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ISIS Beatle's journey from QPR footballer hopeful to evil executioner as he's jailed

El-Shafee Elsheikh or "Jihadi Ringo" was one of four ISIS hostage takers named after "The Beatles" because of their British accents - who became infamous for their capacity to dole out cruel and unusual punishments

Daily Mirror

ISIS Beatle torturer to die in max-security prison as monster is sentenced to life

El Shafee Elsheikh was known as the main torturer of the ISIS Beatles terror cell - and was found guilty in April of killing 27 hostages in Syria including Brits David Haines and Alan Henning

Daily Mirror

Inside the prison ISIS Beatle will be sent to reserved for 'world's most dangerous'

Convicted ISIS Beatle member El Shafee Elsheikh is expected to serve his time at the Florence Administrative Maximum Facility in Colorado after for his role in terror killing of Scots aid worker David Haines and several others.

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ISIS ‘Beatle’ Faces Life Sentence for Us Hostage Deaths

A member of the notorious ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles," is to be sentenced in a US court on Friday for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison after being convicted in Alexandria, Virginia, in…

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Inside maximum security prison ISIS Beatle will go to - from where nobody escaped

ISIS Beatle member El Shafee Elsheikh is set for decades inside the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' when he is sentenced today. Prisoners held there survive in near-continuous solitary confinement

Daily Mirror

What the Taliban Really Fear

A resistance movement is growing in Afghanistan—and it needs international support.

Foreign Affairs

Extremism experts sound the alarm as Trump supporters threaten civil war on TikTok

Experts say the posting of public threats creates a ‘false consensus’ that drives extremists to carry out violence, writes Richard Hall

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Police: 21 People Died in Blast at Kabul Mosque

A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday had killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that another 33 people had been injured in the blast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack Wednesday night, the…

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Why Did Iran Target the Tanf US Base in Syria?

Israel struck an “Iranian position” near a Russian base in western Syria. Drones, believed to be Iranian, retaliated by attacking an area close to the al-Tanf US base in eastern Syria without any Russia objection. The developments, which took place hours from each other, are another example of the complex…

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US: Drone Attack Targets US Base in Syria, No Casualties

An attack with drones hit a compound run by American troops and US-backed Syrian opposition fighters in eastern Syria on Monday, the US military said, adding that there were no casualties or damage. The military said the attack took place in the vicinity of al-Tanf base near where the borders…

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Hundreds Linked to ISIS Transferred From Syria to Iraq

Syria's autonomous Kurdish region transferred to the Iraqi government more than 600 relatives of ISIS group members who were detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp, a monitor said Friday. It is the fourth operation of its kind this year from the camp, which lies less than 10 kilometers (six miles)…

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Top Taliban cleric killed in suicide bombing by man with explosives hidden in fake leg

A Taliban official was killed by explosives hidden in an artificial leg. Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was a supporter of female education and was likely targeted by an Islamic State suicide bomber

Daily Mirror

‘ISIS Beatle’ arrested for terrorism offences at UK airport after fleeing Turkey

Aine Davis, 38, was reportedly arrested by police when his flight landed at Luton Airport following his release from a Turkish jail.

Daily Record

Aine Davis: Man charged with terrorism offences after being deported to UK

Aine Davis charged after being deported to the UK

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Alleged British ISIS 'Beatle' Arrested on Return to UK

A British man accused of being part of an ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was arrested on his return to the UK on Wednesday, reports said. Aine Davis, 38, was arrested after landing at Luton airport on a flight from Turkey, where he had been serving a prison…

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Syria Says ISIS Leader Killed In South

An ISIS leader blew himself up in southern Syria after being surrounded by government forces, state media reported on Wednesday, citing a security source. The official SANA news agency said security forces carried out a "special operation" in the Daraa area that led to the death of "the terrorist Abu…

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Islamic State 'Beatle' appears in London court charged with terrorism offences

A 38-year-old man who is accused of being a member of an Islamic State cell dubbed The Beatles and who was deported from Turkey this week appeared in a London court on Thursday after police charged him with terrorism offences.

The Independent UK

Aine Davis: Fourth alleged Isis ‘Beatle’ arrested at Luton Airport on terror charges

Man taken to south London police station by officers and remains in custody

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Iraq Launches Mosul Airport Reconstruction

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Wednesday inaugurated the reconstruction of Mosul international airport, still in disrepair five years after the battle that expelled the ISIS group from the city. Entire sectors of the northern metropolis have remained in ruins since the July 2017 recapture of Mosul by Iraqi forces…

Evening Standard

Knifeman shot dead by police at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

A knifeman was shot dead by French police on Wendesday morning in a packed terminal at the largest airport in Paris.

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Taliban Say Bomb Kills 8 People in Kabul

A bomb hidden in a cart went off on Friday near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing at least eight people and wounding 18, a Taliban official said. Also Friday, hundreds of Afghans — apparently organized by the Taliban — rallied in several provinces,…

Daily Mirror

Feared Taliban family dubbed 'The Sopranos of Terror' killed by US 'ninja' missile

Members of the Taliban mafia have been killed alongside the Al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan. Sources told the Mirror that Ayman al-Zawahiri was not the only person to die in the missile strike

WEKU

How 3 presidents announced the deaths of terrorist leaders and what it says about them

The way Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden announced the deaths of terrorist chiefs revealed much about their own leadership.

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ISIS Network of Tunnels Found in Syria's al-Hol Camp

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) has found a network of trenches and tunnels under al-Hol camp, east of al-Hasakah. The security sources said these trenches and tunnels were used by sleeper cells loyal to the ISIS terrorist organization to smuggle persons and carry out murders and…

Daily Mirror

Mass graves still being discovered eight years on from horrific ISIS genocide

Eight years to the day on Wednesday since blood-thirsty militants rounded up their relatives, Yazidis are desperate for identification to happen so they can finally mourn for the missing in Iraq

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