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OPINION - Rishi’s US visit is short, but he will need it to be sweet too for key goals

When David Cameron arrived at the White House on a beautiful spring day in March 2012, President Obama joshed that he was “chuffed to bits” to welcome the British prime minister to Washington. Since then there have been bumps in the road over Syria and Afghanistan, Brexit, trade, and two…

Evening Standard

What does Erdogan’s re-election mean for Turkey-Gulf relations?

Economic and defence deals, along with the Turkish president’s personal ties with regional leaders, to boost relations.

Al Jazeera

Hebridean film festival reveals programme with Syrian, tweed, and North Sea oil films

THE full programme has been revealed for this year’s Hebrides International Film Festival (HIFF), which will screen a range of new and archive…

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A group of women and children living in a camp in Syria wants the federal government to bring them home

A group of 26 Australians living in a camp in Syria have launched legal action against the Department of Home Affairs. Lawyers for the women and children say they were tricked into going to the conflict zone.

ABC News

Desperate Aussies stuck in Syria demand repatriation

A group of 17 Australian children and nine women stuck in camps in Syria will file a legal case in the Federal Court of Australia seeking to be repatriated.

The New Daily

‘Last resort’: government faces legal action to force repatriation of Australians from Syrian refugee camps

Seventeen women and nine children will take the government to court, arguing that Australia has ‘effective control’ of their detention and the power to set them free

The Guardian - AU

Iraq and Syria discuss tackling cross-border drug trade

Iraq and Syria's foreign ministers discussed ways to help end drug trafficking across their joint border at a meeting in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

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Language app Feed the Monster the latest tool in battle to save endangered Warumungu language

A language app designed to help children in Syria learn Arabic is now preserving an endangered First Nations language. As a cartoon monster in the app grows, so too do children's literacy skills — and the number of people who speak Warumungu.

ABC News

Terror-plotting Essex teenager jailed for life after mother reports him

Matthew King, 19, wanted to travel to Syria to join IS and filmed potential targets outside army barracks

The Guardian - UK

Teenager jailed for life over ISIS plot to murder police officers or soldiers

A teenager from Essex who plotted an Islamist terror attack on police officers or UK soldiers and boasted about his murderous plans on SnapChat has been jailed for life.

Evening Standard

Teen who plotted terror attack jailed for life after mum reported him to police

Matthew King expressed a desire to "torture, mutilate and kill military personnel" and it was alleged he carried out surveillance on police stations and British Army barracks

Daily Mirror

Restoration lags for Syria's famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites

At the height of the Islamic State group's rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country’s famed Roman ruins in Palmyra

The Independent UK

Australian child pleads with prime minister to be rescued from Syrian detention camp

Exclusive: ‘I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison,’ says the child, who is under 10, in a voice message to Anthony Albanese

The Guardian - AU

Truffle hunters killed in Syria: FRANCE24's investigation exposes IS group attacks

In Syria, the Islamic State group stands accused of executing a series of attacks targeting truffle hunters. Truffles, or 'sand truffles' as they're commonly known, grow in the desert and have become a sought-after commodity. FRANCE24's Observers team delved into this issue. Journalist Mahmoud Naffakh provides further insights.

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Reuters

Turkey's Erdogan faces struggle to meet Syrian refugee promise

President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a wave of nationalism to his third decade in power, but he could struggle to make good on the promise as conflict lingers on in neighbouring Syria.

The New Daily

Seven Islamic State financiers arrested in German raids

Seven people have been arrested for helping finance the Islamic State extremist group's activities in Syria, prosecutors said.

Reuters

Five members of Palestinian militant group killed in blast on Lebanese-Syrian border - security sources

(Corrects name of group to PFLP-General Command, which operates separately from PFLP)

The Independent UK

Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertain

Kurdish officials in northeast Syria have expanded a program to rehabilitate boys from the families of Islamic State group militants

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US targets Syrian money service businesses in fresh sanctions

The United States on Tuesday imposed punitive measures on two Syrian money service businesses it said help the government maintain access to the international financial system in violation of sanctions, in Washington's first action targeting Syria since its readmittance to the Arab League.

The Hindu

The Erdogan victory, a triumph for Ottoman glory

As Erdoğan commences his third decade in power, he will ensure that Turkey asserts strategic independence in regional and world affairs

WEKU

Erdogan's victory could be fateful for Turkey's democracy and role in the world

The longtime leader overcame dissatisfaction over high inflation and a slow earthquake response to secure another five-year term as president.

Reuters

Syria says Israeli missiles target sites near Damascus

Syrian army air defences on Sunday confronted an Israeli missile strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, and there were no casualties, state media said.

Al Jazeera

Assad normalisation leaves Syrians in Rukban camp fearing future

Camp near Jordanian border has come under increased attack, with little aid coming in.

Reuters

UN delays dual-currency cash help to refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon

The United Nations has delayed a decision to give Syrian refugees in Lebanon cash help partly in U.S. dollars after objections from senior Lebanese officials that this could exacerbate tensions with hard-pressed locals.

Daily Mirror

Ex grammar school boy became ISIS sniper after fleeing to Syria from family holiday

Shabazz Suleman, 27, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, disappeared at the end of the 2014 trip before emailing his parents saying “I'm not brainwashed or anything"

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