Lawrence Greenspon

• Fire damages Syrian tent home of Canadian woman, children seeking to return home

  The family is among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps and prisons run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State.

  World

  Jun 30, 2023
  
• Montreal woman held in Syria deemed security threat, refused government help returning to Canada

  The government said the mother of six could 'act in a violent manner' if she returned to Canada.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2023
  
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• Canada’s secretive policy on ISIS detainees closes door to repatriation

  The policy document says the Canadian government has no obligation to repatriate the ISIS fighters and would only provide 'extraordinary assistance' under limited circumstances.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2022
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• Canada should have prosecuted Toronto man who was ‘voice of ISIS,’ lawyer says

  Mohammed Khalifa is the first Canadian ISIS member caught in Syria to be taken to the U.S.

  Crime

  Oct 4, 2021
• Families of ISIS detainees held in Syria take Canada to court over inaction

  Eleven families accused Ottawa of failing 'to take all reasonable steps' to repatriate Canadian detainees captured by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2021
• Why Canada took 18 months to get an orphan out of a Syrian detention camp

  Newly released documents show the government spent months mulling over what to do about a Canadian orphan at an ISIS camp before sending officials to get her.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2021
• Canadian woman released from ISIS detainee camp in Syria, lawyer says

  The woman was taken to Erbil in northern Iraq, setting the stage for her possible return to Canada.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2021
• Crown will not pursue appeal in Ottawa Const. Montsion’s manslaughter trial

  There will be no appeal in the manslaughter trial of Ottawa Const. Daniel Montsion, the Crown has confirmed.

  Crime

  Nov 19, 2020
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• Canada repatriates orphaned girl from ISIS camp in Syria

  The girl, known as Amira, is the first Canadian to be repatriated from Syrian camps for ISIS detainees.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2020
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• Joshua Boyle’s wife lied about advice lawyer gave her on media: defence

  Coleman's husband Joshua Boyle, 35, faces 19 charges, including sexual assault, for acts he allegedly committed after the couple was freed following five years as hostages of Taliban-linked extremists in Afghanistan.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2019