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Turkey’s operation against Kurds in Syria risks reviving IS group

Turkey is threatening to send group troops into northeastern Syria in retaliation for a deadly Istanbul bombing on November 13 that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attributes to the Syrian Kurdish YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Unit). The group has strongly denied responsibility for the attack. However, Erdogan now plans to escalate…

France 24

Accused jihadist Prakash silent in court

Melbourne-born Neil Prakash, who is accused of travelling to Syria to fight with Islamic State, has faced a Darwin court over terrorism charges.

AAP

Islamic State names new leader after Quraishi blew himself up when surrounded -sources

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has appointed a previously unknown figure as its head after its leader blew himself up in October while being besieged by former anti-government rebels in southern Syria, those involved in the clash told Reuters.

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Islamic State group announces death of leader

Beirut (AFP) - The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement to head up its remaining sleeper cells.

AFP

Islamic State leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed in battle, terror group says

The extremist group has been trying to rise again

Evening Standard

IS says leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi killed in battle

The spokesman for the Islamic State group says its leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in battle recently

The Independent UK

Islamic State leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi killed in battle

Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi is the second IS leader to be killed this year

The Independent UK

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At least 19 killed, 24 wounded in north Afghanistan blast

Kabul (AFP) - At least 19 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan's northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local hospital told AFP.

AFP

Islamic State jihadist group declares death of its leader

The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement to head up its remaining sleeper cells.

France 24

Taliban: 10 killed in bombing of Afghan religious school

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan

The Independent UK

At least 16 killed, 24 wounded in north Afghanistan blast

Kabul (AFP) - At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan's northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local hospital told AFP.

AFP

Commentary: Turkey has put the US in a tough spot by threatening another Syria incursion

Syria’s civil war, which entered its 11th year this March, may at first look like a clear-cut case of good versus evil, in which a bloodthirsty dictator, Bashar Assad, tries to snuff out any semblance of opposition to his rule. Yet, the conflict is far more complicated than that. Far…

Chicago Tribune

Terrorism threat lowered but attack 50-50

Intelligence agency ASIO has lowered the threat of a terrorist attack from probable to possible but rates the chance of an attack within the next year at 50-50.

AAP

Syrian Kurds say they have stopped operations against IS

The commander of the main U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria says they have stopped their operations against the Islamic State group due to Turkish attacks on northern Syria over the past week

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The Independent UK

US official urges ‘de-escalation’ as Turkey strikes Syria

A US official currently in Syria is calling for an ‘immediate de-escalation’ following days of deadly airstrikes and shelling along the Syria-Turkey border

The Independent UK

US official urges 'de-escalation' as Turkey strikes Syria

A U.S. official currently in Syria is calling for an “immediate de-escalation” following days of deadly airstrikes and shelling along the Syria-Turkey border

AFP

Turkish threats leave Syria Kurds in fear for symbolic city

Kobane (Syria) (AFP) - In the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane, gripped by fear of a Turkish offensive, Saleh Abdo Khalil passes an open-air "museum" of buildings reduced to rubble.

ABC News

Minister holds 'robust' meeting with mayors over repatriation of IS families to Western Sydney

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says national security concerns are behind the repatriation of the families of Islamic State fighters from Syria to Western Sydney.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Desensitised’ ex-IS followers remain threats, Shamima Begum hearing told

Home Office argues people trafficked to Syria were exposed to extreme violence which poses ‘almighty problem’

The Guardian - UK

London barber who received Covid grants sent £25k to IS fighter, court told

Tarek Namouz accused of making at least seven money transfers to Islamic State fighter last year

Evening Standard

Shamima Begum: People can ‘still be threats to national security even when brainwashed’, Home Office says

Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State

The Independent UK

People can ‘still be threats to national security even if they were brainwashed’

Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State.

Daily Mirror

Shamima Begum’s mother says ‘world fell apart’ after daughter fled to join ISIS

Shamima Begum, now 23, was 15 when she went to Turkey from east London to join members of the so-called Islamic State before being found nine months pregnant in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019

Daily Mirror

Turkey says it will launch land invasion of Syria with 'far-reaching consequences'

Local counter-terror operations against Islamic State - who continue to plot attacks against the West - are now on hold as Kurdish militants prepare to fight a ground war with Turkey

AFP

Turkey more determined 'than ever' to secure Syrian border

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey said Wednesday it was more determined than ever to secure its Syrian border from attacks by Kurdish forces, threatening a ground operation "at the most convenient time".

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