Till death do us part
Via The Daily Mail
Ten British women are fighting in the civil war raging in Syria.
The women are thought to have joined their husbands in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis), a hard-line Muslim faction so extreme it has been disowned by al-Qaeda.
Among the jihadists are two teenagers from Portsmouth, a Surrey woman, two Londoners and five from the north of England.
Shiraz Maher, an expert on the area from Kings College London told the Daily Mirror: ‘Most British jihadists go to Syria for sincere reasons to help in what they believe is a struggle against oppression but many don’t appreciate the reality on the ground.
‘There are around 10 British women out there, we believe, and most have travelled to Syria with their husbands.
They go believing they will fight jihad to overthrow Assad but may actually be getting in the way of the rebellion by joining groups and fuelling the infighting they are involved in.
It is believed that almost 600 Britons have fought in Syria since the hostilities began three years ago and 20 are thought to have died. Abdulla Deghayes, 18, from Saltdean near Brighton in East Sussex, is the latest to be killed – he is believed to have died in Kassab, Latakia, earlier this month.
Deghayes has two brothers, Jaffar, 16, and 20-year-old Amer, still in the country where they fought with al-Qaeda terror group Jabhat al-Nusrah.
British police yesterday asked Muslim parents to inform them if they believe their children are likely to become jihadists. Around 40 this year have been stopped leaving the UK to go to Syria.