Parliament banned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), along with four other groups also linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq: Abdullah Azzam Brigades, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions (AAB/ZJB); Kateeba al-Kawthar (KaK); Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC); and Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (THKP-C). Security Minister Brokenshire said Syria is now the “number one destination” for jihadists worldwide. Abubaker Deghayes, the father of three men who traveled to Syria to fight for al Qaeda-linked forces, claimed that British fighters in Syria pose no threat to the UK. Deghayes is a relative of ex-Gitmo detainee Omar Deghayes, who was deemed a “high risk” due to his personal contacts with senior al Qaeda figures in Europe as well as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, but was released to the UK in 2007.
