Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children

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

Female Irish soldier who joined ISIS charged with terrorism

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 appears in Irish court charged with terrorism

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

The ISIS ‘Beatles’ admit torturing US hostage James Foley

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

Father of American aid worker Kayla Mueller say ‘it’s not easy’ to hear about her torture and death

The parents of Kayla Mueller have told DailyMail.com that it’s ‘not easy’ learning that two ISIS ‘Beatles’ held in connection with their daughter’s capture in Syria have finally admitted their involvement in her brutal torture and death. American aid worker Kayla was captured and held hostage in Syria, where she was sexually abused and tortured … Read more

Two ISIS Beatles finally admit involvement in holding Kayla Mueller hostage

Two of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ have finally admitted their involvement in holding American aid worker Kayla Mueller hostage in Syria, where she was sexually abused and tortured before her death in 2015. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who are both in U.S. military custody in Iraq, had previously denied ever meeting Mueller, but in … Read more

Shamima Begum is a ‘ticking timebomb’ says ISIS murder victim’s daughter

ISIS’ British ‘matchmaker’ British mother-of-one Tooba Gondal, 25, moved to London as a child and had previously claimed that she had permanent British residence but the Home Office issued her with an exclusion order last November, which bars her from ever returning to the UK. The mother-of-two studied at Goldsmith’s University in London and is … Read more

Sadiq Khan slams appeal to stop Shamima Begum’s return to UK

Sadiq Khan today declared that the Government should not stand in the way of Shamima Begum returning to Britain to fight for her UK passport accusing them of trying to ‘sub-contract justice to another country’.  The Mayor of London does not agree with the Home Office’s decision to challenge the Court of Appeal ruling allowing Begum … Read more

Family lawyer admits UK CANNOT be sure Shamima Begum won’t be a terror threat

The lawyer representing the family of jihadi bride Shamima Begum today made the extraordinary admission that ‘nobody can be sure’ if she is still a terror threat to Britain – but insisted that she should be allowed to return to the UK anyway. Tasnime Akunjee also declared that a ‘lack of technology’ in the Syrian … Read more

Shamima Begum did seem convincingly disenchanted by her experiences, writes RICHARD PENDLEBURY 

A slight, watchful figure, she perched on a sofa in the camp commandant’s office studying me. Having had no visitors for many months, she was very wary. ‘What are you?’ she asked finally. I didn’t need to ask her the same question. By then her face was instantly recognisable; the so-called poster girl for Islamic … Read more