Allison Fluke-Ekren, a teacher from Kansas, dragged her family to Syria and forced her daughter, Leyla, to train for war on behalf of the Islamic State. Now her daughter wields final words against her.
Tag: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
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Australians Come Home After Years in ISIS Detention Camp
Dozens more Australians, many of them children, are still being held in Syria, but there is hope that the government will soon sponsor more releases.
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French Cement Company to Pay $780 Million Over Payoffs to ISIS
The Justice Department’s deal with the company, Lafarge, is one of the largest penalties a private corporation has paid for providing material support to a terrorist organization.
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Islamic State Militant Sentenced to 8 Life Terms in Killing of U.S. Hostages
In April, a jury found El Shafee Elsheikh guilty on four counts of hostage-taking and four counts of conspiracy after a two-week trial.
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The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West
After barring girls from high school — and harboring an Al-Qaeda leader — the regime now risks jeopardizing the billions of dollars of global aid that still keeps Afghans alive.