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Owen Holdaway

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Syria’s Bid To Populate War-Ravaged Country

An article for Media Line on the sectarian issues and problems facing Syria post-war: http://www.themedialine.org/news/syrias-bid-to-populate-war-ravaged-country-with-shiites-unrealistic/

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Inside the house-by-house hunt for ISIS terror chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

An article for the SUN on the hunt for the leader of ISIS, Al-Baghdadi in eastern Syria: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7740520/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-search-syria-hajin/

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AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW WITH A FOREIGN ISIS FIGHTER

A tense video interview with a Swizz born citizen and ISIS fighter, who joined back in 2015 and was a member of the terrorist organization till 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTB4FnKGtmg

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ARTICLE ON ISIS LAST URBAN STRONGHOLD IN SYRIA

An article for Media line about the last major urban center ISIS still control in Syria, Hajin: http://www.themedialine.org/news/syria-roots-out-isis-from-border-region-with-israel/

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ARTICLE ON ISIS SLEEPER CELLS STILL OPERATING IN SYRIA

An article for the SUN online on ISIS sleeper cells still operating in Syria, even after the fall of their de facto capital, Raqqa to the US back coalition forces: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6906151/isis-death-cult-is-still-plaguing-syrian-cities-at-night-with-sleeper-cells-hiding-in-the-day-only-to-launch-attacks-in-the-dark/    

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AN ARTICLE ON CAPTURED WESTERN ISIS MEMBERS TRY TO RETURN HOME

An article for the SUN online about western extremists who turned their back on Europe are now trying to be transferred to jails back home: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6754344/whinging-western-isis-fanatics-beg-to-be-transferred-to-european-jails-as-theyre-left-to-rot-in-syrias-hellhole-prisons/

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INSIDE THE LUXURY SYRIAN HOTEL THAT ISIS TURNED INTO HELLHOLE JAIL

An article for the SUN newspaper on a hotel turned ISIS prison in Manbij Northern Syria: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5810065/isis-prison-syria-manbij-hotel-torture/

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INSIDE HELLHOLE ISIS ‘TORTURE CAMP’ BENEATH FORMER FOOTBALL STADIUM

An article for the SUN newspaper on the football stadium in Raqqa that ISIS used as it’s HQ and as a torture prison: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5704058/isis-torture-camp-raqqa-football-stadium/

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LONDONER TALKS ABOUT DEATH OF FELLOW BRIT IN SYRIA

An article for the SUN newspaper on the death of first British woman in Syria: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5955687/anna-campbell-death-fighting-isis-syria-fellow-fighter-tribute/

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ISIS AND AL-NAIM SQUARE IN CENTRAL RAQQA

An article for the SUN newspaper on Al-Naim square in Raqqa, Syria – where ISIS carried out executions: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5675637/isis-square-terror-group-beheaded-enemies-impaled-head-spikes/

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