Australia makes large-scale counter-terror raids

Australian police on Thursday, September 18, made a series of arrests in pre-dawn counter-terrorism raids across Sydney and Brisbane, with those detained reportedly suspected of links to the jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS). The operation comes barely a week after the country raised its terror threat level to “high” for the first time in a decade on growing concern about militants returning from fighting in Iraq and Syria. Hundreds of police officers are involved in the arrests.

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