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ISIS 'Beatle' found guilty of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder aid workers

Former British national El Shafee Elsheikh was part of the ISIS 'Beatle' terrorist cell that released videos of the executions of journalists and were said to be responsible for the deaths of 27 people

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British ISIS fighter El Shafee Elsheikh found guilty of role in kidnapping and killing hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh is the most high profile Isis figure to stand trial in the US

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Brit fighter seized in Ukraine pictured with gashes and cuts to face amid torture fears

Aiden Aslin, the 28-year-old British fighter who has fought for the Ukraine's marines for four years, also had a large cut on his forehead after being seized by Vladimir Putin's forces

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Ericsson Warns of Possible Fine Over Payments to ISIS in Iraq

Sweden's Ericsson, under fire for its handling of a bribery investigation in Iraq, warned on Thursday of a potential fine by US regulators and reported a fall in first-quarter core earnings over its suspension of business in Russia. Last week, investors publicly rebuked Chief Executive Borje Ekholm and the board…

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Seven Police Officers, 4 Soldiers Die in Niger Attacks

Seven Niger police officers and four soldiers were killed on Tuesday in two separate attacks near the country's borders with Burkina Faso and Libya, the government said Wednesday. Niger's interior ministry said "unidentified armed bandits" attacked the Petelkole police station near Burkina Faso in western Niger and a military base…

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ISIS ‘Beatle’ Case Goes to the Jury in Virginia

A jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British national who went to Syria to join ISIS and allegedly became a member of the notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles." Wrapping up the government's case, prosecutor Raj Parekh said it had been proven…

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‘Relentless abuse and torture’: Prosecution wraps evidence in trial of British Isis fighter as jury deliberates

El Shafee Elsheikh denies being one of a kidnapping group nicknamed the ‘Beatles’

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Sir David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali given whole life sentence for murder and planning terror attacks on other MPs

The terrorist said he didn’t ‘feel any shame’ about the killing

The Independent UK

240 Russian Air Strikes Target ISIS in Syrian Desert

The Russian army has expanded its military operations in the Syrian desert region since early April, following the decline of its operations in March and late February, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The Observatory indicated that the Russian fighter jets launched 240 air raids on the Syrian desert…

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US Prosecutors Rest Case Against ISIS ‘Beatle’

Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against an alleged member of the notorious ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles." El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, declined the opportunity to testify in his own defense at his trial in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Asked by Judge T.S.

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Turkey, Russia Hold Joint Patrol in Northeast Syria

Russian Military Police held on Monday a joint patrol with Turkish forces in Syria's Ain al-Arab (Kobani). The patrol was the 95th between the two forces in the region since both countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 2019. It comprised eight Russian and Turkish military vehicles, accompanied by two Russian…

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Kadhimi to the International Coalition: ISIS is Active in Western Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, called on the United States and the international coalition to assume a greater role in combating ISIS, which he said was still active in various regions in western Iraq. His comments came during a meeting on Sunday with the…

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In North Syria, Business Hub Hopes to Drive Recovery from War

In an industrial zone in northern Syria's opposition-held city of Al-Bab, Abu Omar al-Shihabi's smelter churns out iron bars he says can compete with any produced in Syria and beyond. The industrial zone is an unlikely business hub.

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Isis morphs and grows in Pakistan and Afghanistan amid fear of more attacks

The terrorist group’s attacks have risen in Pakistan but declined in Afghanistan

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‘It’s one off the list’: David Amess killer thought all MPs who voted for Isis airstrikes should die

Ali Harbi Ali said his victim was one of numerous politicians he considered targeting because of votes in 2014 and 2015

The Independent UK

David Amess murder: Terrorist Ali Harbi Ali ‘cool, calm and collected’ while describing MP’s brutal killing

Terrorist Ali Harbi Ali ‘revelled in actions’ while giving evidence to police and court

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Sir David Amess: Ali Harbi Ali convicted of murder and planning terror attacks on other MPs

Terrorist researched other potential targets including Michael Gove during over two years of preparations

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ISIS Morphs and Grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Basheer was a young Taliban fighter barely out of his teens when the ISIS group took over his village in eastern Afghanistan, nearly eight years ago. The militants rounded up villagers identified as Taliban and killed them, often beheading them, forcing their families to watch. Basheer escaped and lived in…

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Iraq National Security Adviser: We Repatriated 450 Families From Syria’s Al-Hol Camp

Iraq’s National Security Adviser Qassem al-Araji said Saturday that his country has repatriated dozens of families who were affiliated or are suspected of collaborating with ISIS in mid-2014, when it controlled over about one third of Iraq’s territory. He said members of these families settled in al-Hol camp for displaced…

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Russia Raids Central, Northwestern Syria

Russian and Syrian regime warplanes targeted ISIS sites in the Syrian desert, within the administrative regions east of Homs, Raqqa, and Deir Ez-Zor, coinciding with Russian raids in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib. Regime forces and affiliated militias also targeted the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo, northwest Syria. A source…

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Former Hostages Unmask ISIS ‘Beatle’ at Trial

Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged ISIS group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail. Eight former ISIS hostages have testified so far at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, accused of being a member of the notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as…

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Iraq Official Warns of Extremist Threat from Syria Camp

The Al-Hol camp for displaced people in Syria is an extremist threat and should be dismantled, a senior Iraqi security official said on Saturday. Al-Hol, in the Kurdish-controlled northeast, is Syria's largest camp for displaced people.

Daily Mirror

Homeless twins waking up in squalid camp are forgotten victims of Putin's Syria bombs

Forgotten war victims still sleep in squalid camp years after losing homes in Russian President Putin's bombing campaign to help Syrian dictator Bashar-al Assad

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Two US Personnel Injured in Syria Attack

Two US personnel suffered minor injuries after an apparent rocket strike on a base in eastern Syria, US officials said on Thursday, an attack which a war monitor and a tribal source said was carried out by Iran-backed militias. The US officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said one…

The Independent UK

Sir David Amess murder trial: Alleged terrorist tells court he wanted to be a martyr and regrets ‘nothing’

Ali Harbi Ali tells court he believed Conservative MP deserved to die and wanted to ‘send a message’ to other politicians

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