{"id":128899,"date":"2025-08-28T08:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=128899"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:25:55","slug":"brazil-repatriates-woman-linked-to-isis-in-syria-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/128899\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil repatriates woman linked to ISIS in Syria, Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Brazilian authorities confirmed on Wednesday the return of Karina Aylin Rayol Barbosa, 28, who spent nine years in areas once controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is believed to be the only Brazilian national still alive who joined the extremist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbosa landed at S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Guarulhos Airport on a flight from Damascus via Doha, accompanied by her seven-year-old son, born from her marriage to an ISIS militant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her repatriation was overseen by Brazil\u2019s Federal Police and diplomats, and she was questioned before reuniting with her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally from Bel\u00e9m, in northern Brazil, Barbosa was a journalism student at the Federal University of Par\u00e1 when she disappeared in 2016. Federal Police investigations later revealed she had traveled through Istanbul before entering Syria by land and settling in Raqqa, ISIS\u2019 former stronghold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, officials noted her conversion to Islam in Bel\u00e9m in 2014, after attending Arabic courses at a local mosque, where investigators believe she came into contact with international recruitment networks linked to ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its peak between 2014 and 2017, ISIS controlled vast swathes of Syria and Iraq, imposing a brutal system of governance on millions of people. 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