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First British woman and her child repatriated to UK from Syrian camp

Woman, said to have been trafficked, is only adult allowed back since end of Islamic State ground war

The Guardian - UK

UN rebukes Finland for violating rights of its children held in Syria camps

Child rights committee says Helsinki must do more to repatriate those detained as relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters

The Guardian - UK

Memorial at New Hampshire church honors slain journalist

Slain journalist James Foley has been honored with a stone memorial outside the church he attended while growing up in New Hampshire

The Independent UK

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France's ex-president: Bastille Day attack was "terror act"

Former French President François Hollande has told a special terrorism court in Paris that the man who drove a truck into a crowded boardwalk in Nice on Bastille Day six years ago was responsible for “a terrorist act.”

The Independent UK

US kills senior Islamic State group leaders in two separate operations in Syria

US forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday, including a rare ground raid in a portion of the northeast that is controlled by the Syrian regime, US officials said.

France 24

US kills 3 Islamic State leaders in 2 Syria operations

U.S. officials say U.S. forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday, including a rare ground raid in a portion of the northeast that is controlled by the Syrian regime

The Independent UK

Compassion is in nation’s interests as it repatriates citizens from Syrian camp

It should not be considered controversial that the Australian government is finally moving to repatriate citizens detained in northern Syria.

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Australia is well-placed to make the long-overdue repatriation of Islamic State women and children work

National security is not a zero-sum game. If the past two decades have taught us anything about breaking the cycle of terrorist violence, it is that in the longer-run, treating people well – upholding justice and acting with compassion and humanity – keeps everyone safer.

The Conversation

Federal government says Australians returning from Syrian detention camps will be monitored by security agencies

A frontbench minister says women and children being brought home from Syrian detention camps will be given counselling and monitored for their safety and that of the community.

ABC News

Families of Australians held in Syrian detention camps welcome ‘incredibly exciting’ news of planned repatriation

One man whose daughter and grandchildren are in the Roj camp says the government has not notified family members of rescue missions

The Guardian - AU

Australian children rescued from Syrian camps need tailored support to reintegrate into society, expert says

Shane Healey urges government to establish holistic and ‘individualised’ process for kids who spent formative years in violent conditions

The Guardian - AU

Australia to launch rescue mission for women and children trapped in Syrian detention camps

Exclusive: More than 20 Australian women and more than 40 children related to Islamic State combatants held in al-Hawl And Roj camps

The Guardian - AU

Nice attack trial hears trauma of twin sister who was left behind

In the first week of witness testimony, the Paris special criminal court was shaken by the emotion of a family mourning the loss of 13-year-old Laura, one of the 86 victims killed in the 2016 Nice truck attack. Laura's twin sister, Audrey, chose to testify separately. She spoke on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Afghan women protest Hazara 'genocide' after Kabul bombing kills dozens

Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed at least 35 people - mostly young women from the ethnic group.

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The Independent UK

Advocacy group seeks new White House post on hostage cases

The Biden administration should create a new position at the White House National Security Council to focus on cases of Americans wrongfully detained in foreign countries

Reuters

Sheikh Qaradawi, Islamist champion of Arab revolts, dies at 96

Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood who championed the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and unsettled rulers in Egypt and the Gulf with his Islamist preaching, died on Monday. He was 96.

The Hindu

Leaders of a community were on PFI ‘hit list’, says NIA

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The Independent UK

Taliban official: explosion kills 3 people in Afghan capital

The Taliban say at least three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in an explosion in the Afghan capital

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Breakthrough between Iran and Saudi Arabia is possible, Iraqi foreign minister says

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Iraq's Foreign inister Fuad Hussein said he was hoping to host a meeting in Baghdad between the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Hussein said that after five meetings between intelligence officials of the two…

The Independent UK

US-backed Syrian forces free women in 3-week raid of IS camp

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement

The Guardian - UK

France must rethink case of IS-linked women refused re-entry, rules ECHR

Families argued detention in Syria exposed the two women and their children to inhumane treatment

The Independent UK

UN: Israeli hit on Damascus airport stopped aid deliveries

The commission of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria says an Israeli airstrike on the airport of the Syrian capital Damascus in June that forced it to close for two weeks led to the suspension of humanitarian activities during that period

Reuters

Tribal spies in Syria help U.S. win drone war against Islamic State

When the U.S. military targeted Islamic State commander Maher al-Agal with a drone strike in northern Syria in July, there was little chance it would miss. The reason? Revenge.

Reuters

U.S. general urges faster repatriation of IS families in Syria camp

The repatriation and reintegration of thousands of families of Islamic State militants languishing in a Kurdish-run detention camp in northeast Syria should be speeded up, the top U.S. general in the Middle East said on Monday.

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