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US to announce charges against British IS members

October 7, 2020 In Homeland Security Staff

The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges Wednesday against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages, a law enforcement official said.

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Syrians linked to IS will be allowed to leave sprawling camp

October 6, 2020 In Homeland Security Staff

The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria will allow Syrian citizens to leave a sprawling camp that houses tens of thousands of women and children, many of them linked to the Islamic State group, a Kurdish official said Monday.

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Man gets 30 years in 2nd sentencing for beheading plot

October 1, 2020 In Homeland Security Staff

A man convicted of leading a plot to behead blogger Pamela Geller on behalf of the Islamic State group will serve even longer behind bars after he was sentenced for a second time Monday and ordered to 30 years in prison.

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Philippine police kill 4 terror suspects in Manila shootout

June 26, 2020 In Homeland Security Staff

Philippine police raided a suspected hideout of Islamic State group-linked militants in metropolitan Manila early Friday and killed four of them in a gun battle.

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IS blasts Iraq PM as American agent, calls for more attacks

May 29, 2020 In Homeland Security Staff

The Islamic State group in an audio message blasted Iraq’s new prime minister, calling him an “American agent."

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Suspected IS member arrested after being deported to Germany

May 22, 2020 In Homeland Security Staff

A German woman suspected of joining the Islamic State group in Syria has been taken into custody in her homeland after being deported from Turkey.

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Building a genocide case for IS crimes against Yazidis

May 21, 2020 In Homeland Security Staff

Investigators with the Commission for International Justice and Accountability are amassing evidence, hoping to prosecute IS figures for crimes against humanity for the genocide of Yazidis.