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US strike framed to spare civilians after mounting criticism

Facing criticism for civilian deaths in U.S. airstrikes, the Biden administration targeted the leader of the Islamic State group in a way that was riskier for American forces, landing dozens of U.S. commandoes outside his Syrian hideout rather than targeting him with an airstrike

The Independent UK

Visual guide to deadly US raid targeting Islamic State leader in Syria

US says Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed himself when he detonated explosives in home in Atme

The Guardian - UK

US raid targets IS group leader in Syria: Atmeh resident recounts helicopter attack

The early morning hours of February 3, American special forces carried out a helicopter attack in the northeastern Syrian town of Atmeh. Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during the attack. At least 13 people died in the strikes, according to the Syrian Civil Defense, including…

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Islamic State’s leader may be dead but the organisation still lurks in the rubble

Analysis: Qurayshi’s killing by the US has to be set against January’s raid on a Syria prison, IS’s biggest attack for years

The Guardian - UK

ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says

The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the jihadist group's efforts to reorganize as a guerrilla force after losing large swathes of territory.

Reuters

Inside U.S. raid on ISIS leader: Months of preparation, then a deadly blast

U.S. forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture Islamic State's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family.

Reuters

Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, Islamic State's slain leader

Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, a religious scholar and former soldier in Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s army, led Islamic State from the shadows for a little over two years before he blew himself up during a raid by U.S. forces on a house in northern Syria.

Reuters

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Factbox-Islamic State loses second leader in two years

The death of its second leader in just over two years has dealt another blow to Islamic State, the extremist jihadist group which once ruled large parts of Iraq and Syria.

Reuters

US forces killed leader of Islamic State in Syria raid, Biden says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that U.S. forces killed the leader of Islamic State during an overnight raid in Syria that first responders reported left 13 civilians dead, calling the operation a success because it eliminated a “major terrorist threat to the world.”

Los Angeles Times

IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure

The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos

The Independent UK

Biden says Islamic State leader Qurayshi killed in US raid in Syria

Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed during a U.S. counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden said in a statement.

Tribune News Service

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The Guardian - US

Pentagon willing to review Syrian raid after reports of civilian deaths; Biden says IS leader blew himself up – as it happened

Unicef confirms that at least six children were killed and one girl badly injured in Atme; Joe Biden says Islamic State leader blew himself up

The Guardian - UK

Biden says U.S. raid in Syria targeted leader of Islamic State

U.S. President Joe Biden said a U.S. special forces counter-terrorism raid in northwest Syria on Thursday targeted the leader of Islamic State, adding he would address the operation in remarks later on Thursday.

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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.

Evening Standard

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.

France 24

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".

The Hindu

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Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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