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British schoolgirl who joined IS likely trafficking victim, court told

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS) is challenging the UK government's decision to take away her citizenship, with her lawyers telling a London court that she was likely "a child victim of trafficking".

Reuters

Spain to bring back Spanish families from IS camps in Syria

Spain has decided to bring back several Spanish wives, widows and children of Islamic State fighters from detention camps in northeastern Syria, a government source said on Monday, confirming a report in El Pais newspaper.

Reuters

Mangaluru blast accused 'inspired' by global terror outfit, police seize bomb-making materials from his house

MANGALURU: Police found materials that go into making bomb from the rented house in Mysuru of Mangaluru autorickshaw blast accused Mohammed Shariq, who was "influenced and inspired" by a global terrorist organisation, a senior police officer said on Monday.

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ISIS bride Shamima Begum begins High Court battle to restore her UK citizenship

Shamima Begum fled east London as a 15-year-old to join Islamic State seven years ago and is now challenging the UK government's decision to remove her citizenship

Daily Mirror

Danish woman evacuated from Syrian camps sentenced for aiding Islamic State

A Danish woman evacuated from a Syrian detention camp last year was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison by a Danish court for aiding Islamic State militants and illegally travelling to and residing in conflict zones, her lawyer said.

Reuters

Ex-DePaul student gets 7½ years in federal prison for writing computer code to help ISIS terrorist group

A former DePaul University student was sentenced Thursday to 7 ½ years in federal prison for using his developing computer skills to help the Islamic State terrorist group spread violent propaganda on social media.

Chicago Tribune

Former DePaul University student gets 7.5 years for trying to help Islamic State with computer program

Thomas Osadzinski’s prosecution was believed to be the first of its kind when it began three years ago — a terrorism case brought against a U.S.-based defendant involving computer code.

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Bodies of 2 girls found in Syria camp housing IS families

A Syrian opposition war monitor and a local officials say the beheaded bodies of two Egyptian girls were found in a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Analysis-Bomb attack could ignite Erdogan's security-themed re-election campaign

A bomb attack in Istanbul evoked memories of violence ahead of tense 2015 elections, and could tee up another security-focused campaign for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and even a Syria military intervention ahead of next year's likely tight vote.

Reuters

Kurdish militants deny Turkish claims they carried out Istanbul attack

Armed wing of PKK party says it would not target civilians after bomb leaves six dead and 81 injured

The Guardian - UK

Factbox-Deadly Istanbul blast echoes past attacks in Turkey

Turkey blamed Kurdish militants for a blast that killed six people on a busy Istanbul shopping street on Sunday, and police detained a Syrian woman suspected of having planted the bomb among a sweep of 47 arrests.

Reuters

Istanbul bombing: 46 detained as Turkey minister blames Kurdish separatists

Six people died and 81 were injured when Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare İstiklal Avenue was hit by a bomb attack

The Guardian - UK

Factbox-What is the Syrian Kurdish YPG?

Turkey has said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for a blast on the historic Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on Sunday that killed six people, an incident that recalled similar attacks in years past.

Reuters

Istanbul terror suspect captured in same hoodie as 2005 London bomber in dramatic raid

Police bodycam footage showed anti-terrorism officers pinning down the female suspect, wearing a purple hoodie inscribed with the words 'New York', as they raided her home last night

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Istanbul bomber believed to have Kurdish links but Islamic State ties possible -senior official

Turkish authorities believe the person who carried out a bomb attack in Istanbul on Sunday is linked to Kurdish militants but they are not ruling out Islamic State ties, a senior Turkish official said.

The Independent UK

Lawyer: Saddam's relative has no role in IS killings in Iraq

The lawyer of a great-nephew of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein says her client has no links with the Islamic State group though Iraqi authorities alleged his involvement

France 24

Nobel laureate Nadia Murad: 'Sexual violence does not go away when war is over'

In 2014, Nadia Murad was captured, alongside many other Yazidi women, by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the Iraqi town of Sinjar. She was held hostage, enslaved, tortured and raped, before escaping to Mosul and making her way to Germany. After sharing the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with…

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Sydney mayors say repatriated families of IS fighters 'turned their backs' on Australia

Three mayors from south-western Sydney call for a meeting with the Prime Minister, saying they were not consulted about the families of fighters for the so-called Islamic State being resettled in their communities.

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France 24

'The monster can come again': Revisiting the horrors of Raqqa under IS group

In 2014 the peaceful city of Raqqa in northern Syria was proclaimed the capital of the Islamic State group's so-called caliphate. For nearly four years, residents there lived under a reign of terror. A new book out in French brings their stories to the world. "L'Asphyxie : Raqqa, chronique d’une…

Reuters

Record number of foreigners repatriated from IS camps in Syria this year

Repatriations of foreign woman and children affiliated to Islamic State from detention camps in northeast Syria hit a record high in 2022, Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

Group warns of rampant violence in Syria camp of IS families

An international aid group is warning that a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria that houses tens of thousands of women and children linked to the extremist Islamic State group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawless

Daily Mirror

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

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The Supreme Court could upend the internet. How?

This fall the Supreme Court marked a turning point in the history of the internet. The court agreed to consider Gonzalez v. Google, its first case interpreting Section 230 — a once-obscure statute that is now widely credited for having “created the internet” and is debated by politicians on both…

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