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Israel strikes Syria in response to anti-aircraft fire

The Israeli military said it attacked missile batteries in Syria on Wednesday after an anti-aircraft missile was fired towards Israel during what Syrian state television reported was an earlier strike around Damascus.

Reuters

US general says Russia turmoil could spill to Middle East

The Army general tapped to take over as top U.S. commander in the Middle East is warning senators that if Russian invades Ukraine, it could create broader instability into the Middle East, including Syria

The Independent UK

Belarus leader downplays possible deployment to Syria

Belarus’ authoritarian president says he has no intention of sending troops to Syria to serve alongside Russian forces in the country but is holding the door open for a potential deployment of military medics there

The Independent UK

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Calls for Renewed Protests in Syria’s As Suwayda

Renewed protests have swept Syria’s southwestern governorate of As Suwayda as demonstrators marched and staged sit-ins demanding building a country for “all Syrians” and implementing UN resolution 2254, which calls for a political transition in the country. On Monday, protesters blocked roads between villages as well as Damascus-Suwayda Highway.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Army Busts Drug Factory in Eastern Lebanon

The Lebanese army announced on Monday that it has busted a drugs and captagon factory in eastern Lebanon. Suspects involved in smuggling drugs to Syria were also arrested as part of an intense campaign that was launched last week to crack down on the drug trade. The Lebanese government had…

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Belarus to Send 200 Troops to Syria Alongside Russians

Belarus plans to deploy up to 200 troops to Syria to serve alongside Russian forces in the country, according to a Russian government document released Monday, a move strongly condemned by Belarus' opposition leader. A draft agreement between Russia and its ally Belarus endorsed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin…

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IS women in Syria camp clash with police, 1 child killed

An opposition war monitor says women held in a camp housing families of Islamic State group militants in northeast Syria tried to kidnap their Kurdish guards

The Independent UK

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Belarus to send 200 troops to Syria alongside Russians

Belarus is planning to deploy up to 200 troops to Syria to serve alongside Russian forces in the country

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum selling food parcels to pay for western clothes and hair dye

Former ISIS bride Shamima Begum has been living in Al-Roj Camp in northeast since her UK citizenship was stripped in 2019. She has smuggled messages out for an ITV podcast

Daily Mirror

Death of a terrorist: On the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi

Geopolitical and sectarian faultlines in Iraq and Syria enhance the threat from the IS

The Hindu

UNICEF: Children in NE Syria Prison Live in Dire Conditions

Children held in a prison in northeast Syria that witnessed 10 days of fighting between US-backed fighters and ISIS militants are living in “incredibly precarious” conditions and they should not have been there in the first place, the UN children’s agency said Sunday. UNICEF added that the agency is ready…

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UNICEF team visits children in Syria prison after IS attack

The U.N. children's agency says officials from the group have visited a prison in northeast Syria that witnessed 10 days of fighting between U.S.-backed fighters and Islamic State group militants

The Independent UK

The Syrian chef who fled to Wales and tried to open a restaurant at the start of a global pandemic - when she did there were 200 people queuing to get in

'We came a long way from a war-torn and destroyed country and miserable life state to a life full of hope and dreams'

Wales Online

Stung by Prison Battle, Kurds Say They Need Help against ISIS

Weeks after the long, furious battle with militants from the ISIS group over a prison in northeastern Syria, the mangled wreckage of a car used by suicide bombers still sat outside its perimeter.

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Israel Claims it Helped US Eliminate ISIS Leader

Israeli media claimed that Tel Aviv played a role in the US operation to eliminate ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. Israeli Channel 13 quoted sources as saying that it is possible to assess, according to security sources, that Israel participated in the search for Qurayshi's intelligence and contributed, using…

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Russian Naval Ships Arrive at Syria's Tartus

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that six amphibious assault ships of the Russian Northern and Baltic Fleet had arrived at the Russian Navy's logistics center in Tartus, western Syria. In a statement, the ministry's press office said that the naval task force is made up of the large amphibious assault…

Radio France Internationale

A good man surrounded by 'barbarians, mentally ill psychopaths'

Abdellah Chouaa is suspected of having helped with the preparation of the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks which cost 131 people their lives. He risks 20 years in prison if convicted. On Friday he gave evidence about himself, and about Mohamed Abrini, another of the accused.

The Guardian - UK

Flying high: how a photo of a Syrian father and son led to a new life in Italy

A tender moment captured by Mehmet Aslan of Munzir al-Nazzal and his son, both survivors of the Syrian war, prompted Italian organisations to act. A year on, they are settling into life in Tuscany

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ISIS Leader and Family Blended in among Syrians Uprooted by War

In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of ISIS and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbors did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time. The status quo was shattered on…

Reuters

ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom

The U.S. raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State's leader is a much-needed national security win for President Joe Biden after the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan while he tries to project an image of strength in a standoff with Russia over Ukraine, analysts said.

The Guardian - UK

‘We are still shocked’: the Syrians who discovered Islamic State’s leader was their neighbour

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been an unseen phantom in a safehouse in the town of Atme until his violent end on Thursday

The Independent UK

Stung by prison battle, Kurds say they need help against IS

The battle with Islamic State group militants over a prison in Syria is finished, but the impact continues to reverberate

The Independent UK

Death of Isis leader during US raid in Syria spells trouble for Turkey

The incident raises questions over whether Ankara was incompetent or complicit by harbouring al-Qurashi

Reuters

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

Islamic State leader and family blended in among Syrians uprooted by war

In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time.

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