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Record Number of Foreigners Repatriated from Syria Camps this Year

Repatriations of foreign woman and children affiliated to ISIS from detention camps in northeast Syria hit a record high in 2022, Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday. Thousands of foreigners including women and children had gone to Syria to live in ISIS’ so-called "caliphate" until 2019, when US-backed Kurdish forces snatched…

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Officials: US Aid Worker Shot Dead in Baghdad in Rare Attack

Assailants fatally shot an American aid worker Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, two police officials said. The man was shot in his car as he entered the street where he lives in Baghdad’s central Karrada district on the east bank…

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U.S. sanctions South African Islamic State-affiliated firms

The U.S. has imposed its second round of sanctions in less than a week on people and firms in Africa who it says have provided financial or material support to the Islamic State group

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U.S. targets South African Islamic State cell with fresh sanctions

The United States has targeted four people allegedly tied to the leader of an Islamic State cell in South Africa for supporting the militant group, along with eight related companies, U.S. officials said on Monday, citing ongoing threats.

Reuters

Group Warns of Rampant Violence in Syria Camp of ISIS Families

A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the ISIS group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s…

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Baghdad, Washington Renew Commitment to Strategic Framework Agreement

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani received on Thursday a telephone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who congratulated him on the October 27 formation of his government. During the call, both sides affirmed their mutual commitment to the US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement signed in 2009 and underscored…

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Salah Abdeslam: Terrorist involved in deadly ISIS attacks on Paris in 2015 gets married in prison

Abdeslam, 33, took part in a ceremony by phone from his high-security cell

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Imam to pay up over defamatory statements

An imam who defamed a Melbourne lawyer will be forced to pay $20,000 in damages after a two-way social media stoush.

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Bitter debate erupts over repatriation of Australian families from Syrian detention camps

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil accuses the opposition of hypocrisy over the repatriation of Australian women and children from Syrian detention camps.

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Teacher dubbed 'Empress of ISIS' who led female death squad including children jailed

During her sentencing, the court heard harrowing accounts from Allison Fluke-Ekren's own children, who described the ISIS leader as a “monster’” who tortured them for pleasure

Daily Mirror

SOHR Demands Immediate Solution to ‘Al-Hol Mini-State’ Crisis

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has renewed its appeal to the international community to find an immediate and lasting solution to al-Hol’s crisis and put a serious plan for rehabilitating the camp’s children and women. The war monitor published a report on its website stating that the successive…

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The Netherlands to Repatriate 12 Women, 28 Children from Syria

The Dutch government on Tuesday said that it would repatriate 12 women and 28 children from Syria. "The cabinet is transferring twelve Dutch women suspected of terrorist offenses and their 28 children to the Netherlands," the government said in a letter to the parliament. This would make it the largest…

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US Woman who Led ISIS Battalion Gets 20 Years in Prison

An American woman who joined ISIS in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up on a farm in Kansas, was given the maximum possible sentence by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema after pleading…

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Victorian state election campaign officially begins with promises on V/Line and water bills

Victorians will pay less for public transport across regional Victoria regardless of who wins the state election, with transport, hip-pocket issues, health and ISIS brides all featuring on the first official day of the campaign.

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Vic Libs reject 'ISIS brides' resettlement

Australian women and children remain in Syrian camps, but the Victorian coalition has objected to their resettlement on security grounds.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian opposition objects to repatriation of ‘so-called Isis brides’, as election campaign begins

Matthew Guy says allowing families of fighters to resettle from Syria could compromise the safety of Victorians

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US woman dubbed 'empress of ISIS' sentenced to 20 years after leading all-female Islamic State battalion in Syria

A US woman who led an all-female Islamic State battalion in Syria is sentenced to 20 years in prison after her own children denounce her in court and detail the abuse she heaped on them.

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US woman sentenced to 20 years for leading all-female ISIL unit

US prosecutors describe Allison Fluke-Ekren, a Kansas mother and former teacher, as the ’empress of ISIS’.

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Kansas mom gets 20 years for leading Islamic State battalion

A Kansas native who led an all-female Islamic State battalion when she lived in Syria has been sentenced to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Kansas teacher who led all-female Isis brigade is sentenced to 20 years

‘She carved a path of terror, plunging her own children into unfathomable depths of cruelty,’ US Attorney says

Reuters

U.S. targets weapons trafficking with sanctions on Islamic State in Somalia

The United States on Tuesday issued sanctions targeting Islamic State in Somalia, designating members of the group and others it accused of being involved in a "terrorist weapons trafficking network" in Eastern Africa.

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Content Moderation, Social Media, and the Constitution

Two sets of cases - one already before the Supreme Court, one about to be - will go a long way towards defining the role of social media companies

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Iran Arrests ‘Accomplice’ of ISIS-Claimed Shrine Attack

Iran announced Monday a suspected accomplice of the shooter who carried out a deadly attack on a Shiite shrine in Shiraz has been arrested, state news agency IRNA reported. At least 13 people were killed last Wednesday in the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the southern city, according to a revised…

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US Woman Who Led Female ISIS Battalion in Syria Faces up to 20 Years in Prison

An American woman who grew up on a farm in Kansas and joined ISIS in Syria, where she led an all-female military battalion, is to be sentenced Tuesday for providing support to a foreign terrorist group. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to…

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Gunman Who Attacked Shrine in Iran Dies from Injuries

The gunman who killed 15 people at a major Shiite holy site in southern Iran earlier this week died on Saturday, Iranian media reported. The attack was claimed by the militant ISIS group but Iran's government has sought to blame it on the protests roiling the country. Iranian authorities have…

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