Ex-ISIS Bride Shamima Begum ‘Could Be Free in Days’ as Violence Erupts at Syrian Camp
19th January 2026
Former ISIS bride Shamima Begum ‘could be freed’ from the Syrian detention camp where she is beig held, it’s been reported.
The move has been mentioned after violent clashes have reportedly erupted outside the prison walls, reports The Daily Star.
Begum, 26, was stripped of her British citizenship in 2019. She had travelled to Syria to join the terrorist group as a teenage ISIS bride.
She is currently being held in the al-Roj detention camp in north-east Syria, but may be released as struggles with Islamic State continue.