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heritage, but wanted to return to the UK after he was killed in battle. Shortly afterwards, she was killed in a
Russian airstrike. Her family said in a phone interview with ITV in August 2016 that they believed she died in an airstrike in May 2016 at the age of 17 while planning to escape. The lawyer
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found Begum in a Syrian refugee camp. During the interview, Begum said the last time she saw her husband was when they fled the village of Baghuz, Isis' final stronghold, at the beginning of
February that year. He was later reported to have surrendered to fighters allied with the Syrian Democratic
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The girls stole family jewellery to pay for their flights. Begum married Dutch
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