In the wake of the announcement that ISIS had been defeated, the US withdrew troops from Syria, with an understanding that there wouldn’t be fighting between the Kurds and Turkey. However, President Erdogan took the opportunity to launch an invasion into Northern Syria and push back the US-backed Kurdish fighters. As a result, Trump sent…
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IS bride Shamima Begum wants to return to UK
Shamima Begum, one of the three schoolgirls who left London to join so-called ISIS in 2015, has admitted the she has no regrets about joining the group, but now wants to return to the UK. In an interview with The Times, the 19-year-old described finding heads in bins and losing two children to illness during…
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‘Shamima Begum is a victim of terrorism’
In 2015, 15-year-old British citizen Shamima Begum ran away from her life in Bethnal Green, London, with two other classmates to join so-called Islamic State (IS). This month a British reporter from The Times found her at a Syrian refugee camp after fleeing war-torn Baghuz. She’s now 19 and has made a plea to the…
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Ollie Ryan Tucker examines terror charges against a British anti-ISIS fighter
James Matthews, a British volunteer who fought with the Kurdish YPG in Syria against ISIS, will be charged with a terror offence, Metropolitan Police have announced. The charge alleges that he attended “a place or places in Iraq or Syria where instruction or training was provided for purposes connected to the commission or preparation of…
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The escalating threat to charities from ISIS militants
ISIS militants stormed the offices of the “Save the Children” charity after detonating explosives in the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. At least six were killed and 27 wounded in the attack which took place on 27 January. A suicide car bomb started the attack and then continued with explosive bombardment, followed by armed insurgents…
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UEA artefacts criticised over links to ISIS
Recent artefacts that appeared in the Mustard Centre have been criticised following their arrival last Friday. This followed claims that some of the artefacts can be linked back to military activities by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). The main sponsor of the exhibit is Lady Malcone, a UEA alumnus and one of the university’s greatest contributors…