BERLIN: German authorities on Tuesday arrested a woman accused of traveling to Syria with her four young children to join the Daesh group, as well as her brother-in-law, who is accused of helping her.
The federal prosecutor’s office identified the pair only as Fadia S. and Rabih O., in line with German privacy rules. It said both are dual citizens of Germany and Lebanon, and they were arrested in Essen and Hildesheim respectively.
Fadia S. is accused of offenses including membership in Daesh and gross violation of her parental duties. Rabih O. is accused of supporting Daesh and violating German export laws.
Prosecutors said Fadia S. traveled to Syria in 2015 to join her husband, who had previously left Germany to join Daesh. She took her children, then aged 3 to 8, and the family allegedly lived in accommodation in the Daesh stronghold of Raqqa that the group had commandeered.
As the territory held by Daesh shrank, Fadia S. and her by-then five children fled to Turkey in early 2018 and returned to Germany, prosecutors said.
Rabih O. is accused of giving his brother a variety of financial and logistical support and of helping Fadia S. travel to Syria to join him.
Germany arrests woman accused of joining Daesh in Syria
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Germany arrests woman accused of joining Daesh in Syria
- Fadia S. is accused of offenses including membership in Daesh and gross violation of her parental duties
- Prosecutors said Fadia S. traveled to Syria in 2015 to join her husband, who had previously left Germany to join Daesh
Ukraine says UK Storm Shadow missiles used to hit Russian refinery
- The Novoshakhtinsk refinery was hit by the missiles
- The military said that the Novoshakhtinsk plant is one of the main suppliers of petrol products in southern Russia
KYIV: Ukraine used British Storm Shadow missiles to attack a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, the Ukrainian military said.
The Novoshakhtinsk refinery was hit by the missiles and “numerous explosions” were recorded, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a social media post. It has already used the British missiles to attack targets inside Russia.
“Units of the air force of the armed forces of Ukraine successfully struck the Novoshakhtinsk oil products plant in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation with Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles,” the statement said.
The military said that the Novoshakhtinsk plant is one of the main suppliers of petrol products in southern Russia “and is directly involved in supplying the Russian Federation’s armed forces,” particularly with diesel fuel and aviation kerosene.
Ukraine, which faces daily missile and drone onslaughts from Russia, has sought to respond with attacks inside Russia on energy and infrastructure facilities.
