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US-led coalition in Syria captures senior IS group commander
US-led coalition forces captured a senior Islamic State commander believed to be the group's leader in a pre-dawn helicopter raid Wednesday near Syria's Turkish border, killing one Iraqi citizen during the operation. The operation took place in Atmeh, a town near the Turkish border, and an IS group commander alleged to be Abu Hafs al-Qurashi was taken away. At the same time, an Iraqi citizen was killed, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The observatory said the man captured had a French-speaking woman with him, and it is not known if she was taken by US forces or Syrian security, who later cordoned off the area. The US military has not responded to requests from the media for comment, and it is not immediately clear if the man captured is IS' main leader. Two years ago, the IS group announced that a man called Abu Hafs al-Hashemi al-Qurashi had been named as its new leader after Turkish authorities killed his predecessor. The IS jihadist group broke away from al-Qaeda more than a decade ago. It attracted supporters from around the world after it declared a self-proclaimed "caliphate" in 2014 in large parts of Syria and Iraq. Despite its defeat in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, the IS group's militants still carry out deadly attacks in both countries and elsewhere. All previous IS leaders have adopted Al-Qurashi as part of their surname, implying a connection to Quraish, the tribe to which Islam's Prophet Muhammad belonged. The IS group claims its leaders hail from the tribe, and al-Qurashi is used as a nom de guerre -- all part of the terror organisation's propaganda, as it is largely invented and its handful of leaders are unrelated, according to reports. Its first leader, the self-proclaimed emir and caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, did not take on the Al-Qurashi name, despite claiming he hailed from the tribe without providing evidence.
Euronews
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Iraq says tip-off to Lebanon led to destruction of amphetamine factory
One of the largest factories in Lebanon making the highly addictive amphetamine Captogan has been discovered and destroyed as part of rare security cooperation between intelligence agencies in Iraq and Lebanon, Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. The announcement came a month after the Lebanese army issued a statement about the discovery of a drug factory in Yammoune village in the eastern Bekaa Valley with large amounts of drugs inside. Iraq's Interior Ministry said the Lebanese operation in mid-July came after Iraqi authorities gave Beirut information about the factory. A senior Lebanese security official on Tuesday said it was not clear why Iraqi authorities made the announcement on Monday, adding that Lebanon's security agencies are always in contact with Arab and international security agencies. Regional states are intensifying efforts to fight the drug trade. The vast majority of the world's Captagon is produced in neighbouring Syria, with some production in Lebanon. Western governments estimate that Captagon has generated billions of euros in revenue for former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his associates and allies. The former government in Damascus denied those accusations. After al-Assad was removed from power in December when Islamist fighters took over Damascus, the fight against drug production intensified in Lebanon and Syria. In February, the interior ministers of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq held talks in Amman to discuss ways to combat the illegal drug trade and agreed to set up a joint telecommunications cell to exchange information. Smugglers have used Jordan as a corridor to smuggle Captagon pills out of Syria, mainly to oil-rich Arab Gulf states.
France 24
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Israel says it carried out strike on Huthi energy facility in Yemen
The Israeli military said it had targeted an energy infrastructure site that was used by the Iran-aligned Houthis south of the Yemeni capital Sanaa early on Sunday, with Israeli media saying the Haziz power station had been hit. A military statement said Israeli forces "struck... deep inside Yemen, targeting an energy infrastructure site that served the Huthi terrorist regime" in the area of Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, without naming the site. The Huthis' Al-Masirah TV, citing a civil defence source, reported "an aggression targeting the Haziz power plant" south of Sanaa. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Since the October 2023 start of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, the Huthis have repeatedly fired missiles and drones at Israel, claiming to act in solidarity with the Palestinians. Most Huthi attacks have been intercepted, but have prompted Israeli air strikes on rebel targets in Yemen. The military said its latest "strikes were conducted in response to repeated attacks" by the Huthis. On Thursday Israel said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, with the Huthis later claiming responsibility for it. Beyond attacks on Israel, the Huthis have also targeted alleged Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden off Yemen. The Iran-backed group broadened its campaign to target ships tied to the United States and Britain after the two countries began military strikes aimed at securing the waterway in January 2024. In May, the rebels cemented a ceasefire with the United States that ended weeks of intense US strikes, but vowed to continue targeting Israeli ships.
