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UK strips citizenship from dual national Daesh convert ‘Jihadi Jack’

LONDON, 19 August 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Britain has revoked the citizenship of a dual national Muslim convert to the Daesh group dubbed “Jihadi Jack” being held in northern Syria, leading Canada to accuse the UK of off-loading its responsibilities. The move targeting Jack Letts, 24, who was a dual UK-Canadian national, has prompted a diplomatic row with Ottawa, Britain’s Mail on Sunday reported. Former prime minister Theresa May approved the decision — which had been made by then-interior minister Sajid Javid — in one of her last actions before leaving office in early July, the newspaper said. A spokesperson for Britain’s interior ministry declined to confirm the report, noting it does not routinely comment on individual cases. “Decisions on depriving a dual national of citizenship are

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Regime, Russia airstrikes kill 6 in Idlib, Syria

IDLIB, 22 August 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Six civilians were killed in overnight airstrikes by the Assad regime and Russia in northwestern Syria, in an area where a cease-fire is supposed to be in effect. According to Syrian opposition groups' aircraft monitors, four people were killed in the village of Aldier Algarbi and another two in the village of Talmenes, both within the Idlib cease-fire zone. Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression are expressly prohibited. The Syrian regime and its allies, however, have consistently broken the terms of the cease-fire, launching frequent attacks inside the zone. The de-escalation zone is currently home to some 4 million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces from

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Turkey slams Egyptian spox's remarks targeting Erdogan

ANKARA, 26 Sep 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Turkey on Wednesday rejected a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson targeting the country and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "We reject the statement made by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt on September 24, 2019, which is full of lies and slander targeting our country and president," said Turkey’s Foreign Ministry. "It's tragicomic that those who came to power in a coup criticize the democracy in Turkey," the statement said. The ministry said Turkey "as a responsible member of the international community calls for an end to the widespread and systematic violations of human rights in Egypt and for meeting the legitimate demands of the Egyptian people for democracy, justice, equality, freedom,

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