Family plead for British daughter ‘duped by Isil’ who lost arm in Syria drone strike

July 10, 2020 / By mobanmarket

The family of a British woman severely injured in a coalition attack on Islamic State has appealed for her to be allowed home.

Samia Hussein lost an arm and was left badly mutilated after a suspected British or US drone missile strike on the Islamic State-occupied town where she was taken by Jihadist fighters.

The Telegraph can reveal that the former student from Southall, west London, is among a number of British women who joined Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) and were only discovered when they were captured after its last stronghold Baghouz fell in March.

She is currently thought to be at the Kurdish run al-Hol camp in northern Syria, uncertain as to whether she will ever be allowed…

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