A young woman who fled Manchester to join Islamic State with her twin sister has been moved to a high-security Syrian detention camp with her young son. Twin sisters Salma and Zahra Halane fled their home in Chorlton when they were 16 years old to travel to Syria in June 2014. They were described as academically … Read more
An alleged supporter of so-called Islamic State accused of planning a terror attack has told a court he was researching the group, claiming it was created by the US to stoke Islamophobia. Hisham Muhammad, 26, is accused of planning a ‘lone-wolf attack’ using knives and other weapons, with the armed forces or police as possible … Read more
British ‘Jihadi’ bride and mother-of-nine is back in the UK living on a canal boat and claiming benefits after denying leading all-female Islamic State unit in Syria Natalie Bracht, 45, was alleged to have travelled to Syria at the end of 2014 It was also claimed that she had married IS fighter Celso Rodrigues da Costa … Read more
‘Do the right thing!’ Ex-Afghan war generals urge ministers to give translators sanctuary in Britain General Lord Dannatt said it was ‘disgraceful’ plight had dragged on for so long Meanwhile, General Lord Richards said Britain owed them an ‘incredible debt’ It comes as 48 interpreters are living in fear of the Taliban and the Islamic … Read more
America is willing to drop the threat of the death penalty in order to put the British ‘ISIS Beatles’ on trial, it was reported last night. El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are accused of belonging to a four-man execution cell in Syria named after the band by their captives. Elsheikh and Kotey also have admitted their involvement … Read more
Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children from Syria to return them to the UK as wards of court and bring them up in care A small number of British children are being held in Syria after the fall of ISIS The Government wants the children returned to the UK … Read more
Dominic Cummings is held hostage by the SAS… but Boris Johnson needn’t panic, it was only a show at the regiment’s base PM’s chief adviser underwent the experience last week during a tour of the base Involved trip to ‘Killing House’ where the elite soldiers train to tackle terrorists Cummings also visited the neighbouring Pontrilas … Read more
Female Irish solider who joined ISIS, fled to Syria and became the second wife of British jihadi after converting to Islam appears in Irish court charged with terrorism Lisa Smith, 38, has been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation The former member of Irish Defence Forces appeared at Dublin District Court Smith was arrested … Read more
Female Irish solider who joined ISIS, fled to Syria and became the second wife of British jihadi after converting to Islam appears in Irish court charged with terrorism Lisa Smith, 38, has been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation The former member of Irish Defence Forces appeared at Dublin District Court Smith was arrested … Read more
An ISIS ‘Beatle’ has for the first time admitted to abusing US hostage James Foley in an ISIS prison alongside ‘scared’ Kayla Mueller. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who are both in U.S. military custody in Iraq, have given new details about the captivity of Western hostages in Syria, in interview tapes obtained by NBC … Read more