US says Alabama woman who joined Islamic State isn’t citizen

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:21 +0000

US says Alabama woman who joined Islamic State isn't citizen

WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria won’t be allowed to return to the United States with her toddler son because she is not an American citizen, the U.S. said on Wednesday. Her lawyer is challenging that claim. In a brief statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave no […]

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Trump administration says US-born jihadist can’t return

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:43:26 +0000

Trump administration says US-born jihadist can't return

The US said it would refuse to take back a US-born Islamic State woman who wants to return from Syria, saying she is no longer a citizen.

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Trump administration says US-born jihadist can’t return

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:43:26 +0000

Trump administration says US-born jihadist can't return

The US said it would refuse to take back a US-born Islamic State woman who wants to return from Syria, saying she is no longer a citizen.

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Britain plans to strip IS teen of UK citizenship

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:53:03 +0000

Britain plans to strip IS teen of UK citizenship

Shamima Begum, a London teenager who left Britain four years ago to join the Islamic State group, is to be stripped of her U.K. citizenship by the government, her family’s lawyer said Tuesday.

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UN concerned about some 200 families trapped in IS enclave

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:19:21 +0000

2 fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces

The U.N.’s human rights chief said Tuesday she was concerned about the condition of some 200 families trapped in the last remaining area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, where they were mixed with hundreds of militants.

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Family: UK teen who joined Islamic State has baby in Syria

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 01:43:30 +0000

Family: UK teen who joined Islamic State has baby in Syria

The family of a British teenager who joined the Islamic State group and now wants to return to the UK said she has given birth to a baby boy.

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US-backed Syria force says IS holding 1,000 civilians

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 17:08:25 +0000

Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces

Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian militia fighting the group said Sunday.

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Dying days of caliphate in Syria as IS fighters trapped

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 00:01:30 +0000

Dying days of caliphate in Syria as IS fighters trapped

Jihadist fighters defending the last dreg of the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” were holed up in half a square kilometer of a village.

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Gov’t soldiers find BIFF guns in Maguindanao comfort room

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 02:57:33 +0000

Gov’t soldiers find BIFF guns in Maguindanao comfort room

CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAO — Government forces pursuing Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro rebels on Thursday found guns kept in a very unlikely place – a comfort room in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, the military here said.

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8 Islamic State-linked gunmen yield to Army in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 05:41:43 +0000

8 Islamic State-linked gunmen yield to Army in Maguindanao

Eight members of a Daesh- or Islamic State-inspired Moro armed group surrendered to the military on Friday, the Army here said Sunday.

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