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Syria

Leader of ISIS killed by US drone strike in Syria, says Pentagon

Maher al-Agal was reportedly killed in a strike near Syria's northern border with Turkey.

Syria

US-led military coalition captures senior IS leader in northern Syria

Media reports have identified the suspect as Syrian national Ahmad Hani al-Kurdi.

Ireland

Irish ex-soldier Lisa Smith found guilty of Islamic State membership

Defence lawyers argued that Smith, 40, wasn't a member of Islamic State, and only went to Syria to become a wife and mother.

Afghanistan

Several killed and injured in explosions outside Kabul shcool

Police said the blasts had targeted educational facilities in a mostly Shiite neighbourhood of Afghanistan's capital city.

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Germany

Four women arrested in Germany after being repatriated from Syria

Germany's foreign minister said 10 women and 27 children were brought home in an "extremely difficult" operation.

Syria

Leader of so-called Islamic State killed in US operation in Syria

The US announced that Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed during an overnight raid in Idlib province.

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Taliban special forces unit guards Kabul streets

A Taliban special forces unit patrols and guards Kabul streets as suicide bomb threats hang over the final phase of the US military's airlift operation, with US President Joe Biden warning another attack is highly likely before the evacuations end

Travel News

Why preserving Iraq’s cultural heritage is crucial post-ISIS

Iraq's ancient Citadel in Erbil has survived decades of neglect and mismanagement, as well as the threat of occupation by ISIS, to become Iraqi-Kurdistan’s most important cultural site.

United Kingdom

Shamima Begum: UK Supreme Court says IS bride cannot return to UK

The Supreme Court, in its judgment on Friday 26 February, ruled against the Court of Appeal's decision, stating among other reasons that "the right to a fair hearing does not trump all other considerations, such as the safety of the public".

USA

Two Islamic State ‘Beatles’ plead not guilty to charges in US court

Two jihadists from the Islamic State group, who were part of a terror cell nicknamed ‘The Beatles’ due to their British accents, have pleaded not guilty before a judge in the USA.

USA

US charges British IS members in deaths of Western hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed "the Beatles" by the hostages they held captive because of their British accents.

France

Charlie Hebdo trial: How the terror attacks unfolded five years ago

France will reopen one of the darkest chapters in its modern history as dozens go on trial for the terror attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket.

World News

Euroviews. Deploying innovative technology could help combat the dark art of money laundering ǀ View

The battle against dirty money is far from over. But adopting innovative technologies to follow money trails could be the solution to ending money laundering in Europe.

Iran

Euroviews. In killing Soleimani, Trump’s only success is the uniting of a once divided Iran ǀ View

The extrajudicial killing of Iranian official Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis by US forces last week will set back Western-Iranian relations by decades, with repercussions not only across the region but across the world.

Italy

Albanian father rescues son who had been kidnapped to live under IS

After 5 years of not knowing where his son is, an Albanian father manages to rescue his son out of Syria. His mother had taken him to live under the IS.

USA

Euroviews. Turkey's Erdogan is playing Trump at their White House meeting ǀ View

US President Donald Trump invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to come to Washington Wednesday to demonstrate his dealmaking prowess. Instead, the meeting is only going to further erode the already strained relations between the two countries.

Turkey

Turkey begins deportation of IS militants, with many headed to EU

Eleven French jihadists are expected to be sent home in the coming days, along with seven Germans, according to state media.

USA

ISIS spy who betrayed al-Baghdadi was motivated by revenge

"His relatives were subjected to harsh treatment by ISIS and he no longer believed in the future of ISIS. He wanted to take revenge on ISIS and Baghdadi himself," General Mazloum Abdi told NBC News.

USA

Who's a good boy? US won't name dog that helped catch ISIS leader

The dog, whose name is classified, was chasing al-Baghdadi in a tunnel when the ISIS leader detonated a suicide vest.

USA

Euroviews. Trump is using ISIS leader's death to distract from his failures. Don't let him ǀ View

Despite Trump’s grandstanding, and despite even this latest, legitimately positive news regarding Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the past few weeks have not been a collective success. Rather, they have been a boon for America’s adversaries and a catastrophe for its friends.