Why is Kosovo Taking Home Islamic State Members?

Kosovo police escort a man suspected of having fought with Islamist insurgents in Syria and Iraq, in Pristina, Aug. 12, 2014. Kosovo has taken a proactive approach to reintegrating citizens who joined the IS.

While most European countries have been reluctant to take back their citizens who joined the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria and Iraq, the government of Kosovo has taken a different path by repatriating dozens of its people with plans to reintegrate them into society.

France, The “Budding Islamic Republic”

In a country that used to stand for freedom of expression, self-censorship is soaring.

“For the past five years, I’ve been going to the police station every month or so to file a complaint about death threats, not insults, death threats”. — Marika Bret, a journalist at Charlie Hebdo today, January 8, 2020.

Turkey: Turning on Washington to Benefit Moscow

“Turkey and [Libya’s] Government of National Accord reached an unusual agreement to essentially carve up much of the energy-rich eastern Mediterranean between them — threatening to cut out Greece and Cyprus from the coming bonanza.” — Foreign Policy, Keith Johnson, December 23, 2019.