EU, Arab League join forces against jihadi threat

Sally

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It's great to see these two groups working together. The returning Jihadists can do a lot of damage to the countries they return to wherever these countries are.

EU, Arab League join forces against jihadi threat

After Brussels museum attack, foreign ministers pledge to ‘deal with’ radicalized residents returning from Syria

BY AP June 11, 2014

UNIONATHENS, Greece — European Union and Arab League countries agreed Wednesday to cooperate against the terror threat posed by radicals who return home from conflicts in the Middle East, following a deadly attack on a Jewish site in Belgium by a suspected jihadi.

Foreign ministers from the two regional bodies, meeting in Athens, said in a joint statement that their efforts would also address radicalization, recruitment and travel of foreign fighters — and “dealing with” those who return home.

Many European authorities fear that jihadists who travel to Syria and other conflict zones will come back with skills and the will to carry out terrorism. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders described returning foreign fighters as a “huge challenge.”

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EU, Arab League join forces against jihadi threat | The Times of Israel
 

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