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‘The people don’t want us’: inside a camp for Iraqis returned from Syrian detention

Exclusive: As Iraq steps up transfers from al-Hawl, interviews with returnees raise questions over a process mired in complexities

The Guardian - UK

Interview: Why the Islamic State group is 'returning to its roots' in the Syrian desert

Some of the remaining members of the Islamic State organisation – those who escaped death or imprisonment after losing their territory in 2019 – have made their way to Badia, a vast desert in the centre of Syria. The IS group carries out frequent attacks on the nomadic Bedouins who…

France 24

US military says helicopter accident in northeastern Syria left 22 American troops injured

The United States military says a helicopter accidents in northeastern Syria over the weekend has left 22 U.S. service members injured to various degree

The Independent UK

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Vanessa Kirby, Stanley Tucci and Gillian Anderson back campaign to repatriate UK families detained in Syria

British children are exposed to violence and trafficking, advocates say

Evening Standard

Iraq urges countries to repatriate their citizens from camp housing families of extremist IS group

Iraq is urging countries that have citizens in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group to repatriate their nationals

The Independent UK

Syria's Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria says hundreds of fighters with the Islamic State group held in prisons around the region will be put on trial after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Independent UK

Trinidad and Tobago: From the Caribbean to the caliphate

The twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago lies between the South American coast of Venezuela and the West Indies. Home to roughly 1.5 million inhabitants of African and Indian descent, the tiny Caribbean nation has one of the world’s highest volunteer rates for the Islamic State (IS) group. Between…

France 24

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‘2018’: The real, heart-warming Kerala story and a monotone of hatred, falsities in contrast

‘2018’ might not belong to the league of cinematically brilliant films, but thematically it stresses people’s unity in times of a catastrophe amid vast social divisions; in sharp contrast, ‘The Kerala Story’ is a shocking demonisation of Kerala and Muslims and exists to spread fear among people

The Hindu

London terror plot accused watched IS videos, court told

Al Arfat Hassan, who is on trial with 16-year-old, used ‘cupcakes’ as code word for bomb, jury hears

The Guardian - UK

How Australian cyber spies used 'Rickrolling' to disrupt Islamic State militants in Iraq

Defeating Islamic State militants required disabling their significant cyber capabilities — and pop star Rick Astley unwittingly played a hand in doing so.

ABC News

Students in tier 2 and tier 3 engineering colleges struggle for placements

While students at top engineering colleges in the city often bag plump packages after their graduation, students in tier 2 and tier 3 colleges are finding it difficult to secure decent placements this year amid recession, and layoffs at MNC companies. Apart from that, students in from branches other than…

The Hindu

Terror-plotting Essex teenager jailed for life after mother reports him

Matthew King, 19, wanted to travel to Syria to join IS and filmed potential targets outside army barracks

The Guardian - UK

Teen who plotted terror attack jailed for life after mum reported him to police

Matthew King expressed a desire to "torture, mutilate and kill military personnel" and it was alleged he carried out surveillance on police stations and British Army barracks

Daily Mirror

Restoration lags for Syria's famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites

At the height of the Islamic State group's rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country’s famed Roman ruins in Palmyra

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Seven Islamic State financiers arrested in German raids

Seven people have been arrested for helping finance the Islamic State extremist group's activities in Syria, prosecutors said.

The Independent UK

Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertain

Kurdish officials in northeast Syria have expanded a program to rehabilitate boys from the families of Islamic State group militants

The Independent UK

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‘I think of drowning myself’: the Iraqi families displaced by a dam – and homeless for 40 years

The village of Jissary was flooded in 1985 to make way for the giant Mosul dam, and its people have been moving between makeshift settlements ever since. Now they face eviction again

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Daily Mirror

Ex grammar school boy became ISIS sniper after fleeing to Syria from family holiday

Shabazz Suleman, 27, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, disappeared at the end of the 2014 trip before emailing his parents saying “I'm not brainwashed or anything"

Daily Mirror

Soldier who became ISIS bride walks free from prison early after 15-month sentence

Former soldier turned ISIS member Lisa Smith was described as a model prisoner, which allowed her to have an early release from Limerick Prison

Radio France Internationale

Top French jihadist and wife handed jail terms

A Paris appeals court on Friday handed a 14-year jail term to a high-profile French jihadist convicted of terrorist offences linked to Syria.

The Hindu

Keralite dies in Karachi jail; family says it will receive body only if brought to Kerala

The family members of C.V. Sulfikar, 48, from Kapur near Thrithala, who died in Pakistan jail, have expressed their inability to receive his body at Chandigarh airport. However, the family said they would receive the body if it is brought to Kerala.

France 24

Cannes movie explores roots of Sudan bloodshed, making festival history

Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania joined early frontrunners for the Palme d’Or in Cannes with her haunting “Four Daughters”, about the decision by a group of teenage girls to join the jihad in Syria. Meanwhile, Africa’s “Cannes moment” continued with the timely screening of Sudanese drama “Goodbye Julia”, whose director spoke…

AFP

US top court backs Big Tech over terror claims

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court handed a victory to Twitter and Google on Thursday, saying the social media giants could not be held liable by victims of terrorist attacks for posts that endorsed the Islamic State group.

AFP

US top court back Big Tech in terror cases

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court handed a victory to Twitter, Facebook and Google on Thursday, saying the social media giants could not be held liable by victims of terrorist attacks for postings that endorsed the Islamic State group.

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