Legal
Judgment due today in trial of Lisa Smith for alleged membership of Isis (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Dr. Oz’s vote in 2018 Turkish election renews criticism The celebrity doctor scored a key endorsement from Donald Trump last month.
(ABC) As Dr. Mehmet Oz embarks on a bid for the U.S. Senate, the television star has largely shied away from discussing his ties to Turkey, where he maintains citizenship, and dismissed criticism from political opponents that he harbors any so-called “dual […]
Legal
ISIS ‘Beatles’ cell member Alexanda Kotey sentenced to life in prison
(CNN) A member of the ISIS terror cell nicknamed the “Beatles” was sentenced to life in prison on Friday by US District Judge T. S. Ellis in Alexandria, Virginia, after gut-wrenching statements in court from family members of victims. Alexanda Kotey had […]
News: North America
Is Khaled Barakat part of a terrorist group or a victim of Israeli intimidation? Israeli intelligence is not alone in situating Barakat, who resides in Vancouver, in the upper echelons of the PFLP’s chain of command
(National Post) He’s a high-ranking member of a Palestinian terrorist organization best known for dramatic airplane hijackings, suicide bombings and a 2014 massacre at a Jerusalem synagogue that left several worshippers severely injured and five dead, including Toronto-born rabbi Howie Rothman. That’s […]
Legal
Former University of Alabama student sentenced for plot to fund Al-Qaeda
(WBMA) The former University of Alabama student who was captured by federal authorities instructing an undercover investigator how to send money to Al-Qaeda was sentenced Thursday in a federal courtroom in Tuscaloosa. Chief U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced 26-year-old […]
Legal
Trial of Lisa Smith ends at Special Criminal Court (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith chose to go to area controlled by ‘demonic’ terrorist group, court told (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Why Belgium is still a terror risk
(Brussels Times) Six years ago, it felt like extremist terrorism would haunt us permanently. The March 2016 bombs in the Brussels metro and airport left 35 people dead. They came after the November 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 138. Jihadists claimed […]
Legal
In the wake of defence walk-out, Abdeslam and Amri testify at Paris terror trial
(Radio France) The terrorist survivor of the Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam resumed his evidence late on Wednesday, after the court had heard and dismissed claims of prejudice from some of the defence lawyers. It was as if Tuesday’s mass walk-out by the […]
Legal
Smith said terrorist leader ‘did something while the rest of us just sit and talk,’ trial hears (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith believed she would ‘burn in hell’ if she did not go to caliphate (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Lisa Smith moved to Syria to help build Muslim state, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Germany tries Syrian doctor for crimes against humanity
(AFP) German prosecutors accused a Syrian doctor Wednesday of torturing detainees and killing one of them while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland, on the first day of a landmark crimes against humanity trial in Frankfurt. The accused, 36-year-old Alaa […]
Legal
Man guilty of promoting ‘jihad by sword’ in mosque speech (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Germany convicts Syrian ex-colonel in ‘historic’ torture trial
(AFP) A German court on Thursday sentenced a former Syrian colonel to life in jail for crimes against humanity in a “historic” verdict hailed by victims as a victory for justice, as the first global trial over state-sponsored torture in Syria drew […]
Government & Politics
Home Office tells Afghan and Yemeni asylum seekers they can return safely (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Syrian ex-colonel faces verdict in German torture trial
(AFP) A German court will hand down a landmark verdict Thursday on whether a former Syrian colonel is guilty of crimes against humanity as the first trial worldwide over state-sponsored torture in Syria comes to a close. Anwar Raslan, 58, faces life […]
Government & Politics
Home Office tells asylum seeker he can return to Syria safely (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Mamun Rashid: Londoner who used benefits and student loan to fund Syria martyr plot jailed for 12 years (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Nurse jailed after siding with Islamists back in court over TikTok use
(Age) A Melbourne nurse, who was sent to prison after he helped Syrian rebels, faces a string of new federal charges, including allegations he accessed social media sites TikTok and Facebook and viewed images of guns and extreme sexual violence in breach […]
Legal
A father lost in incomprehension over ‘normal’ son’s [involvement] in Paris attacks
(Radio France) Tuesday’s session of the Paris attacks trial was dominated by a police report on the Clain family of jihadist extremists. The court also heard from the father of a dead terrorist, another man mystified by the transformation of … his […]
Legal
Germany indicts 4 for supporting al-Nusra in Syria German federal prosecutors have said they indicted four men on suspicion of providing help to Islamist militant group Jabhat al-Nusra.
(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors on Thursday said they had indicted four men on suspicion of supporting Islamist extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra. One of the men is also accused of joining the group and traveling to Syria to fight with the breakaway […]
Legal
British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings
(AP) A British national admitted Thursday evening in a federal courtroom near the nation’s capital that he played a leadership role in an Islamic State scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages. Alexanda [Amon] Kotey, 37, pleaded guilty […]
Legal
Two Syrians jailed in Germany for aiding execution
(AFP) Two Syrians received lengthy jail sentences in Germany on Thursday for their role in an execution by an Islamist terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, a court said. Named only as Khedr A.K., 43, and Sami A.S., 36, the two men were […]
Health & Medicine
Germany charges Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity
(AP) A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals in his homeland and killing one of them, German federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Karlsruhe said in a […]
Children & Teens
IS mothers and children arrive in Belgium from Syria
(Brussels Times) This morning a military aircraft landed at Melsbroek airfield outside Brussels, carrying six women and ten children repatriated from a refugee camp in Syria. The women, aged between 25 and 53 years, have been held in the Kurdish-run camp Roj […]
Immigration
Syrian refugee convicted of war crimes in Dutch court Ahmad al Khedr had settled with his family in the small Dutch town of Kapelle before his crimes in Syria were discovered.
(Courthouse News) A Dutch court on Friday found a Syrian asylum-seeker guilty of committing war crimes in Syria and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. The District Court of The Hague found that Ahmad al Khedr had participated in the execution […]
Law Enforcement
Father of Brighton jihadi brothers killed fighting in Syria charged with terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Foreign fighter agrees to AFP monitoring
(AAP) A convicted foreign fighter has agreed to be monitored 24 hours a day with a tracking device while he reintegrates into the Australian community. Adam Brookman was jailed for more than six-and-a-half years after admitting he supported Chechen fighters on the […]
Immigration
Syrian should be jailed for 27 years for killing, public prosecutor says
(Dutch News) A Syrian man who has been a refugee in the Netherlands since 2014 should be jailed for 27 years for his role in the killing of a Syrian army officer, the Dutch public prosecution service said on Friday. Ahmad al […]
Law Enforcement
Unsealed documents show RCMP intends to charge captured ISIS fighter Mohammed Khalifa is believed to be English voice of violent ISIS propaganda videos
(CBC) Court documents unsealed last week reveal that the RCMP intends to charge a Canadian ISIS foreign fighter with a string of terrorism offences. Since his capture by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in January 2019, Mohammed Khalifa, a self-confessed ISIS fighter from Toronto, has been […]
Health & Medicine
Release of man with Syria links ‘wrong’
(AAP) The federal government is demanding answers after the release from custody of a Victorian nurse who supported Chechen fighters on the frontline against the Assad regime in Syria. Adam Brookman, 45, had pleaded guilty to performing acts in support or promotion […]
Health & Medicine
Nurse who helped rebels in Syria could go free after six-year wait for guilty plea
(Age) A Melbourne nurse who provided medical support to militants in Syria is eligible to apply for parole after almost six years in a Victorian prison, despite doubts over whether he has modified his ideological views. In 2014 Adam Brookman abandoned his […]
Government & Politics
Senate Dems confirm anti-Israel activist to top spot at US Postal Service
(Free Beacon) Just before the Memorial Day weekend, Senate Democrats quietly confirmed a longtime anti-Israel activist to serve on the United States Postal Service’s Board of Governors, raising further questions about the Biden administration’s embrace of those who serve on the front […]
Health & Medicine
‘From a brother in Syria’: Melbourne nurse boasted of time in Syria with rebels
(Age) A Melbourne nurse who helped militants in Syria and posted on social media photographs of weapons and boasts of what he witnessed says he has served enough time in prison. Adam Brookman abandoned his wife and five children in 2014 to […]
Government & Politics
Denmark tells some Syrians to leave, separating families
(AP) An email brought Faeza Satouf’s world to a standstill. The 25-year-old Syrian refugee had fled the civil war with her family in an all-too-familiar journey across the sea to Europe, where they finally arrived in Denmark and were granted asylum in […]
Immigration
Dutch court hands 6-year prison term to former Syrian Ahrar al-Sham commander 31-year-old ‘Al Y’ was accused of war crimes after posing with the body of an enemy fighter and kicking another corpse in a YouTube video.
(Kurdistan 24) A former commander of the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sham Islamist group has been sentenced to six years in prison in the Netherlands for war crimes and membership in a terrorist organization. The Dutch Public Prosecution earlier demanded a 10-year sentence, but […]
Immigration
Danish far-right condemned for poster campaign telling refugees to ‘go home to sunny Syria’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
‘Denmark is waging psychological war’: Trauma for Syrian refugees facing controversial deportation (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Danish plan to repatriate Syrians sparks controversy
(AFP) Denmark is facing growing criticism for a decision last year to revoke residence permits for Syrian refugees, citing a “safe” situation around Damascus, but the country is sticking to its position. The tough Danish stance is a new sign of the […]
Government & Politics
Turkey eyes revision of 2016 migration deal with EU 5 years into agreement, Ankara urges constructive dialogue to fix deal, arguing Europe failed to fulfill promises
(Anadolu) Five years since signing a landmark migration agreement with the EU grappling with successive waves of asylum seekers fleeing conflict and persecution, Turkey now seeks to revise the deal, arguing that the bloc has failed to keep its promises. The deal […]
Children & Teens
European Parliament calls for repatriation of children from Syrian camps Resolution marking 10 years of the conflict also dismisses forthcoming presidential election in Syria as 'completely lacking in credibility'
(Middle East Eye) The European Parliament has called for the repatriation of children from European Union countries held in Kurdish-run camps in northeastern Syria since the collapse of the Islamic State group. In a resolution on Thursday marking 10 years of conflict […]
Government & Politics
Denmark strips 94 Syrian refugees of residency permits deeming Damascus ‘safe’ (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Conviction in landmark case over Syrian government torture
(AP) A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights activists hope will set a precedent for other cases in the […]
News: Europe
Luxembourgish presumed jihadist Steve Duarte to remain imprisoned in Syria
(RTL) A year after his interview with RTL, a return to Luxembourg still looks highly unlikely for Steve Duarte. Duarte is still being held in a Kurdish prison in Al-Hasakah, a city located in northeastern Syria. His wife Fatoumata Diallo and their two children, a […]
Legal
Sacramento grand jury indicts Russian citizen on attempting to help Syrian terror group
(Sacramento Bee) A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted a Russian national on charges of attempting to provide material support to a Syrian organization the U.S. State Department has labeled as a foreign terrorist organization. Murat Kurashev, a Sacramento resident who […]
Government & Politics
Barred from U.S. under Trump, Muslims exult in Biden’s open door Few foreigners welcomed President Biden’s election victory as enthusiastically as the tens of thousands of Muslims who have been locked out of the United States for the past four years.
(NY Times) As the results of the American presidential election rolled in on Nov. 4, a young Sudanese couple sat up through the night in their small town south of Khartoum, eyes glued to the television as state tallies were declared, watching […]
Government & Politics
Germany to allow deportations of ‘suspect’ Syrians
(AFP) Germany said Friday it would allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed a security risk, five years after a massive refugee influx. The EU’s biggest economic power and most populous member allowed in hundreds […]
Law Enforcement
Hopatcong woman charged with sending money, advising Syrian terrorist group
(Bergen Record) A Sussex County woman allegedly sent money and lent advice to members of a terrorist group fighting in Syria to overthrow the regime of President Bashar Assad, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Maria Bell, 53, a former U.S. Army soldier from Hopatcong, […]
Government & Politics
Estonia imposes sanctions on Hezbollah members
(Estonian World) The Estonian government on 22 October decided to impose sanctions in response to terrorist acts of Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon. “Hezbollah poses a considerable threat to international — and thereby Estonian — […]