'Upset and angry' ISIS bride Shamima Begum, 21, breaks cover in refugee camp in Syria wearing sunglasses, jacket and leggings after Supreme Court rules she CAN'T return to UK to fight for her British citizenship Shamima Begum today broke cover after the Supreme Court ruled she cannot return to the UK to pursue an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship. The jihadi bride was seen crying and looking angry in her tent before she marched through al-Roj refugee camp in Syria. The 21-year-old was wearing Western clothes - a pair of sunglasses, a dark jacket, leggings and white trainers - but refused to comment on the news she will have to fight her case from abroad. Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join ISIS in February 2015. Her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019. Begum challenged the Home Office's decision to remove her British citizenship and wanted to be allowed to return to Britain to pursue her appeal. The Court of Appeal ruled in July 'the only way in which she can have a fair and effective appeal is to be permitted to come into the UK to pursue her appeal'. The Home Office challenged that decision at the Supreme Court in November, arguing allowing her to return to the UK 'would create significant national security risks' and expose the public to 'an increased risk of terrorism'. Today, the UK's highest court ruled Begum should not be granted leave to enter the UK to pursue her appeal against the deprivation of her British citizenship.