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This undated photo obtained from the CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, shows Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State group. President Joe Biden said Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, that al-Qurayshi has been killed in Syria during an operation by an elite U.S. military force. (CTC Sentinel via AP)

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IS leader stayed hidden as he rebuilt his group from defeat
By BASSEM MROUE - Asssociated Press
Thu,02/03/22-8:45AM , 478 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Islamic State group, killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria, was a veteran insider and top ideologue of the extremist movement, believed to have played a key role in one of its most horrific atrocities: the enslavement of thousands of women from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority.
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'I am dead here': Lebanese join Mideast migrants to Europe
By BASSEM MROUE - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,12/10/21-12:40AM , 92 Reads
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it, he said, to reach the shores of Europe for a new start with his wife and three kids, away from the daily humiliation of life in Lebanon.
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