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Haunted by conflict, Syrian mother tries to heal mental scars

Roda Aftan Shlash fled Islamic State militants in eastern Syria with her family five years ago, leaving behind the hardline militants but not the trauma of living under their brutal rule.

Reuters

Islamic state leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed by US special forces in raid in Syria

The leader of Islamic State was killed during a raid by US special forces in Syria, Joe Biden has said.

Evening Standard

Biden says US raid in Syria 'removed' IS group leader from battlefield

US special forces have “taken off the battlefield” the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in a raid in northwest Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, adding that the operation had "removed a major terrorist threat".

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U.S. says Islamic State leader killed in Syria raid

The leader of the jihadist group Islamic State died in a U.S. special forces raid in northern Syria on Thursday when he detonated a bomb that killed him and family members, the U.S. administration said.

Reuters

Factbox-After the fall, Islamic State strikes from Iraq and Syria hinterlands

Nearly three years after their self-declared caliphate was dismantled and their forces defeated in a battle by the Euphrates river, Islamic State fighters are waging a guerrilla campaign from remote regions of Iraq and Syria.

Reuters

Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria

Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of Jalawla in northeastern Iraq. He fears getting caught up in attacks by Islamic State.

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Family wants no contact with woman facing terrorism charge

The family of a Kansas woman charged with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion has told prosecutors they want nothing to do with her

The Independent UK

Kurdish-led forces says 121 died during Syria prison clash with Islamic State

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday 40 of their troops, 77 prison guards, and four civilians have died since the start of clashes with Islamic State militants who attacked a jail on Jan. 20 in a bid to free members.

Reuters

US-allied Syria force says it foiled major IS comeback plot

A U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force says that a prison overrun by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria is now fully under its control

The Independent UK

Libya elite told to end ‘game of musical chairs and focus on elections’

UN special adviser Stephanie Williams warns of resurgence of Islamic State if country is divided

The Guardian - UK

Iraqi airstrikes kill 9 IS militants, including 4 Lebanese

Officials say airstrikes north of Baghdad in retaliation for an attack by the Islamic State group on an Iraqi army barracks earlier this month killed nine suspected IS fighters, Among those killed in Sunday's strkes were four Lebanese

The Independent UK

Islamic State strikes from shadows in vulnerable Syria, Iraq

Islamic State group militants carried out two of their boldest attacks in years last week

The Independent UK

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

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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…

The Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

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

Los Angeles Times

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…

The Guardian - UK

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

ABC News

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

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.

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