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Clashes erupt near Syria prison hit by IS: monitor

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Clashes broke out Saturday between Kurdish forces and Islamic State group fighters near a Syrian prison where dozens of jihadists are still holed up, a war monitor said.

AFP

Feds: Kansas woman led all-female Islamic State battalion

A woman who once lived in Kansas has been arrested after federal prosecutors charged her with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47 wielding militants

The Independent UK

Clashes near Syria prison hit by IS: monitor

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Clashes broke out Saturday between Kurdish forces and Islamic State group fighters near a Syrian prison where dozens of jihadists are still holed up, a war monitor said.

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Teen’s testimony reflects plight of children held in jails for IS group fighters

A massive operation by the Islamic State (IS) group to free thousands of the terror group’s fighters from a prison in northern Syria is over, more than six days after the attack plunged the facility and surrounding neighbourhoods into chaos. But new revelations have emerged about hundreds of children who…

France 24

Lisa Smith denied taking part in Syrian fighting in 2019 interview, trial hears

The former Defence Forces soldier, 39, has pleaded not guilty to terror related charges at the Special Criminal Court.

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith was proposed to by Islamic State propagandist in Syria, court hears

The Co Louth woman, 39, has pleaded not guilty to terror-related charges at the Special Criminal Court.

The Independent UK

Syrian fighters search for IS sleeper cells near prison

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters are searching near a Syrian prison for Islamic State group sleeper cells

The Independent UK

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UN: Syria prison attack shows need to deal with IS detainees

The UN counter-terrorism chief says the attack by Islamic State militants on a Syrian prison holding around 3,000 of its fighters and about 700 children is a predictable tragedy spotlighting the need for urgent international action to deal with those allegedly linked to the extremist group in prisons and camps…

The Independent UK

Dozens of armed militants still hold corner of Syria prison

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces say dozens of armed Islamic State militants remain holed up in the last occupied section of a Syrian prison, The two sides clashed a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces announced they had regained control

The Independent UK

Syria Kurds hunt down jihadists after prison attack

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Kurdish-led forces on Thursday found dozens of jihadists holed up in a Syrian prison during mop-up operations after recapturing the facility from Islamic State group fighters.

AFP

A foiled prison break brings a sense of deja vu — and fears of an Islamic State resurgence

BEIRUT — The two trucks raced toward the prison and then split up. One hurtled into the gates, the other the security wall, before both erupted in fireballs of metal and masonry. With the perimeter breached, other suicide attackers swarmed inside, toting weapons for themselves and the fellow jihadists they…

Los Angeles Times

Kurdish forces retake prison from Islamic State after six-day siege

The attack on the Kurdish-run prison in Syria was the jihadists’ most high-profile stand since 2019

The Guardian - UK

US-backed Kurdish forces seize Syrian prison from Islamic State after week-long assault

An Australian teenager is alive and in custody after he was caught in crossfire when Kurdish-led forces wrestled back control of the last section of a Syrian prison controlled by Islamic State militants.

ABC News

A foiled prison break brings a sense of deja vu — and fears of an Islamic State resurgence

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Reuters

Kurdish-led forces say they have regained control of prison in Syria's Hasaka

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained full control of al-Sina'a prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasaka on Wednesday, spokesman Farhad Shami said in a tweet, and all remaining Islamic State militants had surrendered.

AFP

Syria Kurds retake prison, ending six-day IS attack

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Kurdish forces on Wednesday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group jihadists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier.

France 24

Syrian Kurds say prison recaptured after IS group attack

US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday said they fully recaptured a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka that had been attacked by the Islamic State (IS) group, ending the biggest jihadist assault in the country in three years.

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith tried to justify suicide bombings, trial told

The former Defence Forces soldier, 39, has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of Islamic State.

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Hundreds of IS jihadists surrender as Kurds advance inside Syria jail

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Hundreds of Islamic State group fighters surrendered Wednesday in a Syria prison where they had been holed up for days, as US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose around remaining jihadists.

The Independent UK

Iraqi PM inspects Syria border as IS attacks stoke fears

Iraq’s prime minister has made a rare visit to the country’s border with Syria, to support troops and state that Iraqi forces were capable of resisting the Islamic State group

AFP

Kurds advance on jihadists in besieged Syria jail, appeal for help

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Kurdish forces advanced Wednesday inside a Syrian prison where Islamic State group fighters have been holed up with minors for six days, amid pleas for international assistance to contain a jihadist resurgence.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: US airstrikes are recklessly legitimizing a new kind of war

For years, critics have sounded the alarm on targeted airstrike campaigns carried out by the U.S. Now, investigations published in December by The New York Times reveal how a secret U.S. air campaign against the Islamic State was riddled with imprecise targeting and flawed intelligence — further proof of a…

Reuters

UNICEF says fears grow over fate of 850 children in besieged Syrian prison

Fears are growing for hundreds of children in a Syrian prison seized by Islamic State inmates, after six days of clashes with Kurdish-led fighters seeking to regain control of the facility, the United Nations children's agency said on Tuesday.

AFP

Ex-Irish soldier goes on trial for Islamic State membership

Dublin (AFP) - A former Irish army soldier went on trial in Dublin on Tuesday accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State jihadist group in Syria.

France 24

Burkina Faso: A history of destabilisation by jihadist insurgencies

Attacks by jihadists linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group have killed thousands and displaced an estimated 1.5 million people in Burkina Faso since 2015. Members of the army, critical of the government's strategy for battling Islamist terrorism, detained the president and seized power on January 23. FRANCE…

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