3 Women Repatriated From Syria Face Terror Charges in Kosovo
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:48 pmVOA - Vietnam News
Kosovo police officers secure the area inside a detention center where authorities have brought back from Syria 110 Kosovar citizens, mostly women and children in the village of Vranidol, April 20, 2019
Kosovo police officers secure the area inside a detention center where authorities have brought back from Syria 110 Kosovar citizens, mostly women and children in the village of Vranidol, April 20, 2019
PRISTINA - Kosovo prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against three women repatriated from Syria for allegedly joining terror groups there.
Prosecutors said Monday that the three women had left Kosovo in 2013, 2014 and 2015 to join the Islamic State group in Syria and Al-Nusra in Iraq. Spouses of two of them had died, apparently in fighting there.
The three women were among 110 Kosovo citizens repatriated from Syria in April.
If convicted, they could face a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
Kosovo authorities say 30 of the country's citizens are still actively supporting terror groups in Syria.