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The US supreme court case that could bring the tech giants to their knees

The question of whether social media firms should be responsible for content recommended to users is set to be re-examined – and not before time

The Guardian - UK

France allows 40 children, 15 women back from Syrian camps holding IS suspects

France has repatriated 55 people from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected Islamic State jihadists. It is the largest such repatriation in three months and comes a week after a European rights court condemned France for its refusal to return two women detained in Syria.

Radio France Internationale

Ancient carvings discovered at iconic Iraq monument bulldozed by IS

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) - When Islamic State group fighters bulldozed the ancient monumental Mashki gate in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016, it was part of the extremists' systematic destruction of cultural heritage.

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The persecution of the Hazaras: Afghan Shiites targeted by deadly attacks

Afghanistan's Hazara community, a Shiite minority, is regularly targeted by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State (IS) group, which considers Hazaras as heretics. Dozens of people, mostly girls, were killed in an attack on an education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on September 30. Although the attack…

France 24

Hundreds linked to IS transfered from Syria to Iraq

Beirut (AFP) - Syria's autonomous Kurdish region has transferred over 600 relatives of suspected jihadists detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp to Iraq, a war monitor and a Kurdish security source said Tuesday.

AFP

Cement giant Lafarge fined $778 mn for working with Islamic State in Syria

New York (AFP) - French cement giant Lafarge SA was slapped with a $778 million fine Tuesday for making millions in payments to the Islamic State and another jihadist group to build its business in Syria.

AFP

France's Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting terror groups in Syria

French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a US charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including the Islamic State (IS) group, agreeing to pay almost $780 million in fines and forfeitures.

France 24

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6 on trial in Vienna over links to gunman in 2020 attack

Six men have gone on trial in Vienna over alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in the Austrian capital in 2020

The Independent UK

Canadian sentenced to 20 years in US prison for aiding IS

Washington (AFP) - A Canadian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the United States on Monday for providing assistance to the Islamic State group in Syria.

AFP

‘They tried to wipe us out’: Kurds shelled as Iran seeks scapegoats for unrest

Exiled Kurdish forces in Iraq feel abandoned by west and say they need weapons like in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

First British woman and her child repatriated to UK from Syrian camp

Woman, said to have been trafficked, is only adult allowed back since end of Islamic State ground war

The Guardian - UK

UN rebukes Finland for violating rights of its children held in Syria camps

Child rights committee says Helsinki must do more to repatriate those detained as relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters

The Guardian - UK

Memorial at New Hampshire church honors slain journalist

Slain journalist James Foley has been honored with a stone memorial outside the church he attended while growing up in New Hampshire

The Independent UK

France's ex-president: Bastille Day attack was "terror act"

Former French President François Hollande has told a special terrorism court in Paris that the man who drove a truck into a crowded boardwalk in Nice on Bastille Day six years ago was responsible for “a terrorist act.”

The Independent UK

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US kills senior Islamic State group leaders in two separate operations in Syria

US forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday, including a rare ground raid in a portion of the northeast that is controlled by the Syrian regime, US officials said.

The Independent UK

US kills 3 Islamic State leaders in 2 Syria operations

U.S. officials say U.S. forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday, including a rare ground raid in a portion of the northeast that is controlled by the Syrian regime

AFP

US targets 'senior' IS jihadist in Syria's northeast: Centcom

Beirut (AFP) - American forces killed a "senior" member of the jihadist Islamic State group Thursday in a pre-dawn raid on northeastern Syria, the US military's Central Command said.

The New Daily

Compassion is in nation’s interests as it repatriates citizens from Syrian camp

It should not be considered controversial that the Australian government is finally moving to repatriate citizens detained in northern Syria.

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The Conversation

Australia is well-placed to make the long-overdue repatriation of Islamic State women and children work

National security is not a zero-sum game. If the past two decades have taught us anything about breaking the cycle of terrorist violence, it is that in the longer-run, treating people well – upholding justice and acting with compassion and humanity – keeps everyone safer.

AFP

US Supreme Court to hear cases challenging tech firm immunity

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court, in a decision with potentially far-reaching ramifications, agreed on Monday to hear two cases challenging the legal immunity of internet companies from liability for content posted by their users.

ABC News

Federal government says Australians returning from Syrian detention camps will be monitored by security agencies

A frontbench minister says women and children being brought home from Syrian detention camps will be given counselling and monitored for their safety and that of the community.

The Guardian - AU

Families of Australians held in Syrian detention camps welcome ‘incredibly exciting’ news of planned repatriation

One man whose daughter and grandchildren are in the Roj camp says the government has not notified family members of rescue missions

Crikey

Raising a red flag

Vladimir Putin’s man in Australia says we have been ‘brainwashed’ into supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, and Australians lose an average $1000 a year from gambling.

The Guardian - AU

Australian children rescued from Syrian camps need tailored support to reintegrate into society, expert says

Shane Healey urges government to establish holistic and ‘individualised’ process for kids who spent formative years in violent conditions

The Guardian - AU

Australia to launch rescue mission for women and children trapped in Syrian detention camps

Exclusive: More than 20 Australian women and more than 40 children related to Islamic State combatants held in al-Hawl And Roj camps

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