Military
Defence Forces deployed on mission to bring Lisa Smith back to Ireland (LINK ONLY)
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Kurds
Government & Politics
Omar comes under scrutiny for ‘present’ vote on Armenian genocide
(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is drawing criticism for echoing language used by Turkey to deny the Armenian genocide took place. Omar is one of two Democrats who voted “present” on a House resolution recognizing the systematic massacres of Armenian Christians that […]
Government & Politics
Belgium told to bring back IS mother, children from Syria
(AFP) Belgian authorities have been ordered to repatriate a woman who joined the Islamic State group and her two children from the camp in Syria where she is being held, a lawyer for her family said Thursday. The Belgian government has 75 […]
Government & Politics
EU sees risk as inmates possibly radicalized in prison walk free
(Reuters) Thousands of inmates about to be freed from European prisons at the end of their terms may have been radicalized as Islamist militants in detention and pose a risk, the European Union security chief said on Wednesday. Returning fighters from Syria […]
Government & Politics
Erdogan ally made campaign contribution to Ilhan Omar, who faces scrutiny over pro-Ankara votes
(Daily Caller) The co-chairman of a Turkish-American advocacy group with close ties to Ankara contributed $1,500 last month to the campaign for Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is under fire this week over votes she cast supporting Turkish government positions, campaign finance records […]
Government & Politics
NBA’s Enes Kanter calls out Ilhan Omar over Turkey sanctions vote
(Hill) Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter tore into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday night for not voting in favor of a bill to place economic sanctions on Turkey for its military campaign against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Kanter, who is Turkish and has […]
Government & Politics
Feds leave national-security level at medium following ISIL leader’s death
(Canadian Press) The federal government showed no signs Monday of changing Canada’s national-threat level from its current classification of “medium” despite fears in some countries that the Islamic State group will launch retaliatory strikes over the killing of its shadowy leader during […]
Law Enforcement
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi death: Monitoring of Islamist extremist suspects in Britain stepped up The move is precautionary amid warnings of potential reprisal attacks after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself in a US raid.
(Sky News) Security officials are increasing monitoring of high-priority Islamist extremist suspects in Britain following the death of the leader of Islamic State, according to Sky sources. The move is precautionary amid warnings of the potential for reprisal attacks by supporters of […]
Children & Teens
UK to accept children of jihadi brides (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
UK Turkish groups ‘using anti-Kurdish [propaganda]’ (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Shamima Begum: I fear psychotic Isis women (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
UK government considered repatriation of British Isis members (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Another jihadist suspect set to lose Swiss passport
(Swiss Info) Moves are underway to strip a Geneva-based woman suspected of supporting militant Islamic organisations of her Swiss nationality. The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) launched proceedings against a woman with triple Swiss, French and Tunisian nationality, according to a note in the latest edition of the Federal Gazette. […]
Crime
Tragedies deepen Jewish-Muslim bonds to fight hate crimes
(AP) Muslim groups helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue recover after a gunman killed 11 people there, one year ago this week. The Jewish congregation mounted its own fundraiser for New Zealand’s Muslims after […]
Citizenship
Shamima Begum begins appeal against loss of UK citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Let jihadists return home, French anti-terror magistrate urges
(AFP) The refusal of the French government to take back Islamic State fighters from Syria could fuel a new jihadist recruitment drive in France, threatening public safety, a leading anti-terrorism investigator has told AFP. David De Pas, coordinator of France’s 12 anti-terrorism […]
Demonstrations
‘Powderkeg’ in Germany amid Turks-Kurds conflict
(AFP) Syrian Kurd Mohamed Zidik, 76, still buys his bread and baklavas from Turkish neighbours in Berlin, but he knows better than to expound on his views about Ankara’s offensive in his hometown. Since Turkish forces launched their assault on Kurds in […]
Military
‘They’ll come to kill us’: Canadian trapped in Syria pleads to UN for help
(CTV) “Dear United Nations …” The letter was written by hand on paper that was torn from a notebook. It’s dated October 16, 2019, from a detention camp in northern Syria. The writer is a Canadian, speaking for 10 women, all once […]
News: Europe
Call for state to repatriate Lisa Smith in effort to understand radicalisation (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Belgium to evacuate Isis suspects from Syria detention camps (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Ex-IS recruiter tells ITV News she is being held by Syrian rebels after escaping detention camp
(ITV) Hundreds of women who are accused of being supporters and recruiters for so-called Islamic State have been on the run, along with their children, since last Sunday, after finding a way to escape a detention camp in northern Syria. The women […]
Government & Politics
France says foiled September 11-inspired attack
(Reuters) France’s interior minister said on Thursday that intelligence services had arrested a man for planning an attack inspired by plane attacks on the World Trade Center in New York in Sept. 2001. France has for several years grappled with how to […]
News: Europe
Syrian group claiming to hold Lisa Smith attempts to sell interviews with her (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Sister of Canadian held in Syrian camp pleads for help from Ottawa
(CTV) The sister of a Canadian woman being held in a detention camp in northeastern Syria has written to the Canadian government, pleading for help following Turkey’s invasion — facilitated by U.S. President Donald Trump. “What I need to convey to you […]
Government & Politics
Two Belgian Islamic State militants escape camp in north Syria: Belgium
(Reuters) Two Islamic State militants from Belgium have escaped custody in northern Syria in the course of Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish forces there, the head of Belgium’s security assessment agency said on Wednesday. Paul Van Tigchelt, head of OCAD, told a parliamentary […]
Children & Teens
UK special forces may help British orphans escape Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Heightened tensions between Turks and Kurds on German amateur football pitches A military salute by Turkish players at an international against Albania has spilled over onto Germany’s amateur pitches. Regional associations are trying to put a lid on a potential source of on-field tensions.
(Deutsche Welle) It didn’t take the copycats very long. Less than 48 hours after members of the Turkish national team raised their right hands in a salute to their country’s armed forces during last Friday’s international, the military greeting found its way […]
News: Europe
British and Irish women who recruited for Isil found in makeshift jail after escaping detention camp (LINK ONLY)
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News: North America
Former Calgary resident detained in Syria says ISIS asked him to conduct attacks in North America
(Global News) Surrounded in the shrinking territory of the Islamic State nine months ago, Safraz Ali fled with his wife, walking to a military checkpoint where soldiers asked their nationalities. “I said, ‘Canadians,’” Ali told Global News at a military base in […]
News: North America
RCMP investigating whether Canadian newlyweds detained in Turkey were radicalized Ikar Mao and Haleema Mustafa were taken into custody near Syrian border in July
(CBC) The RCMP has been combing through the background of two Canadian newlyweds who disappeared while on vacation in Turkey and are suspected of trying to join ISIS, according to multiple sources. Haleema Mustafa and Ikar Mao, both in their early 20s, […]
Immigration
Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise
(Reuters) A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on Greek islands daily in what an aid group called a worsening “nightmare.” Greece sent more police […]
Demonstrations
Berlin urges ‘restraint’ after Turkish-Kurdish clashes in Germany
(AFP) German authorities on Tuesday appealed to its Turkish and Kurdish communities to avoid echoing the Middle Eastern conflict, after clashes between the two groups over Ankara’s offensive in northeastern Syria. Police said at least five people had been injured in fights […]
Military
Lisa Smith may have fled Syrian camp following Turkish assault (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Denmark to strip foreign fighters of Danish citizenship
(Reuters) Denmark will fast-track legislation allowing people with dual citizenship who have gone abroad to fight for militant groups like Islamic State to be stripped of their Danish nationality, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. European states are trying to accelerate […]
Internet
Gündogan and Can ‘like’ controversial Turkish football Instagram post Ilkay Gündogan and Emre Can have embroiled themselves in a row over a controversial military salute celebration. The German internationals liked an Instagram post featuring Turkey players that is thought to be political.
(Deutsche Welle) Germany players Ilkay Gündogan and Emre Can have found themselves mixed up in the contentious debate over a military salute celebration performed by Turkish international footballers, after the pair both liked an Instagram post showing the celebrations. The two German-born […]
Military
Among Canadian ISIS detainees in Syria, women far outnumber men
(Global News) Sitting in a dim room at a detention camp in northern Syria, Kimberly Polman was feeling vulnerable. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had vowed to free female prisoners like herself, and she believed him. “I take it seriously,” Polman said. […]
News: Europe
‘Will you apologise for the murder of David Haines?’: ITV News confronts ISIS ‘Beatles’ over death of British aid worker
(ITV) The two surviving British members of the ISIS terror cell dubbed “The Beatles” have been confronted by ITV News about what they know of the last moments of murdered aid worker David Haines. In their last TV interviews before both were […]
News: Europe
British IS fighter said he wanted to return to the UK in last interview before removal from ‘unstable’ Syrian prison
(ITV) A British IS fighter said he wanted to return to the UK to defend himself in his last interview before he was moved from an “unstable” Syrian prison and into US custody. Speaking to ITV News security editor Rohit Kachroo, El […]
Government & Politics
Erdogan threatens Europe with refugees after Syria criticism
(Bloomberg) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to send millions of Syrian refugees settled in Turkey to Europe, as he bridled at criticism of his military offensive against Kurdish fighters. “If you try to define our operation as an invasion, then our job […]
Government & Politics
Hungary urges EU dialogue with Turkey to prevent new wave of migrants
(Reuters) The European Union should have a dialogue with Turkey despite Ankara’s offensive on Kurdish-led forces in Syria, in order to avoid a fresh wave of migrants coming to Europe, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. Turkish troops and their […]
Law Enforcement
Lisa Smith is under investigation for terror offences, Garda confirms (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Trump says potential ISIS escapees will ‘be escaping to Europe’
(Hill) President Trump on Wednesday said he’s not concerned about ISIS prisoners potentially escaping as the U.S. vacates northern Syria, claiming the escapees would end up [in] Europe. Trump was asked in the Roosevelt Room of the White House about the potential threat […]
Government & Politics
US moves 2 British IS members known as ‘Beatles’ from Syria
(AP) Two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages and was known as “The Beatles” have been moved out of a detention center in Syria and are in American custody, U.S. officials said Wednesday. President […]
Children & Teens
Daughter of Irish jihadist Lisa Smith ‘must come home now’ (LINK ONLY)
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Military
The secret life of Irish [jihadist] Lisa Smith (LINK ONLY)
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Military
Isis bride Smith posed with guns before heading to Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Aussie tells of descent into Syrian mire An Australian woman has recounted her hellish ordeal in Syria and the psychological damage to her two young children from years in the war-torn country.
(AAP) Walking through Al-Hawl camp in northeastern Syria, the women pass in a sea of black. Most women wear a niqab — the Islamic dress that covers everything but the eyes — either because they’re affiliated with Islamic State, or afraid of […]
News: Europe
One of first British men to join so-called Islamic State traced to prison in northern Syria by ITV News
(ITV) One of the first British men to join so-called Islamic State has been traced to a prison in northern Syria by ITV News, where he said he misses his mother, his old life in Cardiff, and wants to return home. Aseel […]
Children & Teens
Revealed: Cabinet at war over Boris Johnson’s plans to send the SAS into Syria to bring 30 Isis children back to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
‘I want to redeem myself,’ says jihadi bride. ‘Take me home’ (LINK ONLY)
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