{"id":421447,"date":"2025-03-17T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/03\/17\/siria-ue-combattenti-radicalizzati\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T12:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:44:24","slug":"syria-the-eu-now-fears-the-return-of-radicalized-islamic-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/03\/17\/syria-the-eu-now-fears-the-return-of-radicalized-islamic-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: the EU now fears the return of radicalized Islamic fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels –\u00a0The new course in Syria<\/strong> brings with it security risks for the EU, starting with those related to the possible return of radicalized Islamic fighters<\/strong>. It is a problem that the European Parliament certainly feels, even if it does not openly speak of\u00a0a terrorist threat. Nonetheless, it points out that the seizing of power by\u00a0Hay\u02bcat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist militia that toppled the Assad regime, has emptied prisons, leaving ISIS and al-Qaeda militiamen at large. It notes<\/a>\u00a0that these\u00a0are Syrian nationals and\u00a0also people who most likely have EU nationality<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The threat exists as\u00a0the EU’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas<\/strong>, acknowledges responding to the parliamentary question.\u00a0“The Commission<\/strong>, in collaboration with Member States, continues to follow the fate of EU\u00a0<\/strong>citizens who traveled to conflict zones like Syria to join terrorist organizations and have not returned or whose deaths remain unconfirmed<\/strong>.” It is a sign that the situation is of concern and, therefore, requires monitoring and control. On the one hand, the EU does not want a new wave of refugees<\/a>; on the other, it\u00a0does not want a new terrorist threat alert level.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, the High Representative again recalls that, in principle, it is impossible to prevent EU citizens from returning<\/strong> unless their nationality is revoked. Therefore, it is impossible to rule out\u00a0the return of radicalized individuals to Europe cannot. “For those who return and constitute a security threat, prosecution is a primary tool,” Kallas stresses, also reminding that in security matters, the primary responsibility lies with the member states.<\/strong> Therefore, it is up to governments to keep a close eye on and verify how many cross the border.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Member states can use\u00a0the cooperation of Frontex (the Coast Guard and Border Guard Agency) for\u00a0operational support for migration management and Europol (the European police) to\u00a0share\u00a0intelligence information.<\/span><\/span> “Together, these measures aim to prevent re-entry of high-risk individuals and ensure accountability for their actions,” Kallas concluded.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The European Commission, however, in the name of stability in the country and the region, has decided to maintain relations with the new government led by HTS,<\/b>\u00a0which the UN recognizes as a terrorist<\/a> Islamic militia, with the EU aligned with the decisions of the United Nations.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Concerns emerge in a parliamentary question. High Representative Kallas admits looking at departed Europeans who are unaccounted for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":235178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707,25727],"tags":[26327,27471,25937,30728,30727,25745,29958,27073],"class_list":["post-421447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","category-in-the-spotlight","tag-europol-en","tag-frontex-en-2","tag-terrorists-islamists-en","tag-radicalization-en","tag-safety-en","tag-syria-en","tag-terrorism-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421447"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421455,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421447\/revisions\/421455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}