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Immigration

Yemeni allegedly caught leaving Ontario to join terror group remains in custody

May 2, 2025 Stewart Bell and Mercedes Stephenson  

(Global News) A Yemeni accused of trying to leave Canada to join a terrorist group appeared in court north of Toronto on Thursday for a bail hearing. Husam Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee, 32, was arrested by RCMP national security officers on April 19 […]

Government & Politics

Conservative MPs ask public safety committee to probe arrest of ISIS suspect

September 9, 2024 Stewart Bell and Mercedes Stephenson  

(Global News) Conservative MPs have asked Canada’s public safety committee to reconvene to probe how a Toronto man arrested last week for allegedly plotting an ISIS attack in the U.S. got into the country. The four Conservative members of the committee want […]

Law Enforcement

Tip about Toronto ISIS suspect came from France

August 13, 2024 Mercedes Stephenson and Stewart Bell  

(Global News) The investigation that resulted in the arrests of two Toronto men accused of plotting an attack for ISIS began with a tip from France, sources have told Global News. French authorities allegedly became aware of at least one of the […]

Government & Politics

Toronto terror arrests raise questions about security screening

August 2, 2024 Stewart Bell, Mercedes Stephenson and Catherine McDonald  

(Global News) The federal government is declining to explain how a Toronto man was able to immigrate to Canada despite allegedly having taken part in ISIS violence overseas. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, has been charged with committing an aggravated assault for […]

Children & Teens

Jewish group wants investigation into online posts following Ottawa terror arrest

December 17, 2023 Stewart Bell, Mercedes Stephenson, Mackenzie Gray and Mike Drolet  

(Global News) A Canadian Jewish organization wants police to investigate Facebook posts allegedly made by the father of a teenage terror suspect arrested in Ottawa. On Facebook, a user whose name and photo match the father of the youth arrested by RCMP […]

Children & Teens

Teen terrorists: Does Canada have a youth radicalization problem?

December 16, 2023 Stewart Bell, Mackenzie Gray and Mercedes Stephenson  

(Global News) The arrest of a teenager accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Ottawa Jewish community is the latest sign that Canada is struggling with the radicalization of youths. The minor, taken into custody on Friday night, was the second […]

Children & Teens

RCMP arrest Ottawa youth in alleged terror plot targeting Jewish community

December 16, 2023 Mercedes Stephenson, Alex Boutilier, Stewart Bell and Mackenzie Gray  

(Global News) The RCMP has charged an Ottawa youth with terrorism for allegedly plotting an attack against the Jewish community, Global News has learned. The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared in an Ottawa courthouse on Saturday […]

Children & Teens

Canada repatriates orphaned girl from ISIS camp in Syria

October 5, 2020 Stewart Bell and Mercedes Stephenson  

(Global News) Canadian officials removed an orphaned girl from an ISIS detention camp in northeastern Syria over the weekend, the government confirmed on Monday. The girl, known as Amira, is the first Canadian to be repatriated from Syrian camps for ISIS detainees. […]

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