British Woman Jailed for Joining IS With Child

A British woman who took her child to Syria and joined the Islamic State has been sentenced to six years in prison. Tareena Shakil, 26, was convicted by a Birmingham court of being an IS member and encouraging acts of terrorism. In October 2014, she and her one-year-old son boarded a plane to Turkey, having told her family she was going on a beach vacation.  She crossed the border into Syria, making her way to the IS stronghold of Raqqa. But after three months, she fled and...

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