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Husband of 'ISIS Bride Shamima' Wants to Take Her to Netherlands

Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]
Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]
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Husband of 'ISIS Bride Shamima' Wants to Take Her to Netherlands

Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]
Shamima Begum and her two schoolfriends flew to Istanbul in 2015 to cross the border into Syria [Laura Lean/Getty Image]

The Dutch husband Shamima Begum who joined ISIS wants to return to the Netherlands with her and their child, the BBC reported on Sunday.

Begum, 19, left London with two school friends to join ISIS when she was 15 but now wants to return to the UK with her newborn son.

Citing an interview with her husband Yago Riedijk, the BBC reported he had fought for ISIS but had surrendered later on and was being held in a Kurdish detention centre in north-eastern Syria.

The BBC said Riedijk now wants to return to the Netherlands with his wife and son, Reuters reported.

Riedijk faces a six-year prison sentence for "joining a terror organisation" if he returns to the Netherlands.

"She seemed in a good state of mind," he said of when he first met her. "It was her own choice. She asked to look for a partner for her, and I was invited. She was very young ... she
chose to get married and I chose to marry her."

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Khamenei Says Israel Initiated a War as Iran Fires Missiles in Retaliation

Smoke rises after a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP)
Smoke rises after a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP)
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Khamenei Says Israel Initiated a War as Iran Fires Missiles in Retaliation

Smoke rises after a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP)
Smoke rises after a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP)

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a statement on Friday that Israel initiated a war and said it will not be allowed to do "hit and run" attacks without grave consequences.

"The Zionist regime (Israel) will not remain unscathed from the consequences of its crime. The Iranian nation must be guaranteed that our response will not be half-measured," Khamenei said in a statement.

Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran's nuclear and military structure Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to attack key facilities and kill top generals and scientists -- a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon.

Iran’s state news agency reported that Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles toward Israel as part of its retaliation for Israel's Friday attack.

IRNA said the Iranian military had dubbed its operation "Severe Punishment."

Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as sirens sounded across Israel following what the country's military spokesman said was the firing of missiles from Iran. 

The ongoing military and intelligence operation raised the potential for all-out war between Iran and Israel and propelled the region, already on edge, into even greater upheaval.