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‘A terrible mistake’: B.C. ISIS bride Kimberley Polman, in her own words
She was repatriated from Syria in 2022 and later faced a Canadian prosecution after years in ISIS territory, where she said she feared for her life.
- Kimberley Polman pleaded guilty last month to participating in the activities of a terrorist group after returning from Syria, and she is set to appear in court next week for her sentencing hearing.
- Polman left Canada in 2015 to join her husband in Syria, later marrying Trinidadian Islamic State member Safraz Ali and remaining in the conflict zone for about seven years working in an Islamic State hospital in Raqqa.
- While Polman claimed in a letter she "came to ISIS believing I could help women and children" as a nurse, computer data revealed she knew the group was a terrorist entity when she was captured near Baghouz on January 27, 2019.
- Oumaima Chouay, another Canadian returnee, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to participating in terrorist group activities and received a one-day custodial sentence plus a three-year probation order following her time in pretrial custody.
- Global Affairs Canada repatriated Polman in October 2022, leading to her arrest in Montreal after she spent almost four years in Syrian detention camps following her capture in 2019.
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The Toronto Star+5 Reposted by 5 other sources
‘A terrible mistake’: B.C. ISIS bride Kimberley Polman, in her own words
VANCOUVER - In 2015, Kimberly Polman was unemployed and living in low-income housing in British Columbia when she made a life-changing decision — she would move to war-torn Syria and
·Toronto, Canada
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'A terrible mistake': B.C. ISIS bride Kimberley Polman, in her own words
VANCOUVER - In 2015, Kimberly Polman was unemployed and living in low-income housing in British Columbia when she made a life-changing decision — she would move to war-torn Syria and join her husband in the Islamic State terrorist organization.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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