JIHADI bride Shamima Begum has today LOST her citizenship appeal - leaving her languishing in a Syrian refugee camp.
Begum, 24, was stripped of her British status in 2019 on national security grounds and remains stuck in the war-ravaged country.
Begum has launched countless legal bids as she attempts to claw her way back into Britain - nine years after she fled.
But she lost at every step of the way as courts ruled in favour of the Home Office, who believe she is a threat to security.
Top judges at the Court of Appeal today ruled this conclusion was lawful and dismissed her latest appeal.
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This means for now Begum will remain in Syria with no chance of returning to the UK - although more appeals could take place in the future that could change this.
Her solicitor Daniel Furner hinted at taking the battle further today, vowing: "We are not going to stop fighting until she does get justice and until she is safely back home."
Lady Chief Justice Dame Sue Carr said in the ruling it could be argued the decision in Begum's case is "harsh" but pointed out it could also be said she is the "author of her own misfortune".
The judge said it is not up to the court to agree or disagree with this point of view, adding: "Our only task is to assess whether the deprivation decision was unlawful.
"We have concluded it was not, and the appeal is dismissed."
Today's ruling comes after the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) ruled in favour of the government last year after yet another challenge to the original 2019 decision.
The jihadi bride was 15 when she left her home in East London with two pals to join the bloodthirsty terror group.
She has claimed she was a "dumb kid" when she joined ISIS and "didn't want to be the friend that was left behind".
But her lawyers have argued there is "overwhelming evidence" she was a victim of trafficking when she fled to the war-ravaged country.
They said the Home Office had a legal duty to investigate whether this was the case when her citizenship was removed.
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Samantha Knights QC said "the counter-terrorism unit had suspicions of coercion and control" at the time she left left the UK.
She argued this "gives rise to the need to investigate the issue of trafficking".
In written submissions, her legal team accused the Home Office of failing to consider whether she was "a child trafficked to, and remaining in, Syria for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced marriage".
But lawyers for the Home Office said Begum "should not be permitted to amend her grounds again".
ISIS bride
David Blundell QC also argued it is "significant" the claim was she "may have been trafficked" rather than a firm she "was" trafficked.
The lawyer added: "Ms Begum herself has never stated that she has been trafficked, despite having given numerous media interviews and provided instructions to her solicitors on a number of matters.
"The absence of a claim that she has in fact been trafficked means this ground proceeds on an uncertain factual basis.
"It is entirely speculative."
In its ruling,the SIAC concluded there were "arguable breaches of duty" by state bodies - including the Met Police, Tower Hamlets Council and Begum's school.
But it found there was "no direct connection between any potential failures, by other public authorities, in 2015" and the decision to deprive Begum of her citizenship.
In a previous interview, Begum moaned about not being able to watch the Friends reunion in the Al-Roj prison camp.
She also told how she spends her time watching ITV's Good Morning Britain in her tent and binging blockbusters such as Men in Black.
Begum, who now wears Western-style clothing - including Nike baseball caps and tight jeans - reveals she enjoys playing charades and dancing to Shakira in Zumba classes.
During her time in Syria, she married an ISIS fighter and had three children, who have all since died.
But after the evil regime collapsed, Begum ended up in a refugee camp.
And soon after, then Home Secretary Sajid Javid stripped her of her UK citizenship to stop her from ever coming back.
Begum has previously told how she had no regrets about joining the death cult and was not fazed by seeing discarded heads in bins.
She also told how she had sewn ISIS bombers into their suicide vests.
