The Latest Breaking News on Islamic State

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…

France 24

After Syria raid, U.S. kills Islamic State militants in air strike

The U.S. military said it carried out an air strike on Thursday in northern Syria that killed two Islamic State…

Reuters

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…

The Independent UK

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Judge puts Elon Musk's Twitter trial on hold, US kills IS official in Syria, and flood warnings in Australia's south-east — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your…

ABC News

U.S. says Syria raid killed ISIS official Rakkan Wahid al-Shammri

The U.S. military said on Thursday a helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria's northeast targeted and killed Wahid…

Reuters

One ISIS official killed, one wounded in rare U.S. Syria raid -U.S. official

A rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria's northeast on Thursday killed one Islamic State official, wounded…

Reuters

US targets 'senior' IS jihadist in Syria's northeast: Centcom

Beirut (AFP) - American forces killed a "senior" member of the jihadist Islamic State group Thursday in a pre-dawn raid…

AFP

Special forces in secret military midnight raid kill high-ranking ISIS leader

Syrian state television says that US special forces carried out a rare operation at a government-held village in the country's…

Daily Mirror

Rare U.S. raid on govt-held part of Syria killed Islamic State official - two security sources

A rare U.S. raid on a government-held village in northeast Syria early on Thursday killed an Islamic State official hiding…

Reuters

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Rare U.S. raid in Syrian gov't-held zone kills Islamic State arms smuggler

A rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria's northeast killed an Islamic State militant hiding out there…

Reuters

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has 'grave concerns' over plan to rescue Australians in Syrian detention camps

After an ASIO briefing, Peter Dutton says he holds "grave concerns" that rescuing women and children from detention camps in…

ABC News

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…

The Conversation

Syria plan heads to national security body

The Australian government is weighting up whether to move ahead with plans to repatriate 16 women and 42 children from…

AAP

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Homemade explosive device in east Congo injures at least three

A homemade explosive device went off in a cinema in the eastern Congolese city of Butembo on Monday, wounding at…

Reuters

Death toll in last week's Kabul school blast climbs to 52

A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as…

The Independent UK

High court will hear social media terrorism lawsuits

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for terrorist…

The Independent UK

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…

ABC News

Australia to rescue families of Islamic State fighters from Syria

Canberra is set to rescue dozens of Australian women and children of Islamic State fighters from refugee camps in Syria,…

Reuters

Aust women, children to return from Syria

A rescue plan to bring dozens of Australian women and children back from detention camps in Syria is set to…

AAP

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Plan to rescue women and children trapped in ‘one of the worst places in the world’

Dozens of women and children in Syria who are "trapped in one of the worst places in the world" will…

The New Daily

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

Taliban beat women protesting against school bombing, say witnesses

Forces said to have opened fire on crowds who were demonstrating over attack targeting Hazara community

The Guardian - UK

The Secret History of the Five Eyes by Richard Kerbaj review – secrets and spies

A murky alliance between intelligence agencies, among them the UK and US, is revealed in a scandalous tale of mistrust…

The Guardian - UK

Australians in Syrian detention camps to be brought home by federal government

The federal government is preparing to bring home more than 20 women and 40 children who have been in detention…

ABC News

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…

The Guardian - AU