Turkey begins deporting foreign jihadistsTurkey captured many IS fighters in recent operations in Syria. Turkey said seven more Germans would be deported on Thursday, while 11 French citizens, two Irish and at least two additional Germans were also being processed. SEE ALSO :US demands Syria ceasefire but Turkey defiantIt was not clear whether those being deported were captured in Syria or Turkey. - 'Turkey not hotel' for ISA French official told AFP that the French nationals being expelled were mostly women. A French foreign ministry source told AFP at the weekend that a number of jihadist suspects had been quietly repatriated under a 2014 agreement with Turkey, and that the current deportations were nothing new.
Source: Standard Digital November 12, 2019 08:54 UTC