Five Takeaways from the U.S. Raid That Killed the Islamic State’s Leader: Shasshank Bengali and Marc Santora, NY Times, Feb. 4, 2022
Islamic State Leader Qurayshi Hid Among Families Displaced by War: Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, Feb. 4, 2022
America’s Allies in Syria Accuse Turkey of Giving ISIS a “Safe Zone”: Omar Abdulkader and Tucker Reals, CBS News, Feb. 9, 2022
Is Iran Trying to Provoke Israel Against Russian Assets in Syria? – Opinion: Eric R. Mandel, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 3, 2022
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Israel Strikes Syrian Army Targets After Anti-Aircraft Missile Explodes Over Israel: Yaniv Kubovich and Jack Khoury, Haaretz, Feb. 9, 2022 — An anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria into Israel late Tuesday exploded in the air, the Israeli military said, triggering a rare Israeli counter-strike on Syrian army targets in the Damascus area, killing one soldier.
Russia Castigates Israel Over Retaliatory Strike on Syria: David Rosenberg, Israel National News, Feb. 9, 2022 — Russia strongly condemned a retaliatory strike by Israeli forces against Syria Wednesday, after a missile was fired from Syrian territory into Israel overnight.
Iran Said Beating Out Assad Regime for Influence in Key Syrian Border Province; Times of Israel, Jan. 29, 2022 — Iran is enlisting militiamen in part of eastern Syria, looking to cement its influence in an area with a key border crossing for moving weapons to allied groups, according to a report Friday.
IS Chief Arrogantly Unmasked His Identity, Leading to U.S. Raid: Ron Ben Yishai, Ynet News, Feb. 3, 2022 — The overnight raid by U.S. forces that resulted in the death of IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was made possible because of his involvement in the raid by forces of the Islamic State on a Kurdish run prison, some 25 kilometers (15 miles) away from his place of residence.
Report: Israel Helped the US Eliminate IS Leader: i24 News, Feb. 3, 2022 — Israel “has been involved in and aided” US efforts to eliminate Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, Channel 13 reported Thursday evening citing unnamed foreign sources.
Bennett: Israel Decided to Hit Head of Iranian Octopus: Asharq Al-Awsat, Jan. 29, 2022 — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that Israel decided to change its policies towards Iran, by hitting the head of the Iranian octopus instead of its arms in the region.
