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Syrian Democratic Forces hands over alleged Italian ISIS member

Authorities in northeastern Syria have handed to Italy one of its citizens accused of belonging to Islamic State

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Eight orphan children of ISIS adherents to be returned to Australia from Syria

Eight orphans of Australian Islamic State fighters have been spirited out of a camp in Syria, Prime Minister Scott Morrison in an apparent U-turn

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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

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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"

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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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Uzbekistan repatriates 148 women and children linked to ISIS from Syria

Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria handed over 148 Uzbek women and children linked to ISIS for repatriation

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Iraq sentences 4th French ISIS member to death

An Iraqi court condemned a fourth French citizen to death for joining ISIS, a day after handing capital punishments to three other Frenchmen

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Iraq sentences 3 French citizens to death for ISIS membership

Iraq sentenced three French citizens to death for membership in Islamic State

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