{"id":231470,"date":"2025-04-01T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-accused-of-links-to-al-qaeda-in-syria-wants-uk-passport-back\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:05:08","slug":"man-accused-of-links-to-al-qaeda-in-syria-wants-uk-passport-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/man-accused-of-links-to-al-qaeda-in-syria-wants-uk-passport-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of links to Al Qaeda in Syria wants UK passport back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uVw2Ncc34BY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Man accused of links to Al Qaeda in Syria wants UK passport back\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uVw2Ncc34BY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A number of Britons who travelled to Syria &#8211; and who then had their citizenship revoked &#8211; have been left in limbo after the fall of the Assad regime. <\/p>\n<p>One of those is Tauqir Sharif, an aid worker from Essex who runs a network of charities in Idlib, and is now urging the UK government to give him his citizenship back. <\/p>\n<p>Eight years ago, he was accused by the Home Office of being associated with a group aligned with Al Qaeda, which he denies. <\/p>\n<p>That group then became known as HTS, who are now governing Syria.<\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Britons who travelled to Syria &#8211; and who then had their citizenship revoked &#8211; have been left in limbo after the fall of the Assad regime. 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