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Trial of suspected jihadist recruiter opens in Paris
(Radio France) The trial opened in Paris on Monday of Mourad Farès, who is accused of running a group of jihadists as well as recruiting people to fight in Syria and financing terrorism. It’s thought the 35-year-old from Thonon-les-bains in eastern France […]
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Daniel Khalife escaped prison using material which may have been from bed sheets, court hears The former soldier was arrested on Saturday after an alleged 75 hours on the run.
(Sky News) Daniel Khalife has appeared in court accused of using bedsheets to strap himself under a food truck to escape from Wandsworth prison. The 21-year-old terror suspect allegedly broke out on Wednesday before being arrested in a London suburb on Saturday […]
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Minnesotan will be sentenced for fighting for ISIS: ‘I joined a death cult’ As federal authorities stopped groups of Minnesotans from traveling to ISIS territory a decade ago, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum escaped detection. His survival and return home was no less astonishing.
(Star Tribune) The Islamic State group’s territory was wasting away five years ago when a member from Minnesota desperately dug a trench around his young family’s tent to protect against airstrikes in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz. By then, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum […]