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Syrian Kurds say prison recaptured after IS group attack

US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday said they fully recaptured a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka that had been attacked by the Islamic State (IS) group, ending the biggest jihadist assault in the country in three years.

France 24

Lebanon inks deal with Syria, Jordan to address power crisis

The project, funded by the World Bank, will send 250 megawatts of Jordanian energy to power-starved Lebanon via Syria.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon to receive Jordan electricity via Syria, deal signed

Lebanon has signed deals to purchase electricity from Jordan via Syria to help the small Mediterranean country deal with its crippling energy crisis

The Independent UK

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Iraqi PM inspects Syria border as IS attacks stoke fears

Iraq’s prime minister has made a rare visit to the country’s border with Syria, to support troops and state that Iraqi forces were capable of resisting the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Truth lost in translation as Pakistani suspect manipulates language gap

Following the second Covid-enforced adjournment of the year, the Paris attacks trial resumed on Tuesday with evidence from Muhammed Usman, one of the accused, on his religious background and his activities in the Syrian war zone. Nothing was terribly clear.

Radio France Internationale

Lebanon to Receive Jordan Electricity Via Syria, Deal Signed

Lebanon signed deals on Wednesday to purchase electricity from Jordan via Syria to help the small Mediterranean country deal with its crippling energy crisis. The deals are expected to bring Lebanon up to 250 megawatts of electricity a day within two months, enough for about two hours of power a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon, Jordan agree to bring electricity through Syria

Lebanon signed a U.S.-backed deal with Jordan on Wednesday that aims to ease crippling power shortages by transmitting electricity across neighbouring Syria, after Washington assured Beirut it should not fear its sanctions on Damascus.

Reuters

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SDF commandos close in on Syria prison, capture ISIL fighters

At least 550 suspected ISIL fighters have surrendered as SDF commandos wrestle back control of the prison.

Al Jazeera

UN: More than 50 million people affected by urban conflicts

The United Nations chief says more than 50 million people are currently affected by conflict in urban areas from Afghanistan to Libya, Syria, Yemen and beyond where they face a much higher risk of being killed or injured

The Independent UK

ISIS bride Shamima Begum claims she wants to help Boris Johnson solve terrorism

Begum, who had her UK citizenship revoked by the Home Office on national security grounds in 2019, travelled from East London to Syria in 2015 when she was 15-years-old

Daily Mirror

UNICEF says fears grow over fate of 850 children in besieged Syrian prison

Fears are growing for hundreds of children in a Syrian prison seized by Islamic State inmates, after six days of clashes with Kurdish-led fighters seeking to regain control of the facility, the United Nations children's agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Kurds Locked in Tense Syria Prison Standoff with ISIS

US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose Tuesday around ISIS fighters hunkering down inside a Syrian prison, with both sides facing a bloodbath or talks to end the five-day-old standoff. Around 100 ISIS fighters attacked Ghwayran prison in the northeastern city of Hasakeh on January 20, in their biggest military operation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Snow Storms, Cold and Fire Threaten Displaced Syrians in Northern Camps

Five-year-old Intissar and her younger sister Lin were sheltering from northern Syria's bitter winter cold when fuel from a heater ignited their tent, killing them and seriously injuring their mother. The young family and other displaced Syrians were living near the Turkish border in a camp of more than 400…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US military engaged in heaviest fighting against Isis since fall of caliphate in Syria

Around 700 boys are reportedly being held hostage by the extremist group as prison siege continues

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The Guardian - UK

Former Irish soldier was prepared to die for Islamic State, court hears

Lisa Smith ‘enveloped’ herself in the ‘black flag of IS’ in Syria, prosecutor says

The Independent UK

Syrian Kurdish forces free hostages amid IS prison attack

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces say they have freed nine of their troops held hostage by Islamic State militants leading an assault on one of the largest detention facilities in northeastern Syria

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith ‘enveloped herself in the black flag of Islamic State’, court hears

The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to charges of being a member of the terror group and financing terrorism.

Reuters

Snow storms, cold and fire threaten displaced Syrians in northern camps

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Kurds locked in tense five-day prison standoff with jihadists in Syria

US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose around armed jihadists hunkering down inside a Syrian prison Tuesday, with both sides facing a bloodbath or talks to end the five-day-old standoff.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria, Russia Start Joint Air Force Patrols Near Golan Heights

Syrian and Russian military jets jointly patrolled the airspace along Syria’s borders on Monday and plan to make such flights regular, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s defense ministry as saying. According to RIA Novosti, the Russian pilots took off from the Hmeimim Air Base, while the Syrian pilots departed…

The Independent UK

UN: $39 million needed for Syrians in northwest this winter

Heavy snow and freezing rain have seriously affected about 250,000 displaced Syrians living in camps in the last major opposition stronghold in northwest Syria where tents have collapsed and children have been walking in the snow and on ice in sandals, a senior U.N. humanitarian official said Monday

ABC News

Australian teenager begs for help from inside Syrian prison at centre of dramatic battle between Islamic State and Kurdish fighters

For five days, Islamic State fighters have been battling Kurdish soldiers to free thousands of men from a Syrian prison. Amid the chaos, an Australian boy tells his Sydney-based family in voice recordings that he's wounded and terrified.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Defends Rights Record as West, Turkey Accuse it of 'Starvation'

Western powers and Turkey accused Syria on Monday of imposing "starvation" and siege warfare in opposition-held areas, as Syrian officials said foreign forces were illegally occupying parts of the country suffering from US-led sanctions. Britain and the United States were among countries at the UN Human Rights Council calling on…

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of boys ‘human shields’ in Islamic State prison breakout

Siege in Kurdish-run prison in Syria ‘deeply distressing’, says Save the Children

Reuters

Syria defends rights record as West, Turkey accuse it of imposing 'starvation'

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