Controversy in #Denmark. Government wants to get rid of Syrian refugees &is offering cash if they leave Denmark. 100+ Syrian families took offer & left. Others fear for their safety in case they go back to Syria. I spoke to worried Syrians in Denmark who refuse to leave. @akhbar
Syrians I spoke to said: Danish gov offers Syrian family of 5 around $50.000 if they leave Denmark. And if you leave, Danish gov will pay child support until kids are 18 yrs. Families don't necessarily have to go back to Syria. "As long as you leave Denmark, they give money."
But although Danish gov gives financial incentives to Syrian refugees to leave, many don't want to. Main reasons I heard is that Syrians fear they are wanted in Syrian government areas. And many are already 5/6 yrs in Denmark, they want to build future there, not pack bags again.
Danish gov is not forcing refugees back to Syria. But esp Syrians from Damascus feel that if you refuse to leave, Danish authorities make life miserable by putting you in a bureaucratic maze full of uncertainties about papers, permissions etc + no right to work and have house.
Syrians in Denmark who I spoke to are really shocked that in 2015 everybody welcomed them but now you don't feel welcome anymore. " "They just want you to leave Denmark. This is very disappointing and heartbreaking."

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1/ Guilty or not? I discuss the arrest in France of Islam Alloush, ex-spokesman of Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam, accused of human rights violations. His brother @DrNehma says he is innocent. @Aous_Al_mubarak +Anas Al Khawli insist he is guilty. Thread
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1/ I again traced ISIS files in Syria.

800 docs mainly on AlFateheen unit.

100s of forms with jihadi names, position in ISIS etc.

5 Germans, Aussies, Turks, 100s of Syrians.

As there is no tribunal, I put all files online so world has access.

@akhbar

akhbaralaan.net/jenan/isisfiles
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It gives information on Al-Fateheen unit. 800+ documents with many Jihadi names of ISIS members. Also in which battle they participated, how much salary & war spoils they got.
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1/This story has come to an end.

In 2018 I got Syria phone of German #ISIS woman Omaima Abdi. By then, she quietly had returned to Hamburg &picked up her life.

But pics on phone were used by German authorities to start a trial. Today she received 3,5 yrs jail sentence.

@akhbar
2/ To recap:

ISIS woman Omaima Abdi was sentenced today in Hamburg to 3 years and 6 months in jail on 4 counts:

1- Membership of a terrorist organization.
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4- Aiding and abetting the slavery of a Yazidi girl.
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1/ Big day in Hamburg, Germany.

Trial of #ISIS woman Omaima Abdi, whose phone content I found in Syria, ends today. The verdict is expected this morning. The trial started after I broke the story.

This is the court building in Hamburg where it's all happening today.

@akhbar
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I published the story on the telephone content of #ISIS female Omaima Abdi in April 2019.

She then was arrested by German authorities in September.

Trial against Abdi started in May 2020.

The prosecutor asks for 4 yrs 10 months. Today verdict.

@akhbar
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I will be updating you today step by step.

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