Following a large-scale police operation in several cities, the Turkish authorities arrested 64 people, including a Moroccan national, suspected of belonging to the Islamic State Daesh.
280 Moroccan women and 391 children could be repatriated from Turkey. Turkish and Moroccan authorities are coordinating the imminent return of jihadist families.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) has just neutralized six individuals suspected of affiliation with Daesh. They are known for their admiration for this terrorist group, of which they regularly made the apology in the popular neighborhoods.
Belgian Interior Minister Pieter De Crem is concerned about a "significant increase in individuals and small cells of the far-right movement who legitimize the use of violence." These extremists would even be ready to take more violent actions.
The Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), in coordination with the General Intelligence (RG), the judicial police and the Royal Gendarmerie of the province of Sidi Slimane, recently carried out a wave of arrests in Salafist circles.
The Spanish National Police arrested on Thursday a man suspected of being linked to the Islamic State (IS) organization. The 25-year-old man is a Moroccan national.
Three widows of Islamic State (IS) fighters have been sentenced to five years in prison and stripped of their Belgian nationality.
The Antwerp Criminal Court will look into the case of the two sisters repatriated from Turkey to Belgium at the end of November. Their lawyer announced it on Tuesday.
Several hundred demonstrators marched on Sunday to support the victims of the attack perpetrated against the Bayonne mosque. They demand that this act be formally recognized as a terrorist attack.
Morocco’s determination to effectively combat terrorism is recognized and appreciated by the Chief Prosecutor of the National Court of Spain. He made this known during the Meeting of Prosecutors Members of the Quadripartite Anti-Terrorism Group held in Marrakech.
Belgian politicians are divided on the issue of repatriating or not the jihadists imprisoned in the camps in Iraq and Syria. Many think that their return to their homeland would allow them to reconnect with their terrorist activities.
Turkey is pursuing its policy of expelling foreign jihadists from its soil to their countries of origin. In total, 11 jihadists were sent back, on Monday, December 9, 2019, to France.