2 hours agoHere are the Kosovars who returned from Syria last night
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Accompanied by numerous police cars, returnees from Syria have left “Adem Jashari” in the early hours of Saturday to be sent to the former military base in the village of Vranidol, on the outskirts of Pristina. Radio correspondent Free Europe reported that at the airport, near where they were believed to have been originally deployed [...]
The Radio Free Europe correspondent reported that at the airport, near the location where the Syrian returnees were initially located, there was a plane in a part of which the United States flag was observed.
Weeks ago, US President Donald Trump has called on countries in Europe to take and judge the militant group Islamic State.
The Kosovo government has said the world will act as well as other member states of the global coalition against the Islamic State.
More than 400 citizens of Kosovo, mostly adults, have gone to the last six years in Syria and Iraq to fight on the side of the militant Islamic State group.
More than 70 have been killed, while many women and children have continued to remain in the area.
According to Kosovo Police data in February, there have been 44 Kosovo women and 48 Kosovo children in the conflict area in Syria.
The number of Kosovo fighters still remaining in the conflict zone is 56, Kosovo Police have said on February 25th.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said it is ready to help bring Kosovars back from Syria.
In a report published in February as well, the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies has pointed out that Kosovo citizens do not want foreign fighters to return to the country, as they consider them to be a security concern.
Kosovo has drafted a law in 2015, with which every person participating in foreign wars will be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
The Islamic state, which in 2014 has declared the so-called potassium in parts of Syria and Iraq, is reportedly losing control of the last territory in March.
