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Syrian Female Blogger Freed From Assad Jails: Mother
Syrian blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been released 15 years after she was swept away into deposed president Bashar al-Assad's notorious prison system at the age of 19, her mother said.
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Jordanian Man Returns Home After Spending 38 Years In Syrian Jails
A Jordanian man has returned to his home country after spending 38 years in Syrian jails, an official said on Tuesday, after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad ended an agonising wait for his family.
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US Woman Who Led Female ISIS Battalion Gets 20 Years In Jail
An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday.
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Irish Ex-Soldier Jailed For 15 Months For Joining Terror Group Islamic State In Syria
Dublin's Special Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former soldier Lisa Smith to 15 months in jail for joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. The judge said the former soldier went to Syria with her "eyes wide open".
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Chennai Man Jailed By Special NIA Court For "Pledging Allegiance To ISIS"
A special NIA court in New Delhi has convicted a B Tech graduate from Chennai who pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State terror group in a bid to fight along with it in Syria, an official said on Thursday.
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Indian-Origin Man Who Tried To Join ISIS Jailed For 14 Years In UK
An Indian-origin man arrested a few years ago on his way to join the terrorist group ISIS in Syria and convicted of terror offences by a UK court last month was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment on Monday.
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Man Gets 17 Years In Jail In Australia Over Terror Plot
A man was jailed for 17 years Tuesday for plotting a terrorist attack in Australia after being prevented from travelling to Syria, with the judge saying he continued to hold extremist views.
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Woman Gets 7 Years Jail For Helping ISIS Recruits In Kerala Slip Out
In a first conviction in Kerala related to cases of disappearance of people suspected to have joined terror group ISIS, a 29-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for helping the ISIS recruits from Kerala leave the country.
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18-Year-Old British Sikh Girl, Who Plotted To Join ISIS In Syria, Jailed
A British Sikh girl who converted to Islam as a teenager and tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) was today sentenced to three and a half years in prison for terrorism offences by a UK court.
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Dutch Court Jails Would-Be Jihadist For 31 Months
A 23-year-old man was Wednesday sentenced to 31 months in jail by a Dutch court after he twice tried to join jihadist groups to fight alongside them in Syria.
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Barack Obama Denies That $400 Million Payment To Iran Was Ransom
President Barack Obama vigorously denies that a $400 million cash payment to Iran was ransom to secure the release of four Americans jailed in Tehran. He defended the transaction as evidence that the nuclear accord with Iran has allowed for progress on other matters.
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Brother Of Paris Attacker Sentenced To 9 Years In Jail
The brother of one of the Islamist attackers who killed 130 people in Paris was sentenced to nine years' jail on Wednesday for travelling to Syria to train as a terrorist.
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Denmark Gives Man 7 Years For Traveling To Syria To Join ISIS
A Danish court has sentenced a 24-year-old pizzeria owner to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of joining ISIS group in Syria, where he claimed he worked as a cook.
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Prosecutor Seeks 10-Year Sentence For Brother Of Paris Attacker
A French prosecutor on Monday demanded the maximum 10-year jail sentence for the brother of one of the Paris attackers, who is accused of travelling to Syria to train as a terrorist fighter.
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Turkish Man Gets 108 Years For Sex Assaults On Syria Children
A court in Turkey has sentenced a Turkish man to 108 years in jail for sexually assaulting at least eight Syrian children at a flagship refugee camp, reports said on Saturday.
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Syrian Female Blogger Freed From Assad Jails: Mother
Syrian blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been released 15 years after she was swept away into deposed president Bashar al-Assad's notorious prison system at the age of 19, her mother said.
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Jordanian Man Returns Home After Spending 38 Years In Syrian Jails
A Jordanian man has returned to his home country after spending 38 years in Syrian jails, an official said on Tuesday, after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad ended an agonising wait for his family.
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US Woman Who Led Female ISIS Battalion Gets 20 Years In Jail
An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday.
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Irish Ex-Soldier Jailed For 15 Months For Joining Terror Group Islamic State In Syria
Dublin's Special Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former soldier Lisa Smith to 15 months in jail for joining the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. The judge said the former soldier went to Syria with her "eyes wide open".
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Chennai Man Jailed By Special NIA Court For "Pledging Allegiance To ISIS"
A special NIA court in New Delhi has convicted a B Tech graduate from Chennai who pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State terror group in a bid to fight along with it in Syria, an official said on Thursday.
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Indian-Origin Man Who Tried To Join ISIS Jailed For 14 Years In UK
An Indian-origin man arrested a few years ago on his way to join the terrorist group ISIS in Syria and convicted of terror offences by a UK court last month was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment on Monday.
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Man Gets 17 Years In Jail In Australia Over Terror Plot
A man was jailed for 17 years Tuesday for plotting a terrorist attack in Australia after being prevented from travelling to Syria, with the judge saying he continued to hold extremist views.
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Woman Gets 7 Years Jail For Helping ISIS Recruits In Kerala Slip Out
In a first conviction in Kerala related to cases of disappearance of people suspected to have joined terror group ISIS, a 29-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for helping the ISIS recruits from Kerala leave the country.
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18-Year-Old British Sikh Girl, Who Plotted To Join ISIS In Syria, Jailed
A British Sikh girl who converted to Islam as a teenager and tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) was today sentenced to three and a half years in prison for terrorism offences by a UK court.
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Dutch Court Jails Would-Be Jihadist For 31 Months
A 23-year-old man was Wednesday sentenced to 31 months in jail by a Dutch court after he twice tried to join jihadist groups to fight alongside them in Syria.
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Barack Obama Denies That $400 Million Payment To Iran Was Ransom
President Barack Obama vigorously denies that a $400 million cash payment to Iran was ransom to secure the release of four Americans jailed in Tehran. He defended the transaction as evidence that the nuclear accord with Iran has allowed for progress on other matters.
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Brother Of Paris Attacker Sentenced To 9 Years In Jail
The brother of one of the Islamist attackers who killed 130 people in Paris was sentenced to nine years' jail on Wednesday for travelling to Syria to train as a terrorist.
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Denmark Gives Man 7 Years For Traveling To Syria To Join ISIS
A Danish court has sentenced a 24-year-old pizzeria owner to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of joining ISIS group in Syria, where he claimed he worked as a cook.
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Prosecutor Seeks 10-Year Sentence For Brother Of Paris Attacker
A French prosecutor on Monday demanded the maximum 10-year jail sentence for the brother of one of the Paris attackers, who is accused of travelling to Syria to train as a terrorist fighter.
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Turkish Man Gets 108 Years For Sex Assaults On Syria Children
A court in Turkey has sentenced a Turkish man to 108 years in jail for sexually assaulting at least eight Syrian children at a flagship refugee camp, reports said on Saturday.
