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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia repatriates 17 women and children from Syrian camp

An estimated 11,000 foreign children and women remain in the Roj and al-Hol refugee camps in northeastern Syria.

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'Willing to do whatever is asked': Women repatriated from Syria regret trouble caused

The four Australian women, who have come home from a Syrian detention camp, say they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the community safe.

ABC News

Australia Repatriates Australian Women and Children from Syrian Refugee Camp

The Australian government has repatriated four Australian women and their 13 children from a Syrian refugee camp to New South Wales state, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said on Saturday. The controversial repatriation, which has sparked criticism from the Liberal-National opposition, is part of bringing back from Syria dozens of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amal Clooney says five-year-old son drew a picture of prison and said ‘Vladimir Putin should be here’

The mother-of-two has noticed that her kids are taking note of her human-rights work

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IRGC Says Bomb Attack Foiled in Shiraz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that its intelligence unit had foiled a bomb attack in the southern city of Shiraz, two days after a deadly shooting at a shrine there, the guards' news agency Sepah News said. "A bombing in Mo'ali Abad Street in Shiraz was detected and foiled…

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Iran’s Khamenei Vows Revenge after Deadly Attack in Shiraz, Raisi Links Attack to Protests

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed on Thursday to retaliate against an attack claimed by ISIS on a shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, in which 15 people were killed. The assault is expected to aggravate tensions amid widespread anti-government protests that erupted since the death of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia Begins Repatriating Wives, Children of ISIS Militants

Australian relatives of dead or jailed ISIS militants are en route to Sydney, local media reported on Friday, as the country begins the controversial repatriation of dozens of Australian women and children from Syrian refugee camps. Australia first rescued eight children and grandchildren of two dead ISIS extremists from a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Arrests 5 Sympathizers of ISIS

Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) services have arrested five sympathizers of the terrorist ISIS group for their alleged involvement in planning individual or collective plots to seriously undermine public order. The arrests, which took place on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, were carried out on the basis of accurate…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Canada Repatriates 2 women, 2 Children from Syria Camps

Canada has repatriated two women and two children from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected ISIS militants, and charged one with supporting terrorism, officials said Wednesday. This followed years of pressure on Ottawa -- which long refused for security reasons to repatriate as many as 50 Canadians believed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Horrific abuse at hands of ISIS leader detailed by US family after brainwashing hundreds

The Kansas native moved to Egypt in 2008 before settling in Syria with her husband who was in a leadership position in the Islamic State

Daily Mirror

Gunmen Kill at Least 15 in Attack on Shrine in Iran

Armed men attacked a shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people, state news agency IRNA said, as security forces clashed with protesters marking 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. IRNA described the attackers as "takfiri terrorists", a label used…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Officials: Syria Facing `Acute Violence’ and Worst Economic Crisis

Syria is facing “acute violence,” the worst economic crisis since the war began in 2011, and a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak with more that 24,000 suspected cases reported throughout the country and at least 80 deaths, UN officials said Tuesday. UN special envoy Geir Pedersen told the UN Security Council…

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Inside notorious and deadly Iran prison as prisoner shares 12-hour interrogations

Anoosheh Ashoori was sentenced to spent time at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, in August 2017 where he spent nearly five years - he returned to the UK in March of this year

Salon

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Asharq Al-Awsat

SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi to Asharq Al-Awsat: Our Forces Cannot Be Dismantled

Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi warned against “comprehensive normalization” between Ankara and Damascus. In an interview to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said such an approach serves the interests of the Ankara government and will lead to many risks on the lives of the Syrian people. The approach…

Daily Mirror

MI5 plotted to infiltrate fifth 'Beatle' spy into Jihadi John's ISIS terror cell

The secret operation was pulled at the last minute – ending hopes the Londoner’s murder spree could be halted – amid fears the agent would be unmasked and publicly executed.

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Taliban Kill Six ISIS Militants in Raid in Afghan Capital

Taliban security forces killed six ISIS militants in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday. The ISIS members killed in the raid on their hideout were involved in two major attacks in recent weeks, one on a city mosque…

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Report: Mass Grave of ISIS Victims Found in Syria's Palmyra

Syrian authorities found a mass grave in the historic town of Palmyra with bodies of victims of the militant ISIS group, which controlled the area years ago, Syria's state news agency said Friday. According to the report on SANA, the mass grave was discovered near the second-century Roman amphitheater. The…

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France repatriates 55 citizens including 40 children from Syrian camps in major operation

Repatriation comes after France was condemned for violating Isis fighter’s families’ right to return

Asharq Al-Awsat

France Repatriates 55 from Syria Camps

France has repatriated 40 children and 15 women from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected ISIS militants, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. It marked the largest such repatriation in three months and came a week after a European rights court condemned France over its refusal to return…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ancient Carvings Discovered at Iconic Mosul Monument Bulldozed by ISIS

When ISIS bulldozed the ancient monumental Mashki gate in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016, it was part of the extremists' systematic destruction of cultural heritage. Now, US and Iraqi archaeologists working to reconstruct the site have unearthed extraordinary 2,700-year-old rock carvings among the ruins, AFP reported. They include…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France’s Lafarge Pleads Guilty to Aiding Terrorists

French cement maker Lafarge, part of the Swiss-listed Holcim, has pleaded guilty in a US court to the charges of providing support to terrorist organizations, including ISIS, during the war in Syria. Lafarge agreed to pay $778 million in forfeiture and fines as part of the plea agreement to the…

Tribune News Service

Lafarge cement company paid ISIS to run plant in Syria, will pay $778 million in fines

A major international cement company will has pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to giving financial support to ISIS, will forfeit $687 million and pay the U.S. government nearly $91 million in fines, prosecutors said.

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