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The Islamic State's reign of terror at one point spanned a third of both Iraq and Syria

The Yazidi people: Some of Islamic State's many victims

Irina Bekmirzaev is in the Ain Issa refugee camp in Syria

Wife of Irish citizen held in Syria speaks out

Lisa Smith, who is a former member of the Defence Forces, said she is angry and confused

Joining IS 'wasn't worth it,' says Lisa Smith

Ireland / 18 Jul

Lisa Smith says her detention in the refugee camp could be due to the fact she is an Irish woman with a military background

'I don't think I will be going back' to Ireland: Smith

Ireland / 19 Jul

Lisa Smith travelled to Syria three years ago

Varadkar says Lisa Smith would be investigated

The transfer took place in the town of Ain Issa, home to a large refugee camp

14 French, Dutch orphans repatriated from Syria

Burkina Faso has suffered from increasingly frequent and deadly attacks attributed to a number of jihadist groups

Gunmen kill six during mass in Burkina Faso

Funeral ribbons in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attacks

15 killed during police operation in Sri Lanka

Hundreds were killed and injured in the suicide attacks

Sri Lanka admits 'major' lapse over deadly bombings

SDF fighters celebrate after fighting IS militants near the village of Baghouz

Plenty of fight left in Syrian conflict

It is understood that Lisa Smith travelled to Syria three years ago

Smith comments questioned by former military director

Ireland / 08 Apr

Lisa Smith served as a private in the Defence Forces before transferring to the Air Corps

Govt to 'find a way' to bring woman home from Syria

Ireland / 25 Mar

The SDF has been battling to capture Baghouz at the Iraqi border for weeks

SDF declares Islamic State defeated in Syria

Mr Trump made the comments on-board Air Force One

Trump's IS defeated statement disputed

Shamima Begum gave birth to the boy in a refugee camp in February

Baby of IS bride Shamima Begum has died - reports

Human Rights Watch says around 1,500 children were detained in Iraq

Children jailed in Iraq for alleged links to IS - HRW

Shamima Begum: 'They are making an example of me. I regret speaking to the media.

Shamima Begum says she regrets speaking to media

Shamima Begum left east London with two friends in 2015 to join ISIS

IS teen compares Manchester bomb to Syria airstrikes

Wives of IS fighters walk under the supervision of a female fighter from the SDF in northeastern Syria

Kurds warn of 'time bomb' over captured jihadists

Shamima Begum (R) ran away from London with two other schoolgirls in 2015

London schoolgirl who joined IS wants to return home

Alexandr Bekmirzaev said he moved to Ireland from Belarus in 1999

Irish citizen held in Syria says he is not IS fighter

The United States wants other nations to repatriate their citizens detained by the SDF and prosecute them through domestic justice systems

US calls for repatriation of citizens detained by SDF

FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel and the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats

US intelligence chiefs contradict Trump's world view

The four people were detained overnight in two Dublin garda stations

Four released without charge in terror finance probe

Ireland / 23 Jan

Mike Pompeo believes Kurds could be part of the wider solution for Syria

Pompeo confident of good outcome for Turkey and Kurds

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