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Morocco repatriates eight alleged jihadists from Syria
 [PULSE.NG] "The competent Moroccan authorities proceeded on March 10 to repatriate a group of eight Moroccan citizens who were in conflict zones in Syria," the interior ministry said in a statement.The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces launched a final offensive against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group's last redoubt in the east of the war-torn country a month ago. Backed by an international military coalition, the SDF has tossed in the clink Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! thousands of IS jihadists who have fled the shrinking stronghold. Many of those flooding out of IS territory are imported muscle and their families -- including some Moroccan women, according to AFP journalists on the ground. The SDF wants imported muscle and their families to be repatriated by their countries of origin. Sunday's operation had a "humanitarian character" and allowed the Moroccans to return to their home country safely, the ministry added. In 2015, the number of Moroccans in jihadist ranks in Iraq and Syria was estimated at more than 1,600. Those who return are arrested and receive sentences of 10 to 15 years in prison. Syria's multi-fronted war has killed more than 360,000 and displaced millions since it erupted in the wake of the government's bloody repression of street protests in 2011. Posted by: Fred 2019-03-11 |
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