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US-backed Kurdish forces seize Syrian prison from Islamic State after week-long assault

An Australian teenager is alive and in custody after he was caught in crossfire when Kurdish-led forces wrestled back control of the last section of a Syrian prison controlled by Islamic State militants.

ABC News

A foiled prison break brings a sense of deja vu — and fears of an Islamic State resurgence

BEIRUT — The two trucks raced toward the prison and then split up. One hurtled into the gates, the other the security wall, before both erupted in fireballs of metal and masonry. With the perimeter breached, other suicide attackers swarmed inside, toting weapons for themselves and the fellow jihadists they…

Los Angeles Times

Kurdish-led forces say they have regained control of prison in Syria's Hasaka

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) regained full control of al-Sina'a prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasaka on Wednesday, spokesman Farhad Shami said in a tweet, and all remaining Islamic State militants had surrendered.

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Syria Kurds retake prison, ending six-day IS attack

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Kurdish forces on Wednesday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group jihadists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier.

AFP

Syrian Kurds say prison recaptured after IS group attack

US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday said they fully recaptured a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka that had been attacked by the Islamic State (IS) group, ending the biggest jihadist assault in the country in three years.

France 24

Lisa Smith tried to justify suicide bombings, trial told

The former Defence Forces soldier, 39, has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of IS jihadists surrender as Kurds advance inside Syria jail

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Hundreds of Islamic State group fighters surrendered Wednesday in a Syria prison where they had been holed up for days, as US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose around remaining jihadists.

AFP

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Iraqi PM inspects Syria border as IS attacks stoke fears

Iraq’s prime minister has made a rare visit to the country’s border with Syria, to support troops and state that Iraqi forces were capable of resisting the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Kurds advance on jihadists in besieged Syria jail, appeal for help

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Kurdish forces advanced Wednesday inside a Syrian prison where Islamic State group fighters have been holed up with minors for six days, amid pleas for international assistance to contain a jihadist resurgence.

AFP

Commentary: US airstrikes are recklessly legitimizing a new kind of war

For years, critics have sounded the alarm on targeted airstrike campaigns carried out by the U.S. Now, investigations published in December by The New York Times reveal how a secret U.S. air campaign against the Islamic State was riddled with imprecise targeting and flawed intelligence — further proof of a…

Los Angeles Times

UNICEF says fears grow over fate of 850 children in besieged Syrian prison

Fears are growing for hundreds of children in a Syrian prison seized by Islamic State inmates, after six days of clashes with Kurdish-led fighters seeking to regain control of the facility, the United Nations children's agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ex-Irish soldier goes on trial for Islamic State membership

Dublin (AFP) - A former Irish army soldier went on trial in Dublin on Tuesday accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State jihadist group in Syria.

AFP

Burkina Faso: A history of destabilisation by jihadist insurgencies

Attacks by jihadists linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group have killed thousands and displaced an estimated 1.5 million people in Burkina Faso since 2015. Members of the army, critical of the government's strategy for battling Islamist terrorism, detained the president and seized power on January 23. FRANCE…

France 24

Former Irish soldier was prepared to die for Islamic State, court hears

Lisa Smith ‘enveloped’ herself in the ‘black flag of IS’ in Syria, prosecutor says

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Iraq's battle against IS cells grinds on in the desert

Hawi al-Azim (Iraq) (AFP) - Bullet holes riddle the concrete watchtower of a remote Iraqi army outpost north of Baghdad, a sign of the Islamic State group's night-time attack that killed 11 soldiers.

The Independent UK

Syrian Kurdish forces free hostages amid IS prison attack

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces say they have freed nine of their troops held hostage by Islamic State militants leading an assault on one of the largest detention facilities in northeastern Syria

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith ‘enveloped herself in the black flag of Islamic State’, court hears

The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to charges of being a member of the terror group and financing terrorism.

ABC News

Australian teenager begs for help from inside Syrian prison at centre of dramatic battle between Islamic State and Kurdish fighters

For five days, Islamic State fighters have been battling Kurdish soldiers to free thousands of men from a Syrian prison. Amid the chaos, an Australian boy tells his Sydney-based family in voice recordings that he's wounded and terrified.

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The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of boys ‘human shields’ in Islamic State prison breakout

Siege in Kurdish-run prison in Syria ‘deeply distressing’, says Save the Children

The Independent UK

More than 200 reported dead after Isis prison break in Syria as clashes continue

Fighting between US-backed Syrian forces and Islamic State militants has entered a fifth day

Reuters

Syrian Kurds say Islamic State militants surrender after prison raid

Kurdish-led forces said they raided part of a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in northeastern Syria and forced at least 300 of the militants to surrender on Monday.

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith trial to begin after court rejects bid to dismiss terror charges

The 39-year-old ex-Defence Forces soldier, from Co Louth, is accused of being a member of so-called Islamic State and financing terrorism.

AFP

Islamic State group's Syria prison attack: a turning point?

Beirut (AFP) - An Islamic State group attack on a Syrian prison, the jihadists' largest operation in the country in years, has fuelled fears it foreshadows a fully-fledged comeback for the extremists.

AFP

Syria prison battle toll tops 150, concern over fate of minors

Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Kurdish forces locked down a Syrian city Monday to trap Islamic State group fighters who attacked a prison there five days earlier, leaving more than 150 dead in fierce battles.

Reuters

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Herat, Afghanistan

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Saturday in the western Afghan city of Herat, it said in a post on Telegram on Sunday.

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