Daech ‘soldier’ Emilie König arrested in Syria, seeks repatriation

Emilie König, a 33 year old Breton known as “the most wanted woman in France,” had been the target of American and international security forces for several years. She has been arrested in Syria by Kurdish forces and is currently being held at a refugee camp. König was the first women to be added to…

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Le Drian: 500 French jihadists still in Iraq

As the Islamic State’s remaining territory is retaken, there are still nearly 500 French jihadists in Iraq, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian. “There remain around 500 [jihadists] who are there and who will be prisoners or who will likely flee,” he said. “Returning to France by themselves is extremely difficult.” Minister…

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Four children of French jihadists to be repatriated

As the Iraqi military gains ground on ISIS, a delicate problem remains: the repatriation of children born to jihadists. Around 70 French jihadists have ben detained by Iraqi authorities in Baghdad. Among them, there are four Frenchmen and five widows that will not return to France. According to information obtained by Le Figaro there are…

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European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality publishes new report on radicalisation, violent extremism and women

The report examines women’s involvement with radicalisation and violent extremism in the EU, programmes in place to prevent and counter this, and the role of women themselves in these programmes.

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Returnees, unaccounted combatants, child jihadists: Germany struggles with the ‘foreign fighter’ phenomenon

Ever since the Islamic State group began to lose the territories it had so spectacularly conquered during 2013 and 2014, analysts and policy-makers in the West have warned of potential large-scale return movements of so-called ‘foreign fighters’. 40,000 ‘foreign fighters’ Although the term ‘foreign fighter’ is vacuous with respect to international law, it still permeates…

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