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Laugh and to breathe. islamic state fighters have carried out one of their biggest attacks in syria since the groups self—declared caliphate was defeated. a british—based monitoring group says more than 120 people — most of them jihadists — have been killed in four days of fighting with kurdish—led forces in the northern city of hasa—keh. its thought the aim of the attack is to free thousands of suspected islamic state supporters held in a jail there. mark lobel reports. scenes syria...

Operations since their self—declared caliphate was defeated almost three years ago. from above, us—led coalition aircraft supported the syrian defense forces bid to regain control on the ground. many prisoners were recaptured with troops in pursuit of other fugitives that had fled to surrounding houses. families move to safety in fear of their lives. translation: theres been shelling and killing since yesterday. the jihadists killed four or five people in our neighborhood, liquidated them. w...

We used to joke in the pentagon that the most dangerous job in the world was a number three guy at al qaeda. we killed that position so many times. but occasionally you get a big one. this is a big one. this is certainly not quite getting bin laden, but id put ut in a top five kills weve accomplished. lit rock the organization. but to your point, another leader will emerge. >> courtney, thats what i want to focus on here. now what in northwest syria? on one hand, heres someone whos been operatin...

This is bbc news. the headlines: britain is accusing russia of planning to install a pro—kremlin leader in ukraine, as fears of an invasion grow. the foreign office in london says a former ukrainian mp is being considered as a potential candidate — along with four others who it says have links to russian intelligence services. islamic state fighters have continued one of their biggest attacks in syria since the groups self—declared caliphate was defeated nearly three years ago. a british�...

Murdered his family, and one of his associates, an isis lieutenant barricaded himself, and he was killed as well, and his wife as well was killed. this went very much according to plan that was by our military, our intelligence professionals and the national security team. >> you know this region, brett. you know this organization well. i would venture to say among the best in the country on that front. you know theres going to be another top leader of isis named. there will be another lieutenan...

>> he was named the top leader of isis in 2019 after his predecessor was killed in a u.s. raid. the president addressed the special forces operation from the white house earlier this morning. this operation is testament on americas ability to reach out and take out a terrorists no matter where they hide around the world. a strong message to terrorists around the world. we will come and find you. >> its the biggest attack since the fall of the caliphate years ago. when the fighting finally stoppe...

Electronic device dwooiss. we dont know exactly what that was but i dont know if our viewers would remember, but after the bin laden raid, not long after that, we all saw video that those special forces, those special operators gathered up at his site and it was some of the first video that we had seen of bin laden in years, the freshest video we had seen, so its not clear exactly what they were able to get. again, there was this massive explosion on the third floor where al qurayshi was living ...

Before he was turned over to the iraqis and at some point released. in march 2020 the state department labeled him as a global terrorist with a $10 million reward. >> he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast syria, holding isis fighters. he was the driving force behind the genocide of the people in northwestern iraq in 2018. >> reporter: he never left the third floor of the building except to bathe on the roof. by early december intelligence officials believed the...

Over-the-counter terrorism in syria, we can do the same in afghanistan, nothing to worry about there. very different situation and all the things around syria bases and allies and intel, we no longer have in afghanistan and what you are seeing is isis migrating to afghanistan to that taliban caliphate and im really concerned about our ability to stop that flow. >> john: just, you know, that point that you make there to that, let me play a little bit of what the president said earlier this mornin...

Roots of isis. al qaeda in iraq, hes one of the founding members. we did lose that senior figure. if you look in the short term this will likely have a disruptive impact on isis as you mention especially right now as we are seeing this attempt by the group to reemerge. this is not isis of 2015, 16, and 17. account loss of the caliphate in 2019, experts were warning that we are going to see the reemergence of isis in the form of an insurgency that is going to be a very lethal group. thousands of ...