Shamima Begum

UK quietly repatriates 'ISIS brides,' children from Syria's Al-Roj detention camp - report

Reports of the returns, which have not been addressed by government officials, came amid turmoil over control of detention sites as the SDF and Damascus battle for territory and custody arrangements.

|BySHIR PERETS
Women and children queue in the rain during a joint security operation by Syria's Kurdish Internal Security Police Force, and the Kurdish-led SDF at Camp Roj where foreign relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, April 5, 2025.
Muslim woman (illustrative).

Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who joined ISIS, loses appeal over citizenship removal

Shamima Begum left London in 2015 and traveled with two friends to Syria, where she married an IS fighter and had three children, all of whom died as infants.

|ByREUTERS
Muslim woman in a burka.

British schoolgirl who joined ISIS likely trafficking victim, court told

Shamima Begum left London at age 15 and traveled with two school friends to Syria, where she married an ISIS fighter.

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A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a st

Shamima Begum regrets joining ISIS, offers to help UK fight terror - report

Shamima Begum, 22, joined ISIS when she was 15, though she has since left the organization. However, she has been unable to return to the UK after her citizenship was stripped.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Terra Incognita: Colonial origins of sympathy for ‘ISIS brides’

The obsessive focus on the “ISIS brides” at the expense of telling the story of ISIS victims is a legacy of the colonial era

MARCH 12, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A MEMBER of ISIS waves the group’s flag in Raqqa

ISIS child-bride, pregnant with third child, wants to return to London

The 19-year-old who joined the radical Islamic group in 2015 is pregnant and lives in a Syrian refugee camp. After the death of two children, she wants to return to London.

MARCH 10, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Muslim woman in a burka.

Baby son of Islamic State teenage bride Shamima Begum dies

The family's lawyer said earlier on Friday there were strong but as yet unconfirmed reports that Begum's son had died.

MARCH 10, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN, REUTERS
Muslim woman in a burka.

ISIS teen's baby dies, British gov't condemned for denying her entry

"The tragic death of Shamima Begum's baby, Jarrah, is a stain on the conscience of this government," Diane Abbott, the opposition home affairs spokeswoman said.

MARCH 10, 2019ByREUTERS
THE SIGN, which says ‘Arab tyrants are responsible for the bloodshed of Muslims,’ was erected by ISIS on the road to Tel Afar in Iraq.