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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

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

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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 al-Shammri, an Islamic State official who it said facilitated the smuggling of weapons and fighters.

Reuters

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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 another and led to the U.S. capture of two more individuals, a U.S. official told Reuters.

Reuters

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 northeast, killing one person and capturing others

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 out there, two security sources said.

Reuters

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 and a separate U.S. air strike later on Thursday killed two others, the U.S. military said.

Reuters

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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 Syria will pose significant risk to the safety of Australians.

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 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

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 a Syrian refugee camp.

AAP

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 least three people, an army official said.

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 many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials

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 attacks

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 for their safety and that of the community.

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Reuters

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, following a secret mission by the country's security intelligence agency, media reported on Monday.

AAP

Father welcomes Syria repatriation plan

A rescue plan to bring dozens of Australian women and children back from detention camps in Syria is set to be implemented by the federal government.

The New Daily

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 be extracted and returned to Australia after years

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

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The Guardian - UK

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 and misjudgment, including British teenager Shamima Begum being smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy

ABC News

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 camps since the fall of Islamic State in 2019 after verifying their identities on a trip to Syria earlier this year.

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 Independent UK

Women protesters demand more security after Afghan bombing

A group of Afghan women has protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shiite education center in the capital Kabul, demanding better security from the Taliban-run government

Reuters

Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds

Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan's university entrance exam, a chance for women to advance their education even as they face growing restrictions from the Taliban government.

The Independent UK

Indonesian police kill militant suspected in farmers' deaths

Indonesian police say they have killed a militant believed to be responsible for the killings of Christian farmers on an Indonesian island

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