May, 2020

• 21 May

  Over 1,300 terrorists killed in 2020, defense minister says

  Turkish security forces have killed over 1,300 terrorists across five different operational areas since the beginning of 2020, the country’s national defense minister said.

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• 21 May

  Militants attack Syrian troops on edge of rebel stronghold

  Al-Qaida-linked fighters attacked Syrian government positions Sunday on the edge of the country’s last rebel stronghold, triggering intense clashes that killed nearly three dozen combatants across both sides, opposition activists said.

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• 21 May

  Counter terrorism police fear ISIS cells are being reactivated to plot attacks across Europe after second terror arrest in Spain

  Counter terrorism police are investigating whether sleepers from Islamic State have been reactivated to carry out attacks around Europe.

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• 21 May

  Jewish extremist convicted in arson that killed Arab toddler

  An Israeli district court on Monday convicted a Jewish extremist of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, a case that had sent shock waves through Israel and helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

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• 21 May

  Cardiff man jailed in Spain for terror offences

  A web designer from Cardiff has been jailed for seven years in Spain for financing and supporting terrorism.

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• 21 May

  Iraqi Army Launches Operation to Track ISIS Militants near Syria Border

  The Iraqi army launched operation Desert Lions to pursue ISIS remnants across the Jazirah desert north of the Anbar, south of the Nineveh and west of the Salaheddine provinces all the way to the border with Syria.

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• 21 May

  Fears missing ISIS millions are hidden in cryptocurrency ready for use as war chest

  ISIS is using cryptocurrency platforms to conceal donations and get around financial security measures, experts have revealed after a surge in advertising for donations.

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• 21 May

  Tactical Change Or Withdrawal? Iran's Syria Strategy Analyzed Amid Reports Of Force Reductions

  Some nine years after Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) deployed military advisers and fighters to Syria to prop up the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, Israeli and U.S. officials have said Tehran is reducing its presence in Syria.

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• 21 May

  Khamenei Threatens The US With Expulsion From Iraq And Syria

  Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says the United States will be “expelled from Iraq and Syria,” adding that “The U.S. government’s long-term performance has led to abhorrence by a major part of the world.”

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• 21 May

  IntelBrief: One Foot In, One Foot Out: The Muddled U.S. Approach to the Middle East

  Bottom Line Up Front The United States recently announced plans to remove two Patriot anti-missile systems from Saudi Arabia, which could be accompanied by a further drawdown of other U.S. military capabilities in the region.The removal of the Patriot missile batteries is emblematic of the Trump administration’s schizophrenic policy on …

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