An east London schoolgirl who left Britain as a 15-year-old to join Islamic State group is now heavily pregnant and wants to come home.
Shamima Begum was tracked down by The Times to a refugee camp in northern Syria where she is now 19-years-old, the bride of an Islamic State fighter, nine months pregnant and has had two infant children who are dead. Her her husband is in captivity.
- Shamima Begum, 19, fled Bethnal Green for Syria with two friends Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase in 2015
- She married a Dutch jihadi within days, had 2 children who died and is nine months pregnant with third child
- The family of the teenager has said they understand why people are angry and don't want her to return
- Teenager told The Times: 'I don't regret it. I'll do anything to come home and live quietly with my baby'
- She added: 'I really want to get back to Britain because I know it will be taken care of, healthcare-wise at least'
- One of her friends was killed in an airstrike, the other is with ISIS in its last stand fighting Syrian forces
- Shamima fled ISIS in eastern Syria when her jihadi husband Yago Riedijk, a Dutch convert, was captured
- Security Minister says she will not be rescued - but has a right to come home and will be questioned by police
- Begum's family lawyer insists she's a 'victim' - but they've not spoken and she's trying to get home 'by herself'