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Woman accused of leading female ISIL unit appears in US court

Allison Fluke-Ekren, a former teacher and Kansas resident, faces up to 20 years in jail on ‘terrorism’ charges in US.

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Iraqi Army Targets ISIS Remnants

Iraq's outgoing Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Kadhimi, continues to ensure the country's security by launching a campaign against ISIS remnants. ISIS and all armed organizations and factions are taking advantage of the intense political rivalry between blocs and parties. However, the Prime Minister maintained all…

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Iraqi Airstrikes Kill 9 ISIS Militants

Iraqi airstrikes killed nine suspected ISIS militants, including four Lebanese, in retaliation for an ISIS attack on Iraqi army barracks earlier this month, officials said Sunday. ISIS gunmen in Iraq broke into a barracks in the mountainous al-Azim district outside the town of Baqouba on Jan. 21, killed a guard…

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Syrian Kurdish Forces End Mop-up Operations in ISIS-hit Jail

US-backed Kurdish forces on Sunday said they had defeated all ISIS group militants left inside the Syrian jail that the extremists stormed 10 days ago, sparking battles that left over 370 dead. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the end of its mopping-up campaign inside the prison "after ending…

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ISIS Strikes from Shadows in Vulnerable Syria, Iraq

With a spectacular jail break in Syria and a deadly attack on an army barracks in Iraq, the ISIS group was back in the headlines the past week, a reminder of a war that formally ended three years ago but continues to be fought mostly away from view. The attacks…

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Clashes Near Syria Prison Hit by ISIS

Clashes broke out Saturday between Kurdish forces and ISIS fighters near a Syrian prison where dozens of extremists are still holed up, a war monitor said. An ISIS assault on the sprawling Ghwayran prison complex near the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on January 20 sparked days of heavy fighting…

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Kansas woman accused of leading all-female battalion of Isis fighters and planning attack on US college

Allison Fluke-Ekren is also accused of planning a terrorist attack on a college campus or shopping mall in the US

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 29 January 2022

Free speech. Covid misinformation. Spotify. Joe Rogan. Neil Young. This scandal is a Search Engine Optimisation specialist's dream come true. The latest victim of the culture war is culture itself.

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ISIS Kerala Module case: NIA files chargesheet

KOCHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet against eight accused in the ISIS Kerala Module case registered in New Delhi.

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Syrian Fighters Set Deadline for ISIS Gunmen to Surrender

US-backed Kurdish-led fighters searched Friday near a Syrian prison for ISIS group militants and gave an ultimatum to dozens of armed extremists holed up in a small part of the jail to surrender or face an all-out attack, a Kurdish official said. About a half-dozen ISIS fighters surrendered Friday morning,…

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German Woman Allegedly Took 6yo Daughter to Watch ISIS Stoning in Syria

A German who allegedly took her young daughter to watch a woman being stoned while in ISIS-held territory in Syria has been charged with membership in the extremist group and other offenses, federal prosecutors said Friday. The woman, identified only as Romiena S. in keeping with German privacy laws, was…

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Pedersen Disappointed with ‘Strategic Stalemate’ in Syria’s Political Process

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, briefed on Wednesday the Security Council on the latest developments in Syria and his diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.

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UN: Syria Prison Attack Shows Need to Deal With ISIS Detainees

The attack by ISIS militants on a Syrian prison holding around 3,000 of its fighters and about 700 children is a predictable tragedy spotlighting the need for urgent international action to deal with those allegedly linked to the extremist group in prisons and camps in the country’s northeast, the UN…

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Syria Kurds Hunt Down Extremists after Prison Attack

Kurdish-led forces on Thursday found dozens of extremists holed up in a Syrian prison during mop-up operations after recapturing the facility from ISIS group fighters. An ISIS assault on the sprawling Ghwayran prison complex near the city of Hasakeh on January 20 sparked six days of fighting, in violence that…

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Israel Says 'Almost Killed' Soleimani in Syria

Former Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot revealed that his army had "almost killed" commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani in Syria years before his was assassinated by the United States. In an interview with Israel's Maariv newspaper, he said his forces have carried out several operations against the…

Los Angeles Times

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

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

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Syria Kurds Retake Prison, Ending Six-Day ISIS Attack

Kurdish forces on Wednesday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where ISIS extremists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier. The brazen ISIS jailbreak attempt and ensuing clashes left more than 180 dead in the extremists' most high-profile military operation since their military defeat…

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ISIS bride Shamima Begum claims she wants to help Boris Johnson solve terrorism

Begum, who had her UK citizenship revoked by the Home Office on national security grounds in 2019, travelled from East London to Syria in 2015 when she was 15-years-old

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Kurds Locked in Tense Syria Prison Standoff with ISIS

US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose Tuesday around ISIS fighters hunkering down inside a Syrian prison, with both sides facing a bloodbath or talks to end the five-day-old standoff. Around 100 ISIS fighters attacked Ghwayran prison in the northeastern city of Hasakeh on January 20, in their biggest military operation…

Al Jazeera

Syria prison attack shows ISIL ‘absolutely’ growing stronger

The armed group continues to gain strength in the war-torn country after its defeat in 2019, analysts say.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Prison Battle Toll Tops 150, Concern over Fate of Minors

Kurdish forces locked down a Syrian city Monday to trap ISIS militants who attacked a prison there five days earlier, leaving more than 150 dead in fierce battles. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) charged that the ISIS militants were using hundreds of minors as "human shields" inside the Ghwayran…

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Standoff Near Syrian Prison Holding ISIS Fighters Continues

Clashes between US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters and ISIS militants continued for a fourth day Sunday near a prison in northeastern Syria that houses thousands of members of the terrorist group, the Kurdish force said. The standoff follows a bold assault by the extremists that breached the premises of Gweiran Prison,…

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Dozens Killed in 3rd Day of ISIS 'Rebellion' in Syria's Hasakeh

Kurdish-led fighters advanced slowly Saturday under the cover of US-led coalition air power in Syria's northeast. Intense clashes with ISIS militants took place around a prison where thousands of extremists were held, officials said. Fighting broke out Thursday night when ISIS unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall…

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ISIS Jailbreak, Attacks in Syria, Iraq Raise Alarm; Scores Die

The ISIS group unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall of its “caliphate” three years ago.

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