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US official urges 'de-escalation' as Turkey strikes Syria

A U.S. official currently in Syria is calling for an “immediate de-escalation” following days of deadly airstrikes and shelling along the Syria-Turkey border

The Independent UK

Minister holds 'robust' meeting with mayors over repatriation of IS families to Western Sydney

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says national security concerns are behind the repatriation of the families of Islamic State fighters from Syria to Western Sydney.

ABC News

‘Desensitised’ ex-IS followers remain threats, Shamima Begum hearing told

Home Office argues people trafficked to Syria were exposed to extreme violence which poses ‘almighty problem’

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London barber who received Covid grants sent £25k to IS fighter, court told

Tarek Namouz accused of making at least seven money transfers to Islamic State fighter last year

The Guardian - UK

Sydney mayors reassured after ISIS talks

The Home Affairs Minister has emerged from a meeting with a group of Sydney mayors saying there has been a lot of misinformation about ISIS-linked returnees.

AAP

Shamima Begum: People can ‘still be threats to national security even when brainwashed’, Home Office says

Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State

Evening Standard

Europe has labelled Russia a state sponsor of terror. What next?

Experts say the European Parliament’s move is largely symbolic and unlikely to be applied to other aggressor nations.

Al Jazeera

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People can ‘still be threats to national security even if they were brainwashed’

Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Middle East round-up: The first Arab World Cup

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Turkey tells Russia it will continue to respond to attacks from northern Syria

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar told his Russian counterpart in a call on Thursday that Ankara would continue responding to attacks from northern Syria, after Russia asked Turkey to refrain from a full-scale Syria offensive.

Reuters

‘Our world fell apart’: Shamima Begum’s mother speaks out for the first time since her daughter fled to Syria

‘My youngest daughter is even more present in my mind, the one I think about almost every hour of every day’

Evening Standard

Turkish strikes hit oil installations in northern Syria, sources say

Turkish drones are targeting key oil installations run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria, three local sources said, in air strikes which drew strong condemnation from the United States overnight.

Reuters

Shamima Begum’s mother says ‘world fell apart’ after daughter fled to join ISIS

Shamima Begum, now 23, was 15 when she went to Turkey from east London to join members of the so-called Islamic State before being found nine months pregnant in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019

Daily Mirror

Turkish Drones Target Security Guards at Al-Hol Camp, ISIS Families Try to Escape

Two Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted forces guarding the exterior of Syria's Al-Hol detention camp, amid a state of chaos and fear among ISIS families and attempts by some of them to flee, a war monitor said. The camp is home to over 50,000 people including relatives of suspected ISIS militants.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Daily Mirror

Turkey says it will launch land invasion of Syria with 'far-reaching consequences'

Local counter-terror operations against Islamic State - who continue to plot attacks against the West - are now on hold as Kurdish militants prepare to fight a ground war with Turkey

Al Jazeera

Turkish air attacks on Syria threaten US personnel: Pentagon

Turkey has stepped up air attacks on northern Syria since the November 13 Istanbul bombing.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pentagon: Turkish Air Strikes in Syria Threaten Safety of US Personnel

The Turkish air strikes in northern Syria threatened the safety of US military personnel and the escalating situation jeopardized years of progress against ISIS militants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. “Recent air strikes in Syria directly threatened the safety of US personnel who are working in Syria with local partners…

Al Jazeera

Fears in Syria’s Azaz as threat of conflict rises once again

Five civilians were killed in a missile attack in Azaz on Tuesday as Turkey and the YPG exchange attacks.

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Axios

U.S. has "moral duty" to prevent Turkish incursion in Syria, Kurdish commander says

Gen. Mazloum says the U.S. has not done enough to protect its Kurdish partners.

Reuters

Turkish air strikes in Syria threatened safety of U.S. personnel - Pentagon

Recent Turkish air strikes in northern Syria threatened the safety of U.S. military personnel and the escalating situation jeopardized years of progress against Islamic State militants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

France 24

The Kurds are the 'ideal scapegoat for both Turkey and Iran'

Turkey began a fresh offensive against Kurdish groups in Syria on Sunday amid a concurrent air campaign against Iraqi Kurdistan launched by the troubled Iranian regime – embattling Kurds on both sides of their border-spanning homeland.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top US, Turkish Generals Hold Phone Call

The United States' top general spoke with his Turkish counterpart on Wednesday, the US military said, as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Türkiye’s air operations against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria were only the beginning and it would launch a land operation when convenient. The US military statement…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Explosion Near Syrian Capital Kills Iranian Colonel

An explosion in Syria has killed an official with Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, the force said on its website Wednesday, blaming Israel for the killing. The force identified the officer killed as Col. Davoud Jafari, who it said was working for the Guard's aerospace division.

Reuters

Top U.S., Turkish generals hold phone call

The United States' top general spoke with his Turkish counterpart on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey's air operations against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria were only the beginning and it would launch a land operation when convenient.

Reuters

Russia asks Turkey to refrain from full-scale Syria offensive

Russia has asked Turkey to refrain from a full-scale ground offensive in Syria, senior Russian negotiator Alexander Lavrentyev said on Wednesday, because such actions could trigger an escalation of violence.

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