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Bitter debate erupts over repatriation of Australian families from Syrian detention camps

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil accuses the opposition of hypocrisy over the repatriation of Australian women and children from Syrian detention camps.

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Teacher dubbed 'Empress of ISIS' who led female death squad including children jailed

During her sentencing, the court heard harrowing accounts from Allison Fluke-Ekren's own children, who described the ISIS leader as a “monster’” who tortured them for pleasure

Daily Mirror

SOHR Demands Immediate Solution to ‘Al-Hol Mini-State’ Crisis

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has renewed its appeal to the international community to find an immediate and lasting solution to al-Hol’s crisis and put a serious plan for rehabilitating the camp’s children and women. The war monitor published a report on its website stating that the successive…

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The Netherlands to Repatriate 12 Women, 28 Children from Syria

The Dutch government on Tuesday said that it would repatriate 12 women and 28 children from Syria. "The cabinet is transferring twelve Dutch women suspected of terrorist offenses and their 28 children to the Netherlands," the government said in a letter to the parliament. This would make it the largest…

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US Woman who Led ISIS Battalion Gets 20 Years in Prison

An American woman who joined ISIS in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up on a farm in Kansas, was given the maximum possible sentence by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema after pleading…

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Victorian state election campaign officially begins with promises on V/Line and water bills

Victorians will pay less for public transport across regional Victoria regardless of who wins the state election, with transport, hip-pocket issues, health and ISIS brides all featuring on the first official day of the campaign.

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Vic Libs reject 'ISIS brides' resettlement

Australian women and children remain in Syrian camps, but the Victorian coalition has objected to their resettlement on security grounds.

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Victorian opposition objects to repatriation of ‘so-called Isis brides’, as election campaign begins

Matthew Guy says allowing families of fighters to resettle from Syria could compromise the safety of Victorians

The Guardian - AU

US woman dubbed 'empress of ISIS' sentenced to 20 years after leading all-female Islamic State battalion in Syria

A US woman who led an all-female Islamic State battalion in Syria is sentenced to 20 years in prison after her own children denounce her in court and detail the abuse she heaped on them.

ABC News

US woman sentenced to 20 years for leading all-female ISIL unit

US prosecutors describe Allison Fluke-Ekren, a Kansas mother and former teacher, as the ’empress of ISIS’.

Al Jazeera

Kansas mom gets 20 years for leading Islamic State battalion

A Kansas native who led an all-female Islamic State battalion when she lived in Syria has been sentenced to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Kansas teacher who led all-female Isis brigade is sentenced to 20 years

‘She carved a path of terror, plunging her own children into unfathomable depths of cruelty,’ US Attorney says

The Independent UK

U.S. targets weapons trafficking with sanctions on Islamic State in Somalia

The United States on Tuesday issued sanctions targeting Islamic State in Somalia, designating members of the group and others it accused of being involved in a "terrorist weapons trafficking network" in Eastern Africa.

Reuters

Content Moderation, Social Media, and the Constitution

Two sets of cases - one already before the Supreme Court, one about to be - will go a long way towards defining the role of social media companies

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Iran Arrests ‘Accomplice’ of ISIS-Claimed Shrine Attack

Iran announced Monday a suspected accomplice of the shooter who carried out a deadly attack on a Shiite shrine in Shiraz has been arrested, state news agency IRNA reported. At least 13 people were killed last Wednesday in the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the southern city, according to a revised…

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US Woman Who Led Female ISIS Battalion in Syria Faces up to 20 Years in Prison

An American woman who grew up on a farm in Kansas and joined ISIS in Syria, where she led an all-female military battalion, is to be sentenced Tuesday for providing support to a foreign terrorist group. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to…

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Gunman Who Attacked Shrine in Iran Dies from Injuries

The gunman who killed 15 people at a major Shiite holy site in southern Iran earlier this week died on Saturday, Iranian media reported. The attack was claimed by the militant ISIS group but Iran's government has sought to blame it on the protests roiling the country. Iranian authorities have…

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Australia repatriates 17 women and children from Syrian camp

An estimated 11,000 foreign children and women remain in the Roj and al-Hol refugee camps in northeastern Syria.

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'Willing to do whatever is asked': Women repatriated from Syria regret trouble caused

The four Australian women, who have come home from a Syrian detention camp, say they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the community safe.

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Australia Repatriates Australian Women and Children from Syrian Refugee Camp

The Australian government has repatriated four Australian women and their 13 children from a Syrian refugee camp to New South Wales state, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said on Saturday. The controversial repatriation, which has sparked criticism from the Liberal-National opposition, is part of bringing back from Syria dozens of…

Evening Standard

Amal Clooney says five-year-old son drew a picture of prison and said ‘Vladimir Putin should be here’

The mother-of-two has noticed that her kids are taking note of her human-rights work

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IRGC Says Bomb Attack Foiled in Shiraz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday that its intelligence unit had foiled a bomb attack in the southern city of Shiraz, two days after a deadly shooting at a shrine there, the guards' news agency Sepah News said. "A bombing in Mo'ali Abad Street in Shiraz was detected and foiled…

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Iran’s Khamenei Vows Revenge after Deadly Attack in Shiraz, Raisi Links Attack to Protests

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed on Thursday to retaliate against an attack claimed by ISIS on a shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, in which 15 people were killed. The assault is expected to aggravate tensions amid widespread anti-government protests that erupted since the death of…

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Australia Begins Repatriating Wives, Children of ISIS Militants

Australian relatives of dead or jailed ISIS militants are en route to Sydney, local media reported on Friday, as the country begins the controversial repatriation of dozens of Australian women and children from Syrian refugee camps. Australia first rescued eight children and grandchildren of two dead ISIS extremists from a…

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Morocco Arrests 5 Sympathizers of ISIS

Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) services have arrested five sympathizers of the terrorist ISIS group for their alleged involvement in planning individual or collective plots to seriously undermine public order. The arrests, which took place on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, were carried out on the basis of accurate…

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