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Repatriated wife of IS fighter given bail

Mariam Raad, 31, faced a regional NSW court on Friday after being arrested in the regional town of Young on Thursday.

AAP

Australian court gives bail to woman accused of entering and staying in Isis-controlled areas

Mariam Raad, 31, has been charged with entering Isis-controlled areas in Syria in 2014

The Independent UK

Aid Workers in Syria Fear Cholera Spread If Cross-Border Support Halted

Humanitarian workers operating in the last opposition-held part of Syria fear a cholera outbreak sweeping the region will deepen further if the United Nations is forced to stop aid deliveries across the border from Türkiye. The area's 4 million people live in dire conditions and rely heavily on the food…

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Aid workers in Syria fear cholera spread if cross-border support halted

Reuters

Australian charged over travel to IS territory freed on bail

An Australian woman charged with willingly entering part of Syria that was under control of the Islamic State group has been freed on bail as a debate raged about the risk to the community

The Independent UK

Erdogan: Leaders of Türkiye, Syria Could Meet for Peace

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defense ministers met last week for the highest-level talks between the two foes since the Syrian war began in 2011. In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan said the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australian woman gets bail after arrest for entering Islamic State area

An Australian court granted conditional bail on Friday to a woman arrested on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria held by the militant group Islamic State.

Reuters

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Returned ISIS wife Mariam Raad granted bail after being charged over 2014 travel to Syria

Returned IS wife, Mariam Raad, is granted bail in Griffith Local Court after being charged with a terrorism offence over her time in Syria, as her lawyer says her night in custody was "terrible".

ABC News

Repatriated wife of IS fighter bailed

The former NSW police minister and federal opposition have attacked the Albanese government after a so-called ISIS bride was granted bail by a regional court.

AAP

Erdogan says he may meet Syria’s Assad for ‘peace’ in the region

Turkish president says he could hold talks with Syrian leader within a new process launched in Moscow last week.

Al Jazeera

U.S., Turkey target financial network linked to Islamic State

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it was taking joint action with Turkey against a network it said played a key role in money management, transfer and distribution for the Islamic State militant group operating in Iraq and Syria.

Reuters

UK barber jailed after sending Islamic State thousand of pounds from Covid grants

Tarek Namouz, 43, sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of funding terrorism

The Guardian - UK

Isis, drug smugglers and regime forces unravel fragile peace in southern Syria

Syria is becoming a narco-state crippled by violence in its southern provinces, as Borzou Daragahi explains

The Independent UK

Barber sent Covid-19 bounce back loans to Islamic State terrorists

He told a friend he sent £25,000 but claimed the funds were intended to "help the poor and needy in Syria"

Wales Online

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Rapist barber who sent Covid loan cash to IS terrorists in Syria jailed for 12 years

Tarek Namouz, 43, sent the funds via a money transfer bureau between November 2020 and May 2021 to organise terror attacks in Syria

The Independent UK

Barber who sent Covid loan cash to IS terrorists in Syria jailed for 12 years

Tarek Namouz, 43, sent the funds via a money transfer bureau between November 2020 and May 2021 to organise terror attacks in Syria.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pro-Iranian Factions Suspected of Targeting International Coalition in Eastern Syria

Two missiles targeted on Wednesday morning the international coalition forces in eastern Syria, without causing any losses, according to the Central Command of the US Army (CENTCOM). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) accused pro-Iranian groups of being behind the attack. AFP noted that the attack came a day…

Reuters

Leaders of Turkey, Syria could meet for peace - Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defence ministers met last week for the highest-level talks between the two foes since the Syrian war began in 2011.

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Türkiye Awaits 'Positive Steps' from Syrian Regime

Türkiye pledged to respond to any “positive steps” taken by the Syrian regime in kind, but noted that it was too early to talk about a specific date for a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad. Ankara also announced the possibility…

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UAE's Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed in Damascus

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bilateral relations between the UAE and Syria and ways to enhance them through cooperation at all levels to achieve the joint interests of the two fraternal countries and peoples, state…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why has Syria's economic crisis hit a new low?

Syria’s economy has hit its lowest point since its civil war started nearly 12 years ago, with spiraling inflation, a currency plunge and severe fuel shortages

Reuters

Australia arrests woman for entering Islamic State area in Syria

Australian police arrested a woman on Thursday on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria controlled by Islamic State, just over two months after the government repatriated 17 relatives of dead or jailed members of the group from Syria.

The Guardian - AU

NSW woman repatriated from Syria charged with allegedly entering Islamic State territory

Police allege woman knowingly entered ‘declared area’ of Syria in 2014 to be with her husband, who had joined the terrorist organisation

AAP

ISIS bride expat charged for Syria entry

Recently repatriated NSW woman Mariam Raad has been charged for allegedly willingly entering in Syria when it was controlled by terrorist group Islamic State.

ABC News

Returned Islamic State wife charged over alleged travel to terrorist stronghold

A woman who returned from Syria to Australia in October is charged with entering an area controlled by the so-called Islamic State group — an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years behind bars.

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