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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 · Apr 13, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 13, 2022

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 13, 2022

‘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 · Apr 11, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 11, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2022