Islamic State
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Jun- 2019 -5 JuneMiddle East
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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3 JuneAfrica
Islamic State fighters attack Nigeria military bases in Lake Chad area
Islamic State militants carried out attacks on Nigerian military bases in Marte, Kirenowa and Dikwa in the Lake Chad area over the weekend
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3 June
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
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3 JuneMiddle East
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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May- 2019 -31 MayAsia Pacific
Dutch man held by Abu Sayyaf killed during escape attempt, Philippines military says
A Dutch birdwatcher held by ISIS-linked militants was killed in the Philippines, according to the military, which said he was shot as he tried to escape
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30 MayAfrica
Islamic State claims attacks on DR Congo army, UN; FARDC says 26 ADF fighters killed
ISIS claimed ISCAP fighters attacked the military and UN in Mavivi in DR Congo, while the army said 26 ADF fighters had been killed in Ngite
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30 MayEurope
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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30 MayAfrica
Islamic State puts the Sahel in West Africa – for now
Islamic State recently began to attribute attacks in the Sahel to its West Africa Province affiliate. Robert Postings asks: what does this mean for Islamic State in the Greater Sahara?
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30 MayAsia Pacific
Suicide bomber kills 6 outside Afghanistan national defense university in Kabul
At least six people were killed and six more wounded in a suicide bombing outside a military academy in the Afghan capital Kabul
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30 MayAsia Pacific
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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