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How to Use Syrian Oil as an 'Entry Point' to Breaking the Deadlock

In the face of the stability of the “borderlines” between the three Syrian zones of influence for two years, the continuation of the political stalemate and the emergence of a global energy crisis, a set of ideas is being circulated aimed at turning Syrian oil into a point of consensus…

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Morocco Arrests Five Pro-ISIS Extremists

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, supported by members of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) Special Force, arrested five pro-ISIS extremists in separate simultaneous security operations in several cities and towns on Wednesday. The suspects, aged between 21 and 44 years old, are accused of plotting terror activities…

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Police Break Up Militant Cell in Tunisia's Tataouine

Police have broken up a militant cell linked to ISIS in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. Police said the cell was planning attacks with explosives and trying to recruit young people, according to the ministry statement. In November, police shot and wounded an…

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SDF Transfers ISIS Detainees to Stricter Prison in Syria

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) transferred over 1,000 ISIS detainees from the prison it operates in the town of Al-Shadadi, located south of Syria’s Hasakah governorate, informed sources reported. ISIS inmates were taken to a maximum-security prison that was built with US and UK funding. The UK alone has spent…

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US Man Who Tried to Join ISIS Pleads Guilty

A 21-year-old Seattle man pleaded guilty Monday to a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join ISIS. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams was arrested last June at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as he checked in for a flight to Cairo. He entered a guilty plea in…

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On the 3rd anniversary of the Christchurch attack, the Ukraine crisis asks the West to rethink its definitions of terrorism

As the Russian invasion unfolds, a deep vein of Ukrainian nationalism – already irritated by the annexation of Crimea and a Russian-backed insurgency in the Donbas region – has been unleashed.

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Man jailed for sharing ISIS videos on messaging app

A man has been jailed for sending ISIS propaganda videos on an instant messaging app.

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Kurdish Forces Launch Massive Raids in Syria’s Al-Hol Camp

The Kurdish Internal Security Forces (Asayish) have arrested dozens of wanted persons and suspects at al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and counter-terrorism forces, in coordination with the international coalition, took part in the largest security crackdown on the camp since the beginning of the…

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NIA charges two alleged Islamic State operatives

They recruited youth for the outfit

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ISIS Confirms Death of its Leader, Names New Chief

ISIS confirmed on Thursday the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Quraishi and its spokesperson Abu Hamza Al-Quraishi, and announced Abu Al-Hassan Al-Hashemi Al-Quraishi as its new chief. Quraishi died in a US special forces raid in northern Syria in February when he detonated a bomb that killed him…

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ISIS names new chief after confirming death of former leader in audio clip

In a new audio statement, ISIS confirmed the death of Abu Ibrahim Al-hashemi Al-Quraishi and former spokesperson Abu Hamza al-Qurashi, before naming its new leader

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Mosul's Old City Rises from Rubble in War-scarred Iraq

Beneath what remains of the 12th-century Al-Hadba minaret, builders work on a project to revive Mosul's Old City, reduced to rubble during Iraq's battle to retake the city from jihadists. Mosques, churches and century-old houses are being brought back to life in the northern metropolis, which the ISIS group seized…

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Arab, Western Countries Press for Accountability in Syria

The Syrian revolution celebrates its 11th anniversary next week, yet the Syrian people continue to suffer from the "war machine" and fighting that have been ongoing since March 15, 2011, amid Arab and Western calls for a political solution to the crisis. In a joint statement, 13 Arab and Western…

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Dozens of Soldiers Killed in Attack on Military Camp in Mali

A militant attack on a military camp in central Mali on Friday killed 27 soldiers and 47 "terrorists" were "neutralized", the country's army said, AFP reported. The fighting left 33 soldiers injured, 21 seriously, and seven are missing, the army added in a statement, while 23 other suspects were "neutralized"…

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800 Iraqi Refugees Return Home From Syria

Eight hundred Iraqi refugees returned home from northeast Syria on Thursday and hundreds more are to follow, a Syrian official in the region's Kurdish semi-autonomous administration said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the first group left on buses via the Al-Yarubiyah border crossing. The Iraqi government has "agreed…

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Read What Activist Cevian Demanded From Ericsson Post ISIS Fiasco

Europe's leading activist investor Cevian AB pressed Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to amend its articles to give its Class A shareholders the power to convert their shares into Class B shares, Bloomberg reports. Class A shareholders carry ten times Class B's voting power per share, notes Bloomberg. Cevian holds ~5% of Ericsson's Class…

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ISIS Widow in NE Syria: I Couldn’t Believe I Got Rid of Him

“I couldn’t believe I got rid of him and his oppression,” with these words Aisha Al-Ahmad, a minor and wife of an ISIS fighter, started telling her story to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Al-Ahmad lives with her family in the Rumailah neighborhood, the largest neighborhood in the city…

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Defense lawyers seek to restrict testimony from ISIS 'slave'

Defense lawyers for a British national facing trial later this month for helping the Islamic State group torture and behead American hostages are seeking to block testimony from a Kurdish girl held as a slave by the group

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Internal Divisions to Stall ISIS Appointing New Leader

An Egyptian monitor predicted that the ISIS terror group would witness internal divisions after the death of its leader, Abu Ibrahim al Qurashi. The Cairo-based Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Terrorism confirmed that ISIS had always been preoccupied with internal divisions after losing its leaders. The group hopes to reorganize and…

Reuters

U.S. sanctions four South Africans over alleged Islamic State links

The United States has sanctioned four South Africans it says have led Islamic State cells in the country or facilitated support for branches elsewhere, including by transferring funds or procuring weapons.

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Iran’s Khamenei: ‘Mafia regime’ of US created Ukraine crisis

Iran’s supreme leader says world needs to learn a lesson about Western support from examples of Ukraine and Afghanistan.

Benzinga

Why Ericsson Shares Are Plunging Today

Citi analyst Andrew Gardiner downgraded Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to Neutral from Buy, calling the company "uninvestable." The re-rating followed the report of alleged "tens of millions of dollars in suspicious payments" by the telecom company to ISIS over nearly a decade to keep its business in Iraq. Related Content:…

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Kerry Katona's Vladimir Putin warning goes viral after her anti-war stance

In a bizarre turn of events, it seemed like Kerry Katona had been offering her thoughts about Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. After a fake image fooled the internet, some of the star's fans declared the mum-of-five 'this generation's Winston Churchill'

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Vile Scots stalker who taunted Bethany Haines about dad's ISIS death jailed after targeting women

Andrew Murray, 26, walked free previously after the appeal court overturned a jail sentence imposed upon him in 2017.

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Lebanon Foils 3 Planned Suicide Attacks, Interior Minister Says

Lebanese security forces have foiled plans by militants linked to ISIS to carry out three suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The plans for the attacks involved rocket-propelled grenades and gun fire as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that would have killed…

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