway station and airport

The Independent UK

Jury to deliver verdict over Brussels terrorist attacks that killed 32

A jury is expected to render its verdict Tuesday over Belgium’s deadliest peacetime attack

The Independent UK

UN expert decries the practice of taking boys from their mothers at detention camps in Syria

A U.N.-backed human rights advocate says hundreds of boys held in detention camps run by U.S.-backed forces in opposition-controlled northeastern Syria have been wrongly separated from their mothers on the “unproven” belief that they pose a security risk

AAP

Man 'absolutely radicalised' before 2020 fatal shooting

A terrorism expert has told an inquest that he can't think of anything that may have avoided 22-year-old Raghe Abdi's fatal 2020 confrontation with police.

The Independent UK

German woman voices remorse over enslaved Yazidi girl's death at new court hearing

A German woman convicted on charges that she and her husband allowed the death by thirst of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq has expressed remorse at the start of a new sentencing…

The Independent UK

Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US warplane over Syria

U.S. officials say that a Russian fighter jet flew very close to a U.S. surveillance aircraft over Syria, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake and putting the lives of the four American crew members in danger

The Independent UK

Iraqi premier in Syria to discuss boosting cooperation during the first visit in over a decade

Iraq’s prime minister is holding talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began

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