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Taliban forces kill 3 IS members in raid on Kabul building

An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul

The Independent UK

'Let Shamima Begum back into UK to rebuild her life' says her mother-in-law

Ms Begum is challenging the Government in a bid to have her citizenship reinstated

Wales Online

Shamima Begum's mother-in-law says she should be allowed back to UK

Shamima Begum's mother-in-law insists she and her husband Dutch jihadist husband Yago Riedijk should both face justice for travelling to Syria to join ISIS

Daily Mirror

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Canadian government appeals order to repatriate Canadians in Syria

The Canadian government is appealing a January federal court order to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syria on suspected ties to the Islamic State, according to a notice of appeal filed on Friday.

Reuters

Dutch to prosecute woman for Islamic State membership, Yazidi enslavement

Prosecutors in the Netherlands on Friday announced they plan to put a Dutch woman who joined Islamic State on trial for crimes against humanity for enslaving a Yazidi woman in Syria in 2015.

Reuters

ISIS jihadi medical student who wants to return to UK says he has 'right to come home'

Ibrahim Ageed was studying medicine in Sudan before he joined the ISIS terror group with his brother back in 2015 - and now he is pleading to return to the UK

Daily Mirror

We fled war to die in an earthquake, says Iraqi woman mourning family in Turkey

Six years ago, Rehab Talal and her family fled the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq seeking shelter in Turkey, but seven members of her family died, including a week-old baby, when her parents' house collapsed in the earthquake.

Reuters

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US man convicted of aiding Islamic State as sniper, trainer

A former New York stockbroker-turned-Islamic State group militant has been convicted of becoming a sniper and trainer for the extremist group during its brutal reign in Syria and Iraq

The Independent UK

Commentary: Here’s how to reform the law that made the internet

A Supreme Court case set for oral arguments on Feb. 21 could transform the web as we know it.

Los Angeles Times

ISIS bride Shamima Begum describes how 'dream' became nightmare when she joined terror group

The former Jihadi bride and member of the terrorist group ISIS is trying to explain why she fled a comfortable family home to join a brutal genocidal regime

Daily Mirror

At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake

Azaz (Syria) (AFP) - Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP.

AFP

Saudi diplomats leave Afghanistan, relocate to Pakistani capital -sources

Saudi diplomats have left Afghanistan for "training" and will return, the Taliban administration said on Monday, though three sources familiar with the matter said security concerns had contributed to their departure.

Reuters

Turkey's President Erdogan says Western missions will 'pay' for closures

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Western missions would "pay" for issuing security warnings and temporarily closing consulates in Turkey last week, while police said there was no serious threat to foreigners after detaining 15 Islamic State suspects on Sunday.

Reuters

Job: 'Sniper': Accused Islamic State fighter on trial in US

The ongoing trial of a U.S. citizen charged with serving as a sniper and weapons trainer for the Islamic State group is a reminder of the enduring and far-reaching fallout of a war that drew tens of thousands of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq

The Independent UK

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Vienna court convicts 2020 gunman's alleged helpers

An Austrian court has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in Vienna in 2020

AAP

Terror boss doesn't hold extremist views, court told

A Sydney man who faces further jail time after leading a terror group in planning local attacks did not hold extremist or violent views, a court has heard.

AFP

Syrians fear IS resurgence as Kurdish-led forces sweep Raqa

Raqa (Syria) (AFP) - From his rooftop in the Syrian city of Raqa, Youssef Nasser watches nervously as hundreds of heavily armed Kurdish-led fighters sweep the streets of what was once the de facto capital of the Islamic State group.

Reuters

What is driving the violence in eastern Congo?

A focus of Pope Francis' visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo is a meeting on Wednesday with around 60 victims of the decades of violence in the east of the country who have made the cross-country journey to see him.

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Pakistan mosque blast that killed 100 was 'revenge against police'

Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - A suicide blast at a mosque inside a Pakistan police headquarters was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief said Tuesday, as rescue efforts ended with the death toll standing at 100.

Reuters

Factbox-Islamist militants present fresh challenge to Pakistan

Monday's mosque bombing in northwestern Pakistan has underscored a resurgence in militant attacks in recent months in the South Asian nation.

AFP

Pakistan mosque blast that killed 95 was 'revenge against police'

Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - A suicide blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in Pakistan that killed more than 90 people was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief said Tuesday.

Reuters

Turkey's push into Iraq risks deeper conflict

Looming over the deserted village of Sararo in northern Iraq, three Turkish military outposts break the skyline, part of an incursion that forced the residents to flee last year after days of shelling.

Tribune News Service

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ISIS soldier from Dearborn guilty in federal court terror trial

DETROIT — An Islamic State soldier from Dearborn captured on a Syrian battlefield five years ago faces at least 10 years in federal prison after a jury Monday convicted him of providing material support to a terrorist group.

Foreign Policy

Conscription Is Not an Excuse for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Here’s why forced enlistment should not be a barrier to listing the Guard as a terrorist organization.

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