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Former 'IS Bride' Loses UK Citizenship Removal Appeal Bid

Begum was 15 when she left Britain to marry an Islamic State group fighter (Credit: AFP)

A woman stripped of her British citizenship after leaving the country as a teenager to marry an Islamic State group fighter lost a bid Wednesday to take her case to the UK's top court.

Shamima Begum, 24, had hoped to challenge an earlier ruling in which she lost an appeal against the removal of her citizenship.

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