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Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several

A spokesman for the Taliban-led government says a bombing at a military airport checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed and wounded several people

The Independent UK

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian police east of Cairo

Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on an Egyptian security checkpoint in a city east of Cairo a day earlier in which two policemen and a civilian were killed, the group said on its telegram account.

Reuters

2,700 years later, ancient rock carvings reveal the most stunning city in the world

Many more secrets remain to be discovered.

Inverse

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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

Former IS families face neighbors' hatred returning home

Some women who were once affiliated with the Islamic State group have gone home to the Syrian city of Raqqa, but they are struggling to be accepted with their children in their former communities

The Independent UK

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

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).

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Jihadi violence hits Benin, shows spread across West Africa

Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the region's coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit

The Independent UK

Navy to name ship after Marine battles in Fallujah, Iraq

The Navy’s next amphibious assault ship will be named after the city of Fallujah, which saw some of the bloodiest battles in the Iraq war

The Independent UK

IS targets jailed jihadists in failed deadly attack on Syria’s Raqqa

Six members of Kurdish-led security forces and two jihadists were killed Monday in a failed Islamic State group assault near a prison for extremists in northern Syria, a war monitor said.

France 24

Syrian Democratic Forces say 6 fighters killed in IS attack

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say an attack by Islamic State militants in the city of Raqqa has killed six of its members

The Independent UK

The 2,700-year-old rock carvings from when Nineveh was the most dazzling city in the world

Archaeologists in northern Iraq, working on the Mashki and Adad gate sites in Mosul that were destroyed by Islamic State in 2016, recently uncovered 2,700-year-old Assyrian reliefs. Featuring war scenes and trees, these rock carvings add to the bounty of detailed stone panels excavated from the 1840s onwards, many of…

The Conversation

Swiss accuse man of running media agency for Islamic State and al Qaeda

Federal prosecutors in Switzerland have accused a man of running a "media agency" to promote al Qaeda and Islamic State via social media and raising money to help escape attempts by supporters of the extremist groups.

Reuters

U.S. forces detain 6 Islamic State group militants in Syria

American forces have conducted three raids in eastern Syria and arrested six Islamic State groups militants

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U.S. Central Command conducts raids in Syria, detains IS operatives - statement

The U.S. Central Command forces conducted three helicopter raids in eastern Syria over the past 48 hours, which resulted in detaining six Islamic State operatives, according to a statement on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

In joint raid, Kurdish forces seize IS militant in Syria

A Kurdish-led group in Syria says its fighters with U.S. help have arrested a wanted militant with the Islamic State group that continues to stage attacks in the region

Reuters

Islamic State claims bomb attack on Iraqi police near Kirkuk

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the killing at least nine Iraqi federal policemen on Sunday in a bomb attack on their convoy near the oil city of Kirkuk, the militant group said on its Telegram channel.

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Bomb strikes convoy in Iraq, killing at least nine police officers, in attack by 'terrorist elements'

The blast took place south-west of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to security officials, critically wounding two officers, with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordering a hunt for the "terrorist elements" in response.

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The Independent UK

Economic pain, Turkish strikes drive Syrian Kurds to Europe

A growing number of Syrian Kurds are making the journey to Europe on a circuitous course that includes travel by car and plane across Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, then finally by boat to Spain

Radio France Internationale

Turkish military incursion in Syria faces opposition from US, Russia

Turkish military forces are poised to launch a ground offensive in Syria against US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces, accused by Ankara of attacks on Turkey. But Ankara is facing stiff opposition from both Washington and Moscow.

ABC News

ABC journalist Suzanne Dredge shares her story of overcoming adversity to become the first Head of Indigenous News

After a difficult start, Suzanne Dredge transformed her life to become a multi-award-winning journalist. Now she is the ABC's first Head of Indigenous News, responsible for elevating coverage of Indigenous Affairs.

Reuters

Chinese investors weigh risks after Kabul hotel attack

In one of the office towers of Kabul's China Town, entrepreneur Yu Minghui sat gauging the aftershocks of the militant attack that severely wounded five of his compatriots in a city centre hotel.

Reuters

Tunisia's path from revolution to presidential power grab

Tunisia holds an election for a new parliament on Saturday. Opposition parties say the legislative chamber - introduced under reforms that concentrated power in the hands of President Kais Saied - is illegal and are boycotting the vote.

Daily Mirror

Horror of Nice truck rampage that killed 86 recalled as 8 people convicted 6 years on

A French judge has sentenced eight defendants to prison terms ranging from two to 18 years after three-and-a-half months of heart-wrenching testimony from survivors of the Nice terror attacks - which saw driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel smash his truck into a crowd of people watching fireworks on Bastille Day in 2016,…

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8 in France are convicted of their roles in a Bastille Day truck attack that killed 86

A French court convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.

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