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Iraq to delay selection of a new president, lawmakers say

Iraq's Supreme Court on Sunday suspended a former foreign minister's presidential bid over graft allegations and many lawmakers said they would boycott a Monday vote for a new head of state, prolonging a political standoff.

Reuters

Sadr Orders MPs to Boycott Iraqi Presidential Election

Head of Iraq's Sadrist movement, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday the suspension of negotiations over the election of a new president. Sadr had been negotiating with the rival Coordination Framework over the elections, which are set for Monday. His announcement came a day after reports said his representative, as…

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Kuwait Airways resumes flights to Iraq’s Najaf

Kuwait Airways is resuming commercial flights to Iraq’s Najaf city starting from Saturday, Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA reported. The Gulf state’s flag carrier suspended its flights to Iraq last month after several rockets landed in Iraq’s Baghdad International Airport compound, damaging at least one disused civilian airplane. Six rockets…

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As Mideast wars encroach on UAE, US gets drawn in

The wars of the wider Middle East that long surrounded the United Arab Emirates now have encroached into daily life in this U.S.-allied nation

The Independent UK

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Second Circuit Court Opinion

Another appellate opinion from a leading contender to replace Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court

Reason

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

Iraqi militia attack on UAE a ‘message from Iran’

Analysts say drone strikes intended to put UAE on notice for its involvement in Yemen and Israel ties.

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Erdogan Says Turkey, Israel Can Jointly Bring Gas to Europe

Turkey and Israel can work together to carry Israeli natural gas to Europe and the two countries will discuss energy cooperation during talks next month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday. The two countries expelled their ambassadors in 2018 after a bitter falling-out.

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Erdogan says Turkey, Israel can jointly bring gas to Europe -media

Turkey and Israel can work together to carry Israeli natural gas to Europe and the two countries will discuss energy cooperation during talks next month, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday.

Reuters

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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

Al Jazeera

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

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.”

Los Angeles Times

Who was al-Qurashi, Isis’s slain leader?

He was caliph for less than three years, and played a leading role in sculpting some of Isis’s most heinous crimes

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Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?

An overnight raid conducted by U.S. special forces in Syria has resulted in the death of the leader of the terrorist Islamic State group.

Los Angeles Times

Slain Islamic State leader al-Qurayshi was a reclusive figure

KYIV, Ukraine — Islamic State’s leader, killed by American commandos Thursday, was a largely reclusive figure with almost no public presence, despite heading the world’s most notorious terror group.

The Independent UK

Isis leader said to be ‘driving force’ behind Yazidi genocide is killed in US special forces raid in Syria

US operation to kill Isis leader comes just a week after a large-scale attack by the militant group that prompted fears of a resurgence

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray should look to the Scott inquiry as an example of transparency

Letters: The 1996 report about arms exports to Iraq sets a template for what we should be told about lockdown parties in Downing Street, says Christopher Muttukumaru

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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi: who was the Iraqi killed by US forces?

Before leading IS, Qurayshi played a key role in the Yazidi genocide and spent time in a US-run prison

Reuters

ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says

The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the jihadist group's efforts to reorganize as a guerrilla force after losing large swathes of territory.

Al Jazeera

Dozens escape security crackdown, poverty in Lebanon to join ISIL

Security sources say at least 48 young men have disappeared from Tripoli and are suspected of joining ISIL in Iraq.

Reuters

Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, Islamic State's slain leader

Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, a religious scholar and former soldier in Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s army, led Islamic State from the shadows for a little over two years before he blew himself up during a raid by U.S. forces on a house in northern Syria.

Reuters

Factbox-Islamic State loses second leader in two years

The death of its second leader in just over two years has dealt another blow to Islamic State, the extremist jihadist group which once ruled large parts of Iraq and Syria.

Los Angeles Times

US forces killed leader of Islamic State in Syria raid, Biden says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that U.S. forces killed the leader of Islamic State during an overnight raid in Syria that first responders reported left 13 civilians dead, calling the operation a success because it eliminated a “major terrorist threat to the world.”

The Independent UK

IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure

The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos

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