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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Daily Dose Ep 961: HC stays private job quota in Haryana, AAP hits back at BJP

Anna Priyadarshini brings you the news from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Syria.

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Biden says U.S. raid in Syria targeted leader of Islamic State

U.S. President Joe Biden said a U.S. special forces counter-terrorism raid in northwest Syria on Thursday targeted the leader of Islamic State, adding he would address the operation in remarks later on Thursday.

Reuters

Haunted by conflict, Syrian mother tries to heal mental scars

Roda Aftan Shlash fled Islamic State militants in eastern Syria with her family five years ago, leaving behind the hardline militants but not the trauma of living under their brutal rule.

Reuters

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Isis leader killed during US raid in Syria, President Biden announces

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed early on Thursday, the US president said

Manchester Evening News

ISIL leader killed in US raid in Syria, Biden says

US president says Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi blew himself up, killing several members of his family.

Al Jazeera

Islamic state leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi killed by US special forces in raid in Syria

The leader of Islamic State was killed during a raid by US special forces in Syria, Joe Biden has said.

Evening Standard

ISIS leader sets off bomb killing himself and family as US raid his home

As troops raided the secretive lair of terrorist Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraysh he chose to kill himself alongside women and children, in a cowardly move

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Biden says US raid in Syria 'removed' IS group leader from battlefield

US special forces have “taken off the battlefield” the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in a raid in northwest Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, adding that the operation had "removed a major terrorist threat".

France 24

Turkey Expands Strikes on SDF in Northern Syria

Turkey has expanded the scope of its attacks against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in north and northeastern Syria. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced the launch of a military operation, dubbed Winter Eagle, targeting the positions of the SDF and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, pledging…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aboul Gheit: Date of Upcoming Arab Summit Not Determined Yet

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Algeria requested further consultations to determine the date of the upcoming Arab Summit. He affirmed that Arab foreign ministers will meet on March 9 to discuss Algeria’s proposed date. Aboul Gheit’s remarks were made during an interview with state-owned al-Mamlaka television that was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Barrage of attacks’: Civilians killed in US raid in Syria

Six children and four women among 13 people killed as US special forces launch raid in Idlib, first responders say.

Al Jazeera

US-Led Raid in Syria Targets Qaeda Militants

A US-led coalition raid on Thursday targeted a suspected al Qaeda-affiliated militants in the northern Syrian town of Atmeh, resulting in several civilian casualties, said residents and sources. One resident said at least 12 people were killed in the raid that took place around midnight in a densely populated area…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US special ops forces launch raid in northwest Syria

Pentagon officials say U.S. special operations forces conducted a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria overnight

The Independent UK

US-led raid in Syria targets jihadist, locals report civilian casualties

A US-led coalition raid on Thursday targeted a suspected al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist in the northern Syrian town of Atmeh, resulting in several civilian casualties, said residents and sources with the rebels fighting against the Syrian government.

France 24

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U.S. says Islamic State leader killed in Syria raid

The leader of the jihadist group Islamic State died in a U.S. special forces raid in northern Syria on Thursday when he detonated a bomb that killed him and family members, the U.S. administration said.

The Hindu

Argentina dents Colombia’s chances; Chile survives

South Korea punches its ticket to Qatar with a win over Syria; Japan stays on course

Al Jazeera

Turkish air raids target the PKK in northern Syria and Iraq

Air attacks against PKK and YPG positions in northern Syria’s Derik and Sinjar, Karacak in northern Iraq.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Security Forces To Curb Fuel Smuggling from Syria to Lebanon

Syrian authorities have closed the smuggling crossings along the border with northeastern Lebanon, in an effort to curb increasing smuggling of fuel, vegetables and livestock from Syria. Smuggling activities from Syrian territory to Lebanon have increased over the past months due to the difference in the prices of basic commodities.

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Power Cuts Help Revive Syrian Tradition of Public Bathhouses

At Hammam Bakri in Damascus' Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble floor. Masseurs vigorously scrub their skin with a soap-soaked loofah and wash them down with hot water. Around a hexagonal fountain outside — traditionally found in old Damascene…

Reuters

Factbox-After the fall, Islamic State strikes from Iraq and Syria hinterlands

Nearly three years after their self-declared caliphate was dismantled and their forces defeated in a battle by the Euphrates river, Islamic State fighters are waging a guerrilla campaign from remote regions of Iraq and Syria.

Reuters

Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria

Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of Jalawla in northeastern Iraq. He fears getting caught up in attacks by Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Power cuts help revive Syrian tradition of public bathhouses

At Hammam Bakri in Damascus’ Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble floor

Asharq Al-Awsat

OPCW: Chlorine Used on Syrian Opposition Area in 2016

Chlorine was used in an attack on an opposition-held area in Syria in 2016 in which at least 20 people suffered breathing difficulties, the world's chemical weapons watchdog concluded Tuesday. The incident near a field hospital outside the town of Kafr Zeita came shortly after witnesses reported a helicopter dropping…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militant Targets in Iraq, Syria

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militants targets, including training camps, shelters and ammunition storage areas in Iraq and northern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. All the planes taking part in the operation, which it said targeted the areas of Derik, Sincar and Karacak, subsequently returned to their bases.

Reuters

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in Iraq, Syria - defence minister

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets, including training camps, shelters and ammunition storage areas in Iraq and northern Syria, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

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