Armed soldiers have been deployed to guard military barracks in Whitehall after last week’s terrorist attacks in Canada. Counterterrorism police are looking into reports that Sparkbrook resident Tareena Shakil left the UK with her young son to join the Islamic State in Syria. UK authorities have arrested over 100 people so far this year for Syria-related terrorist activities, and have denied or revoked passports for 21 people. Jaffar Deghayes, a teenager who left Brighton to join his brothers fighting in Syria, was recently killed fighting for the Al Nusrah Front; Jaffar’s uncle is ex-Gitmo detainee Omar Deghayes.
