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UN Officials: Syria Facing `Acute Violence’ and Worst Economic Crisis

Syria is facing “acute violence,” the worst economic crisis since the war began in 2011, and a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak with more that 24,000 suspected cases reported throughout the country and at least 80 deaths, UN officials said Tuesday. UN special envoy Geir Pedersen told the UN Security Council…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inside notorious and deadly Iran prison as prisoner shares 12-hour interrogations

Anoosheh Ashoori was sentenced to spent time at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, in August 2017 where he spent nearly five years - he returned to the UK in March of this year

Daily Mirror

What's the US military doing in Africa?

“Keep your eye on Africa," journalist warns

Salon

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SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi to Asharq Al-Awsat: Our Forces Cannot Be Dismantled

Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi warned against “comprehensive normalization” between Ankara and Damascus. In an interview to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said such an approach serves the interests of the Ankara government and will lead to many risks on the lives of the Syrian people. The approach…

Asharq Al-Awsat

MI5 plotted to infiltrate fifth 'Beatle' spy into Jihadi John's ISIS terror cell

The secret operation was pulled at the last minute – ending hopes the Londoner’s murder spree could be halted – amid fears the agent would be unmasked and publicly executed.

Daily Mirror

Taliban Kill Six ISIS Militants in Raid in Afghan Capital

Taliban security forces killed six ISIS militants in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday. The ISIS members killed in the raid on their hideout were involved in two major attacks in recent weeks, one on a city mosque…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Mass Grave of ISIS Victims Found in Syria's Palmyra

Syrian authorities found a mass grave in the historic town of Palmyra with bodies of victims of the militant ISIS group, which controlled the area years ago, Syria's state news agency said Friday. According to the report on SANA, the mass grave was discovered near the second-century Roman amphitheater. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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France repatriates 55 citizens including 40 children from Syrian camps in major operation

Repatriation comes after France was condemned for violating Isis fighter’s families’ right to return

The Independent UK

France Repatriates 55 from Syria Camps

France has repatriated 40 children and 15 women from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected ISIS militants, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. It marked the largest such repatriation in three months and came a week after a European rights court condemned France over its refusal to return…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ancient Carvings Discovered at Iconic Mosul Monument Bulldozed by ISIS

When ISIS 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. Now, US and Iraqi archaeologists working to reconstruct the site have unearthed extraordinary 2,700-year-old rock carvings among the ruins, AFP reported. They include…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France’s Lafarge Pleads Guilty to Aiding Terrorists

French cement maker Lafarge, part of the Swiss-listed Holcim, has pleaded guilty in a US court to the charges of providing support to terrorist organizations, including ISIS, during the war in Syria. Lafarge agreed to pay $778 million in forfeiture and fines as part of the plea agreement to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lafarge cement company paid ISIS to run plant in Syria, will pay $778 million in fines

A major international cement company will has pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to giving financial support to ISIS, will forfeit $687 million and pay the U.S. government nearly $91 million in fines, prosecutors said.

Tribune News Service

France’s Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting ISIL

The cement maker has pleaded guilty to making payments to groups designated as ‘terrorists’ by the US.

Al Jazeera

French construction giant Lafarge pleads guilty to funding Isis and is ordered to pay almost $800m

Lafarge Cement paid the terror group $17m to protect its plant in Syria, Justice Department says

The Independent UK

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Belfast Live

Author Colin Bateman on delving into his past and his hopes for Bangor's future

His memoir, Thunder and Lightning: Life on the Tough Cul-de-Sacs of Bangor, examines his youth in the town and is out now

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Daily Mirror

Mass graves discovered where ISIS may have buried executed British hostages

The report states that the ISIS execution of at least 14 individuals had not previously been reported as well as the approximate burial location of six individuals in Syria

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The Supreme Court holds the internet's fate in its hands, and you should be terrified

Almost no one noticed in 1996 when Congress gave online social media platforms sweeping legal immunity from what their users posted on them.

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Daily Record

First Brit allowed to return to UK with her child from Syria camp after ISIS war

They are the first British nationals to be allowed to return since the end of the ISIS war in 2019 following a ground breaking decision by the UK government.

Daily Mirror

UK Reaper drone takes out ISIS terrorist in deadly precision attack in Syria

The extremely rare attack took place close to the Turkish border and is only the third British attack of its kind this year after the Reaper drone took out the ISIS terrorist

Evening Standard

Ex-pub landlord denies ‘funding terror with Covid bounce back loans’

A former pub landlord who is accused of collecting thousands of pounds in Covid ‘bounce back’ loans to send to ISIS has denied terror charges.

Daily Mirror

First Brit allowed back to UK from Syria camp with her child after ISIS war

A woman and her child are the first Britons to have been allowed back to the country from a camp in north-east Syria - the identity of the mum and kid has been kept anonymous

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Experts: Finland Violated Rights of Children In Syria Camps

Finland violated the rights of Finnish children left to languish for years in life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps for family members of suspected militants, a UN watchdog said Wednesday. "Finland has the responsibility and power to protect the Finnish children in the Syrian camps against an imminent risk to their…

Reason

Biden Can't Have It Both Ways on Drone Strikes

If the combat mission is over in the Middle East, Biden should follow—and make permanent—more cautious drone guidelines.

Salon

January 6 was planned in broad daylight

The far right groups who attacked the Capitol recruited and radicalized openly, as we warned repeatedly

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