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Stung by Prison Battle, Kurds Say They Need Help against ISIS

Weeks after the long, furious battle with militants from the ISIS group over a prison in northeastern Syria, the mangled wreckage of a car used by suicide bombers still sat outside its perimeter.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Claims it Helped US Eliminate ISIS Leader

Israeli media claimed that Tel Aviv played a role in the US operation to eliminate ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. Israeli Channel 13 quoted sources as saying that it is possible to assess, according to security sources, that Israel participated in the search for Qurayshi's intelligence and contributed, using…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Naval Ships Arrive at Syria's Tartus

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that six amphibious assault ships of the Russian Northern and Baltic Fleet had arrived at the Russian Navy's logistics center in Tartus, western Syria. In a statement, the ministry's press office said that the naval task force is made up of the large amphibious assault…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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A good man surrounded by 'barbarians, mentally ill psychopaths'

Abdellah Chouaa is suspected of having helped with the preparation of the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks which cost 131 people their lives. He risks 20 years in prison if convicted. On Friday he gave evidence about himself, and about Mohamed Abrini, another of the accused.

Radio France Internationale

Flying high: how a photo of a Syrian father and son led to a new life in Italy

A tender moment captured by Mehmet Aslan of Munzir al-Nazzal and his son, both survivors of the Syrian war, prompted Italian organisations to act. A year on, they are settling into life in Tuscany

The Guardian - UK

ISIS Leader and Family Blended in among Syrians Uprooted by War

In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of ISIS and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbors did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time. The status quo was shattered on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom

The U.S. raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State's leader is a much-needed national security win for President Joe Biden after the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan while he tries to project an image of strength in a standoff with Russia over Ukraine, analysts said.

Reuters

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‘We are still shocked’: the Syrians who discovered Islamic State’s leader was their neighbour

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been an unseen phantom in a safehouse in the town of Atme until his violent end on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Stung by prison battle, Kurds say they need help against IS

The battle with Islamic State group militants over a prison in Syria is finished, but the impact continues to reverberate

The Independent UK

Death of Isis leader during US raid in Syria spells trouble for Turkey

The incident raises questions over whether Ankara was incompetent or complicit by harbouring al-Qurashi

The Independent UK

Factbox: Pushed into the shadows, Islamic State still has global reach

(This February 4 story deletes incorrect description of Boko Haram as an affiliate of Al Qaeda in paragraph 14; corrects number of Islamic State affiliates in West and Central Africa in paragraph 15; relationship between Islamic State West Africa Province and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in paragraph 17;…

Reuters

Islamic State leader and family blended in among Syrians uprooted by war

In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time.

Reuters

Who was Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi? Islamic State leader killed in raid

The leader of the ISIS group has been killed during an overnight raid of north-western Syria by US special forces. Here’s what we know about Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi

Daily Mirror

Watchdog says 100s of boys missing from Kurdish Syria prison

An international human rights group says hundreds of boys are missing from a Syrian Kurdish prison that held members of the Islamic State group and their families, after the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces fought IS militants for 10 days to retake the facility

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

‘Nobody left the house’: Atmeh locals in the dark about ISIL boss

Following US raid, landlord and neighbours say they were unaware of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi’s presence in Syrian town.

Asharq Al-Awsat

SDF Says Shared Intelligence with Washington

Kurdish military sources revealed that the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) shared intelligence in the airdrop operation carried out by the US-led International Coalition in the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria. The operation resulted in the killing of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The sources confirmed that the SDF…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: When an ISIS leader is ‘taken off the battlefield,’ how much of a win is that for the US?

Although another Islamic State leader has been killed, the organization will endure in Iraq and Syria as long as the United States and its allies continue to substitute targeted killings for a more comprehensive counterterrorism strategy.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Why Israel should stay out of the Ukraine conflict

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday. According to the State Department’s readout of the conversation, they discussed “shared challenges, in the face of potential Russian aggression against Ukraine.”

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Eyewitness Describe to Asharq Al-Awsat Quraishi as ‘Mysterious’ Iraqi Living in Atmeh

The leader of ISIS died when he blew himself and family members up during a US military raid in Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the extremist group's efforts to reorganize as a guerrilla force after losing large swathes of territory. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi,…

Al Jazeera

Profile: Who was Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi?

Al-Qurayshi was a shadowy and brutal figure who led ISIL when under intense military pressure from US and allied forces.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inside US Raid on ISIS Leader: Months of Preparation, Then a Deadly Blast

US forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture ISIS's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family. But before they could reach him, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi detonated a…

The Independent UK

As economy collapses, some young Lebanese turn to militancy

Dozens of young men from Lebanon's impoverished north have disappeared in recent months, often re-emerging with the Islamic State group in Iraq

The Independent UK

Lethal US raid on IS encounters a doll, crib, bomb, bullets

When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos landed in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of extremists and children

Bangkok Post

Islamic State leader dead after US commandos raid house in Syria

NEW YORK: A risky predawn raid by US special operations forces that resulted in the death of the Islamic State group’s leader on Thursday was set in motion months ago with a tip that the top terrorist was hiding out on the top floor of a house in northwest Syria.

Los Angeles Times

Leader of Islamic State dies in raid by US forces in Syria, Biden says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the leader of Islamic State was killed during an overnight raid by U.S. forces in Syria that also left a number of civilians dead, declaring the operation a success that eliminated a “major terrorist threat to the world.”

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