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Australia is well-placed to make the long-overdue repatriation of Islamic State women and children work

National security is not a zero-sum game. If the past two decades have taught us anything about breaking the cycle of terrorist violence, it is that in the longer-run, treating people well – upholding justice and acting with compassion and humanity – keeps everyone safer.

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Syria plan heads to national security body

The Australian government is weighting up whether to move ahead with plans to repatriate 16 women and 42 children from a Syrian refugee camp.

AAP

Homemade explosive device in east Congo injures at least three

A homemade explosive device went off in a cinema in the eastern Congolese city of Butembo on Monday, wounding at least three people, an army official said.

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Death toll in last week's Kabul school blast climbs to 52

A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials

The Independent UK

High court will hear social media terrorism lawsuits

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for terrorist attacks

The Independent UK

Federal government says Australians returning from Syrian detention camps will be monitored by security agencies

A frontbench minister says women and children being brought home from Syrian detention camps will be given counselling and monitored for their safety and that of the community.

ABC News

Australia to rescue families of Islamic State fighters from Syria

Canberra is set to rescue dozens of Australian women and children of Islamic State fighters from refugee camps in Syria, following a secret mission by the country's security intelligence agency, media reported on Monday.

Reuters

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Father welcomes Syria repatriation plan

A rescue plan to bring dozens of Australian women and children back from detention camps in Syria is set to be implemented by the federal government.

AAP

Plan to rescue women and children trapped in ‘one of the worst places in the world’

Dozens of women and children in Syria who are "trapped in one of the worst places in the world" will be extracted and returned to Australia after years

The New Daily

Australian children rescued from Syrian camps need tailored support to reintegrate into society, expert says

Shane Healey urges government to establish holistic and ‘individualised’ process for kids who spent formative years in violent conditions

The Guardian - AU

Taliban beat women protesting against school bombing, say witnesses

Forces said to have opened fire on crowds who were demonstrating over attack targeting Hazara community

The Guardian - UK

The Secret History of the Five Eyes by Richard Kerbaj review – secrets and spies

A murky alliance between intelligence agencies, among them the UK and US, is revealed in a scandalous tale of mistrust and misjudgment, including British teenager Shamima Begum being smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy

The Guardian - UK

Australians in Syrian detention camps to be brought home by federal government

The federal government is preparing to bring home more than 20 women and 40 children who have been in detention camps since the fall of Islamic State in 2019 after verifying their identities on a trip to Syria earlier this year.

ABC News

Australia to launch rescue mission for women and children trapped in Syrian detention camps

Exclusive: More than 20 Australian women and more than 40 children related to Islamic State combatants held in al-Hawl And Roj camps

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The Independent UK

Women protesters demand more security after Afghan bombing

A group of Afghan women has protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shiite education center in the capital Kabul, demanding better security from the Taliban-run government

Reuters

Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds

Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan's university entrance exam, a chance for women to advance their education even as they face growing restrictions from the Taliban government.

The Independent UK

Indonesian police kill militant suspected in farmers' deaths

Indonesian police say they have killed a militant believed to be responsible for the killings of Christian farmers on an Indonesian island

The Independent UK

Suicide bomber strikes Kabul education center, killing 19

A Taliban spokesman says a suicide bomber has killed 19 people and wounded 27 at an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital

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The Independent UK

India bans Muslim group for alleged terrorist activities

India’s government banned a Muslim organization for five years, accusing it of funding terrorist activities, providing armed training to its supporters and radicalizing people for anti-India activities

The Independent UK

Taliban official: explosion kills 3 people in Afghan capital

The Taliban say at least three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in an explosion in the Afghan capital

The Guardian - UK

‘It was war’: Survivors of 2016 Nice attack describe experiences in court

Eight people are on trial for helping the gunman, who drove a truck into the crowd killing 86

The Times of India

Suspected IS-inspired terrorists arrested in Karnataka

SHIVAMOGGA: The Karnataka police arrested three persons from Shivamogga on terror charges, claiming they wanted to advance the activities of the banned Islamic State (IS).

The Independent UK

US-backed Syrian forces free women in 3-week raid of IS camp

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group

Reuters

Factbox-Foreign armies in Syria and how they came to be there

Turkey's intelligence chief has held multiple meetings with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus in the last few weeks, a sign of Russian efforts to foster a thaw between states on opposite sides of the Syrian war, four sources said. [L8N30M1RX]

The Independent UK

Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement

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