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14 June

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Gulf tensions escalate as US accuses Iran of attacking tankers

The United States accused Iran of carrying out attacks that left two tankers ablaze in the Gulf of Oman

12 June

Joanne Stocker

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport, injuring dozens

A rocket fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels fell in the arrivals hall of Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, injuring more than two dozen people

12 June

The F-35I 'Adir' fighter jet on its first flight in Israel

Staff Writer With AFP

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Syrian media claims shooting down of Israeli missiles near Golan Heights

Syrian air defense shot down a number of Israeli missiles targeting the south of the country near the Golan Heights, the official Sana news agency said

10 June

Joanne Stocker

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France and Netherlands to repatriate 14 children of ISIS adherents from Syria

The French and Dutch governments will bring home 14 orphaned children of ISIS adherents from northeast Syria, autonomous administration official Abdulkarim Omar said

5 June

Joanne Stocker

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US repatriates 6 women and 2 children with ties to ISIS from Syria

The northeast Syria administration said two American women and six children were repatriated from a camp housing thousands who fled ISIS's "caliphate"

3 June

Staff Writer With AFP

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Norway to repatriate 5 orphan children of ISIS adherents from Syria

The Kurdish administration in northeast Syria handed over five orphans from a family who joined ISIS to Norwegian authorities

3 June

Thousands of civilians fled Baghuz as the SDF closed in on the last ISIS redoubt in Syria

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Iraq sentences to death 11 French ISIS adherents transferred from Syria

A Baghdad court on Monday, June 3 sentenced to death two more French nationals for belonging to the Islamic State group, leaving all 11 Frenchmen transferred from Syria facing the gallows in Iraq. Bilel Kabaoui, 32, and Mourad Delhomme, 41, join nine other French citizens and a Tunisian national already on death row after trials over the past week. They have 30 days to appeal the sentences. Captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces, the French nationals were transferred from Syria in February. Iraq has sentenced more than 500 suspected foreign members of ISIS since the start of 2018. Its courts have condemned many to life in prison and others to death, although no foreign ISIS members have yet been executed. Iraqi law provides for the death penalty, which is carried out by hanging, for anyone joining a “terrorist group” – even those who did not take up arms. A group of prominent French lawyers said earlier Monday that the execution of French ISIS members on death row would be a disgrace for France. “We have taken a historic risk, which, if it is realized, will leave an indelible stain on the mandate of [President] Emmanuel Macron,” said the lawyers, including some …

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