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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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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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France bomb suspect ‘pledged allegiance’ to ISIS

An Algerian suspected of setting off a package bomb in southeast France last week has told investigators that he pledged allegiance to ISIS

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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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France: ‘Package bomb’ explosion on Lyon street injures at least 8

At least seven people were injured in a suspected package bomb explosion on a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, southeast France

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Fugitive ex-ETA leader Josu Ternera arrested in France

Josu Ternera, one of the most influential leaders of former Basque separatist group ETA, was arrested in France after more than 16 years on the run

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French soldiers killed in Burkina Faso raid to free foreign hostages

French forces freed two French hostages as well as an American and a South Korean in Burkina Faso in a raid that cost the lives of two soldiers

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France will send new arms shipment to Saudi Arabia, Parly says

French defense minister Parly confirmed that a new shipment of weapons will go to Saudi Arabia, despite claims Riyadh is using the arms in the Yemen war

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Foreign fighter returnees in prison: Meting out justice or building up ISIS cadres?

Former foreign fighters could leave prison as reinforcement cadres for ISIS, ready to fulfill Baghdadi’s threats of future attacks, Dr. Elena Pokalova says

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