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Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return from Syria camp

A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20 to join the Islamic State group in Syria says she is a victim of the militant organization and hopes to return to the U.S. even if it means serving prison time

The Independent UK

ISIS Attacks Syrian Regime Forces in Tabaqa

A member of the Syrian regime forces was killed and at least four others wounded in an ISIS attack in the Juaydeen area in al-Tabaqa in western Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS took advantage of the foggy conditions to launch a new attack against government forces.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arabs Divided over Syrian-Turkish Normalization and its Conditions

The United Arab Emirates – through senior officials - is seeking to join Russia in sponsoring the normalization of relations between Syria and Türkiye. The United States and Arab countries, meanwhile, are seeking to halt the normalization efforts, or at least, place conditions before they can be complete, signaling Arab…

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UN to vote on aid deliveries to Syria's rebel-held northwest

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Monday on a resolution that would continue humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from Turkey for another six months

The Independent UK

What Australia can learn from Europe's prosecution of returned IS wives

Their return last year sparked debate, and an arrest this week fanned the flames, but a look overseas provides insight into how other countries have dealt with some returned IS wives.

ABC News

Syrians in Opposition Enclave Protest Türkiye-Syria Contacts

Thousands of Syrians held protests Friday in different parts of the opposition-held northwest against recent moves by the governments in Damascus and Ankara to improve ties. The protests in villages and towns in Idlib and Aleppo provinces came a week after the Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers held previously…

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Repatriated wife of IS fighter given bail

Mariam Raad, 31, faced a regional NSW court on Friday after being arrested in the regional town of Young on Thursday.

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Australian court gives bail to woman accused of entering and staying in Isis-controlled areas

Mariam Raad, 31, has been charged with entering Isis-controlled areas in Syria in 2014

The Independent UK

Aid Workers in Syria Fear Cholera Spread If Cross-Border Support Halted

Humanitarian workers operating in the last opposition-held part of Syria fear a cholera outbreak sweeping the region will deepen further if the United Nations is forced to stop aid deliveries across the border from Türkiye. The area's 4 million people live in dire conditions and rely heavily on the food…

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Aid workers in Syria fear cholera spread if cross-border support halted

Reuters

Australian charged over travel to IS territory freed on bail

An Australian woman charged with willingly entering part of Syria that was under control of the Islamic State group has been freed on bail as a debate raged about the risk to the community

The Independent UK

Erdogan: Leaders of Türkiye, Syria Could Meet for Peace

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defense ministers met last week for the highest-level talks between the two foes since the Syrian war began in 2011. In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan said the…

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Australian woman gets bail after arrest for entering Islamic State area

An Australian court granted conditional bail on Friday to a woman arrested on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria held by the militant group Islamic State.

Reuters

Returned ISIS wife Mariam Raad granted bail after being charged over 2014 travel to Syria

Returned IS wife, Mariam Raad, is granted bail in Griffith Local Court after being charged with a terrorism offence over her time in Syria, as her lawyer says her night in custody was "terrible".

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Repatriated wife of IS fighter bailed

The former NSW police minister and federal opposition have attacked the Albanese government after a so-called ISIS bride was granted bail by a regional court.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan says he may meet Syria’s Assad for ‘peace’ in the region

Turkish president says he could hold talks with Syrian leader within a new process launched in Moscow last week.

Reuters

U.S., Turkey target financial network linked to Islamic State

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it was taking joint action with Turkey against a network it said played a key role in money management, transfer and distribution for the Islamic State militant group operating in Iraq and Syria.

The Guardian - UK

UK barber jailed after sending Islamic State thousand of pounds from Covid grants

Tarek Namouz, 43, sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of funding terrorism

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The Independent UK

Isis, drug smugglers and regime forces unravel fragile peace in southern Syria

Syria is becoming a narco-state crippled by violence in its southern provinces, as Borzou Daragahi explains

Wales Online

Barber sent Covid-19 bounce back loans to Islamic State terrorists

He told a friend he sent £25,000 but claimed the funds were intended to "help the poor and needy in Syria"

Evening Standard

Rapist barber who sent Covid loan cash to IS terrorists in Syria jailed for 12 years

Tarek Namouz, 43, sent the funds via a money transfer bureau between November 2020 and May 2021 to organise terror attacks in Syria

The Independent UK

Barber who sent Covid loan cash to IS terrorists in Syria jailed for 12 years

Tarek Namouz, 43, sent the funds via a money transfer bureau between November 2020 and May 2021 to organise terror attacks in Syria.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pro-Iranian Factions Suspected of Targeting International Coalition in Eastern Syria

Two missiles targeted on Wednesday morning the international coalition forces in eastern Syria, without causing any losses, according to the Central Command of the US Army (CENTCOM). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) accused pro-Iranian groups of being behind the attack. AFP noted that the attack came a day…

Reuters

Leaders of Turkey, Syria could meet for peace - Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defence ministers met last week for the highest-level talks between the two foes since the Syrian war began in 2011.

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Türkiye Awaits 'Positive Steps' from Syrian Regime

Türkiye pledged to respond to any “positive steps” taken by the Syrian regime in kind, but noted that it was too early to talk about a specific date for a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad. Ankara also announced the possibility…

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