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1 week, 5 days ago

Syria's never-ending conflict: Nation already faces a NEW civil war as ISIS carry out fresh massacres and Turkish-backed fighters clash with Kurds, threatening to drag in US and Israel

Islamist rebel group Ha'yat Tahrir al-Sham officially ended Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's longstanding regime earlier this week, naming a leader of a new transition government days after Assad fled Damascus to seek refuge in Moscow. Destroyed trucks after a Turkish airstrike near Qamishli, northeast of Syria on 11 December 2024 Israeli troops move within the buffer zone between Israel and …

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1 week, 6 days ago

After Kabul and Dhaka, the fall of Damascus will spark radicalisation in West Asia and beyond

Hindustan Times

The collapse of Alawite Basher al-Assad regime and rise of Islamist rebels once affiliated to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State in Syria has reopened the chapter of religious radicalization witnessed when Sunni Islamists under ISIS flag controlled swathes of territory in north Iraq and Syria a decade ago. The uprooting of the Assad regime by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group …

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2 weeks ago

Shamima Begum hopes of returning to UK ‘bolstered’ by collapse of Assad regime in Syria, lawyer claims

The Independent

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As rebels marched against Assad, Turkey opened new front against US-backed Kurds in Syria

Firstpost

Even as Syrian opposition forces were marching against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, Turkey and a militia it sponsors opened a new front against US-backed Kurds in Syria over the weekend The photograph shows US-backed Kurdish military personnel of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria's Raqqa in 2017. Even as Syrian opposition forces pushed against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, Turkey opened …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Syrian rebels take over Aleppo: What about the rest of the country?

Firstpost

The surprise offensive by rebels in Syria has shifted the front lines settled in 2020. While the opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have seized large swathes of Aleppo, the Syrian government continues to control most parts of the country Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a seized military armored vehicle on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, December 3, 2024. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it’s defeated but remains lethal

Associated Press

BAGHDAD — A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists no longer control any land, have lost many prominent leaders and are mostly out of the world news headlines. “Al-Baghdadi’s sermon — an extension of the extremist ideology of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — continue to inspire ISIS members …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethal

The Independent

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Islamic State jihadists ‘execute’ eight Syrian soldiers after desert ambush

The Telegraph

Meanwhile, a bomb exploded in a shopping area in a northern Syrian city held by pro-Turkish forces on Sunday, killing eight people and wounding more than 20. The Observatory said that “eight people were killed and 23 others wounded” when “a car bomb exploded in the middle of a popular market”. IS jihadists also killed six other soldiers this week …

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10 months ago

Who is Shamima Begum's husband? How ISIS bride married Dutch jihadist Yago Riedjik just 10 days after arriving in Syria and they had three children together who later died

Daily Mail

ISIS bride Shamima Begum married her Dutch jihadi husband Yago Riedjik just 10 days after she arrived in Syria to join the Islamist terror group. Yago Riedijk is currently behind bars in Syria after being captured by Kurdish forces fighting for ISIS Riedijk was a 21-year-old ISIS fighter when he wed the 15-year-old Londoner in Raqqa after they had spent …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Defendants on trial for 2016 Brussels attack say West's bombing of Islamic State fuelled hate

Firstpost

Nine defendants are now on trial over the suicide bomb attacks on 22 March 2016, claimed by the terrorist organisation that murdered 32 people at Brussels airport and the city’s metro Brussels, Belgium: On Wednesday, defendants on trial for the 2016 Brussels attacks described their rage at the international coalition’s aircraft bombardments of the Islamic State organisation. Nine defendants are …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Former IS families face neighbors’ hatred returning home

Associated Press

RAQQA, Syria — Marwa Ahmad rarely leaves her run-down house in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Ahmad says life in al-Hol was similar to life under IS, “except you’re fenced in.” Armed militants affiliated to IS still control large parts of the camp, Human Rights Watch said in a recent report, citing camp authorities. “They’re victims.” Local charities and civil …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Syrian Democratic Forces say 6 fighters killed in IS attack

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Syrian Democratic Forces say six fighters killed in Islamic State attack

The Hindu

An attack by Islamic State militants in the city of Raqqa on Monday killed six members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which has played a prominent role in the fight against the group, SDF officials said. He added that intelligence gathered by the group “indicates serious preparations by cells.” Siamand Ali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Attacks in Syria’s Raqqa kill several Kurdish security officers

Al Jazeera

Officials say an ISIL cell had targeted security and military buildings in the city, killing six fighters and wounding an unspecified number of others. SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said in a statement on Monday that an ISIL cell had targeted security and military buildings in the city, killing six fighters and wounding an unspecified number of others. Siamand Ali, a …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families

Associated Press

RAQQA, Syria — A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh have failed …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Military bus blast in Syria kills 18 soldiers: State media

Al Jazeera

Dozens of others wounded in explosion near the Syrian capital, Damascus, reports state news agency SANA. A bomb exploded on a military bus near Damascus, killing at least 18 soldiers and wounding 27 others, Syrian state media has reported. “A military bus in Damascus countryside was targeted this morning by a terrorist detonation with an explosive device that was planted …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Why does the US still have forces in Syria?

Al Jazeera

US forces have targeted a base operated by Iranian allies in eastern Syria after an attack near a US base last week. The eastern Syria raids announced on Wednesday appear to be part of the latter, with Central Command spokesperson Colonel Joe Buccino saying the strikes “were necessary to protect and defend US personnel”, and a response to an August …

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2 years, 6 months ago

American woman pleads guilty to leading all-female Islamic State battalion

LA Times

An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria pleaded guilty in Alexandria, Va. An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a case that a prosecutor called a first of its kind in the United States. The guilty plea …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria’s one-time IS capital

Associated Press

RAQQA, Syria — In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Islamic State group’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. At least 3,000 people left Raqqa for Turkey in 2021, according to the city’s civil council co-chair Mohammed Nour. Daher had survived Raqqa’s recent violent history, …

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2 years, 10 months ago

This used to be Islamic State’s capital. Residents are still desperate to leave

LA Times

Milhem Daher, 35, drinks tea as he sits with his family outside his house in the Syrian village of Kasrat Srour. In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for Islamic State’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. Raqqa, the former de facto capital of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch jihadi talks about ‘beautiful’ life in the caliphate with British schoolgirl

Dutch News

Dutch IS fighter Yago Riedijk, who married the British school girl now stripped of her citizenship by the UK government, has given an interview to a documentary maker about their life in the caliphate. In one excerpt, Riedijk talks about the couple’s ‘beautiful’ life together and described baking cakes together in Raqqa. ‘The prohibition of killing innocent people in Islam, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch jihadi talks about ‘beautiful’ life in the caliphate with British schoolgirl

Dutch News

Dutch IS fighter Yago Riedijk, who married the British school girl now stripped of her citizenship by the UK government, has given an interview to a documentary maker about their life in the caliphate. In one excerpt, Riedijk talks about the couple’s ‘beautiful’ life together and described baking cakes together in Raqqa. ‘The prohibition of killing innocent people in Islam, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri appears in new video marking 9/11 anniversary

The Hindu

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri appeared in a new video marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, attacks, months after rumours spread that he was dead. In it, al-Zawahri said that “Jerusalem Will Never be Judaized,” and praised al-Qaeda attacks including one that targeted Russian troops in Syria in January. SITE said al-Zawahri also noted the U.S. mil\itary's withdrawal from …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Cheap Tech, Pakistan's Role: Why First-ever Drone Attack is Pivotal Point in Kashmir Terror

News 18

From one morning in November 2014, FedEx delivery vans began pulling up every few weeks outside a nondescript apartment in the Turkish city of Şanliurfa, nestled in the valley where humankind’s Neolithic ancestors had begun practising agriculture around 5,000 BCE. Early on Sunday morning, two 1.5 kilogram, pressure-activated explosive devices were dropped inside an Indian Air Force’s base in Jammu …

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Syria's never-ending conflict: Nation already faces a NEW civil war as ISIS carry out fresh massacres and Turkish-backed fighters clash with Kurds, threatening to drag in US and Israel

After Kabul and Dhaka, the fall of Damascus will spark radicalisation in West Asia and beyond

Shamima Begum hopes of returning to UK ‘bolstered’ by collapse of Assad regime in Syria, lawyer claims

As rebels marched against Assad, Turkey opened new front against US-backed Kurds in Syria

Syrian rebels take over Aleppo: What about the rest of the country?

A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it’s defeated but remains lethal

A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethal

Islamic State jihadists ‘execute’ eight Syrian soldiers after desert ambush

Who is Shamima Begum's husband? How ISIS bride married Dutch jihadist Yago Riedjik just 10 days after arriving in Syria and they had three children together who later died

Defendants on trial for 2016 Brussels attack say West's bombing of Islamic State fuelled hate

Former IS families face neighbors’ hatred returning home

Syrian Democratic Forces say 6 fighters killed in IS attack

Syrian Democratic Forces say six fighters killed in Islamic State attack

Attacks in Syria’s Raqqa kill several Kurdish security officers

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families

Military bus blast in Syria kills 18 soldiers: State media

Why does the US still have forces in Syria?

American woman pleads guilty to leading all-female Islamic State battalion

Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria’s one-time IS capital

This used to be Islamic State’s capital. Residents are still desperate to leave

Dutch jihadi talks about ‘beautiful’ life in the caliphate with British schoolgirl

Dutch jihadi talks about ‘beautiful’ life in the caliphate with British schoolgirl

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri appears in new video marking 9/11 anniversary

Cheap Tech, Pakistan's Role: Why First-ever Drone Attack is Pivotal Point in Kashmir Terror