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As economy collapses, some young Lebanese turn to militancy

Dozens of young men from Lebanon's impoverished north have disappeared in recent months, often re-emerging with the Islamic State group in Iraq

The Independent UK

Lethal US raid on IS encounters a doll, crib, bomb, bullets

When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos landed in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of extremists and children

The Independent UK

Islamic State leader dead after US commandos raid house in Syria

NEW YORK: A risky predawn raid by US special operations forces that resulted in the death of the Islamic State group’s leader on Thursday was set in motion months ago with a tip that the top terrorist was hiding out on the top floor of a house in northwest Syria.

Bangkok Post

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Leader of Islamic State dies in raid by US forces in Syria, Biden says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the leader of Islamic State was killed during an overnight raid by U.S. forces in Syria that also left a number of civilians dead, declaring the operation a success that eliminated a “major terrorist threat to the world.”

Los Angeles Times

Who was al-Qurashi, Isis’s slain leader?

He was caliph for less than three years, and played a leading role in sculpting some of Isis’s most heinous crimes

The Independent UK

Biden says Islamic State leader al-Qurayshi killed in US raid in Syria

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said a “major terrorist threat” was eliminated during a U.S. raid in northwest Syria in which Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed.

Tribune News Service

Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?

An overnight raid conducted by U.S. special forces in Syria has resulted in the death of the leader of the terrorist Islamic State group.

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US officials share details of raid that killed ISIL leader

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi lived in a three-storey building above an ‘unwitting family’, US official says.

Al Jazeera

Biden Defends the Military's 'Preparation and Precision' in a Counterterrorism Operation That Killed Syrian Kids

Multiple children died in the raid, but so did the leader of ISIS—which makes the operation “successful” in the Pentagon’s book.

Reason

Isis leader said to be ‘driving force’ behind Yazidi genocide is killed in US special forces raid in Syria

US operation to kill Isis leader comes just a week after a large-scale attack by the militant group that prompted fears of a resurgence

The Independent UK

Visual guide to deadly US raid targeting Islamic State leader in Syria

US says Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed himself when he detonated explosives in home in Atme

The Guardian - UK

US raid targets IS group leader in Syria: Atmeh resident recounts helicopter attack

The early morning hours of February 3, American special forces carried out a helicopter attack in the northeastern Syrian town of Atmeh. Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during the attack. At least 13 people died in the strikes, according to the Syrian Civil Defense, including…

France 24

Islamic State’s leader may be dead but the organisation still lurks in the rubble

Analysis: Qurayshi’s killing by the US has to be set against January’s raid on a Syria prison, IS’s biggest attack for years

The Guardian - UK

ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says

The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the jihadist group's efforts to reorganize as a guerrilla force after losing large swathes of territory.

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Inside U.S. raid on ISIS leader: Months of preparation, then a deadly blast

U.S. forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture Islamic State's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family.

Reuters

Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, Islamic State's slain leader

Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, a religious scholar and former soldier in Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s army, led Islamic State from the shadows for a little over two years before he blew himself up during a raid by U.S. forces on a house in northern Syria.

Reuters

Factbox-Islamic State loses second leader in two years

The death of its second leader in just over two years has dealt another blow to Islamic State, the extremist jihadist group which once ruled large parts of Iraq and Syria.

Los Angeles Times

US forces killed leader of Islamic State in Syria raid, Biden says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that U.S. forces killed the leader of Islamic State during an overnight raid in Syria that first responders reported left 13 civilians dead, calling the operation a success because it eliminated a “major terrorist threat to the world.”

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The Times of India

New IS chief died as Baghdadi did, by blowing himself up: US

WASHINGTON: In a raid reminiscent of the strikes that killed Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US Special Forces conducted a counter-terrorism mission in northwestern Syria killing Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who had succeeded al-Baghdadi as the leader of ISIS.

The Independent UK

IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure

The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos

Tribune News Service

Biden says Islamic State leader Qurayshi killed in US raid in Syria

Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed during a U.S. counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden said in a statement.

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden on crime: ‘The answer is not to defund the police’ – as it happened

President meets New York City mayor Eric Adams two weeks after fatal shooting of two NYPD officers – follow all the day’s politics news

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: A mediating role for Erdogan in Ukraine crisis?

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has traveled to Kyiv for talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as his country walks a tightrope trying to balance its relations with both Russia and Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Pentagon willing to review Syrian raid after reports of civilian deaths; Biden says IS leader blew himself up – as it happened

Unicef confirms that at least six children were killed and one girl badly injured in Atme; Joe Biden says Islamic State leader blew himself up

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Leader Killed During US Raid in Syria

The ISIS leader was killed Thursday, blowing himself up along with members of his family during an overnight raid carried out by US special operations forces in northwestern Syria, President Joe Biden said. “Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu…

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