Update December 4 – Northern Syria Offensive

Highlights - As displaced families continue to pour in to NES, the DAANES estimates that numbers of IDPs will soon reach 120,000. - Critical shortages of essential supplies, food, water, medicines and accommodation for IDPs. - SNA commits…

A Century After Turkey’s Genocide of Our People, Armenians Are Still Under Threat – Novara Media, UK

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Original article by Hagop Artim Kashejian, Novara Media. My family experienced enormous hardship during the Armenian genocide of 1915. My grandfather’s brothers, his sisters, his mother and father were all slaughtered openly, in…

For their sacrifices in the ISIS war the Kurds deserve better than this – Global Comment, US

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Original article by Paul Iddon, Global Comment, US. Photo: Kurdishstruggle On March 23, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared victory over the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s self-styled caliphate, after capturing its…

Call for help for Rojava – Medico Internacional, Germany

Original article by Anita Starosta, Medico Internacional, Germany. In Gewahrsam: IS-Kämpfer bei Baghouz. Die medico-Partner müssen Geflüchtete und Gefangene versorgen. (Foto: Rojava Information Center) Der IS scheint besiegt, der…

‘ISIS matchmaker feared children would be killed’ if she fled terror group – Metro News, UK

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Original article by James Hockaday, Metro News British ISIS member Tooba Gondal wants to return to the UK (Picture: Rojava Information Center) A jihadi bride dubbed ‘the ISIS Matchmaker’ was told her two children would be killed…

Our treatment of the ‘Isis matchmaker’ will only create the Islamist terrorists of the future

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Original article by Robert Verkaik, the Independent, 3 April 2019 The destruction of Isis as many problems as it has solved – none more so than the plight of dozens of British women who travelled to Syria and…

British jihadi known as the ‘ISIS matchmaker’ is found in a Syrian refugee camp – Daily Mail, UK

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Original article by Emer Scully For Mailonline, Daily Mail. A GUN-toting jihadi known as ‘the ISIS matchmaker’ has been found in a refugee camp in northern Syria, it was reported last night. Tooba Gondal, now 25, left her home in…

“Daesh matchmaker” dreams of a second chance – L’essentiel, Luxembourg

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"Daesh matchmaker" dreams of a second chance - L'essentiel, Luxembourg. Original article published in L'essentiel, Luxembourg. Pendant des années, une ex-étudiante britannique a œuvré pour attirer de jeunes musulmanes en Syrie, où elles épousaient des jihadistes. Aujourd'hui, Tooba Gondal veut rentrer chez elle.