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Sébastien Besatti, also clinging to the facade of the building from a window ledge, decided to risk his own life to help her

Pregnant woman seen dangling from Bataclan window breaks her silence 10 years after ISIS massacre as hero who risked his life to save her reveals she has become his ‘sister in arms’

November 13, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

A pregnant woman who was seen dangling from a window at the Bataclan theatre during the horrifying Paris terror attacks in 2015 has spoken out for the first time in ten years. Ten years ago, to the day, ISIS fanatics carried out one of the deadliest attacks in France‘s history, targeting cultural institutions across Paris, […]

Could Shamima Begum return to UK under Labour? Independent review says she should be saved from ‘Britain’s Guantanamo’ camp in Syria

November 13, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Shamima Begum should be allowed back into the UK, a review of Britain’s counter-terrorism policy has found. The ISIS bride is currently living in a detention camp in Syria after she fled her home in east London at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in 2015. But the Independent Commission on UK Counterterrorism concluded after […]

Salma Naddaf (pictured, right) fled her wartorn home nation in 2014 amid a brutal civil war

Refugee returns to Syria from Denmark to avoid having her children taught about gender transition

November 3, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 12:43, 3 November 2025 | Updated: 12:55, 3 November 2025 A Syrian refugee influencer has left Denmark to avoid having her children taught about gender transitions. Salma Naddaf fled her wartorn home nation in 2014 amid a brutal civil war, landing in Denmark. There, she has gained millions […]

The wall outside the tent where British ISIS bride Shamima Begum has languished for years in Camp Roj

Shamima Begum’s wall of despair: Messages scrawled in English beside British ISIS bride’s tent reveal anguish in god-forsaken Syrian camp where she now resides

February 11, 2025AfricTeamLeave a Comment

‘Hell is other people.’ ‘Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes… it’s awful!’ ‘From a hundred rabbits you can’t make a horse, a hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.’ These powerful, despairing words are nestled in the pages of world-famous books and plays penned by some of history’s most acclaimed writers. But they are also plastered […]

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades (File image of the execution of a drug dealer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1985)

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people in 2024 – its highest number for decades – despite Mohammed bin Salman’s vow to drastically reduce executions

December 28, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

By PERKIN AMALARAJ Published: 16:23, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 07:57, 27 December 2024 Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s 2022 assertion that the death penalty had been eliminated except for murder cases under his vision for a new open kingdom. The […]

One picture shows Assad in nothing but white pants and a vest, clearly posing for the camera

Assad in his pants: Syrians ransack dictator’s home and uncover bizarre personal photos of him in his underwear and blackface… as well as his jacuzzi

December 13, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Rebel fighters who stormed Bashar Al-Assad’s palaces and properties across Syria after toppling his regime have exposed the dictator’s lavish lifestyle and collection of highly personal photos to the world. Footage shows Syrians triumphantly strolling through his mansions, uncovering the lives of luxury that he and his family enjoyed while millions of people suffered under […]

A view of dead bodies, who were tortured to death, at Al-Mujtahid Hospital as teams carry out investigation in secret compartments at Sednaya Prison after the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 10, 2024

Rotting corpses found piled in Syrian prison: Rebel leader announces every torturer will be hunted down, as it emerges how girls and boys were gang-raped and inmates forced to kill each other in a living hell

December 10, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

The thousands upon thousands of Syrians rejoicing the fall of President Bashar al-Assad have plenty to be happy about. But many among them are celebrating the release of long-lost family members, friends and loved ones who were cast into Syria’s prisons where the Assad regime meted out a truly heinous brand of torture, torment and mistreatment. […]

Bahsar al-Assad ruled Syria for 24 years, just five short of of his father's time in power, but it was never intended for Assad to take control of the dynasty

Inside Bashar al-Assad’s rise to Syrian president: From London eye doctor to brutal dictator

December 9, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

The dramatic downfall of Syria‘s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad marks an end to over 50 years of his family’s brutal rule. Rebel forces ousted the dictator after taking control of the capital, Damascus, on Sunday – the latest chapter in a bloody civil war that started in 2011 and saw the country become a hub […]

Six killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon border, says Syria

November 27, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

Syria’s defence ministry said six people were killed in Israeli strikes on border crossings with Lebanon just after midnight on Wednesday, hours before a Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire took effect. “The Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of Lebanese territory, targeting border crossings between Syria and Lebanon,” the ministry said in a statement. “The […]

The new frontier of terror… could our PHONES be used against us? As pagers and walkie-talkies are turned into bombs, experts reveal whether your smartphone is safe

September 20, 2024AfricTeamLeave a Comment

The coordinated explosion of thousands of pagers and radios used by members of Hezbollah across Lebanon and Syria earlier this week marked a new dawn of clandestine warfare. The shockingly coordinated and devastatingly effective attack, widely seen as the work of Israel‘s Mossad secret service, injured thousands of militants, not to mention many civilians. Lebanese authorities […]