December 23, 2021
Very Mix
Police officers of the counter-terror division in Athens have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of having links to the ISIS terrorist organization, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced. The suspect, identified only as an Iraqi national, had been previously arrested on December 7, 2021 on migrant smuggling charges and was …
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October 5, 2021
Society, Very Mix
A 34-year-old Iraqi man was who was arrested on Monday was charged for membership to the terror group ISIS on Tuesday. The man has reportedly admitted that he was a fighter of the ISIS and that he withdrew after a battle where he lost one of his legs. The man …
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October 4, 2021
Uncategorized, Very Mix
A 34-year-old Iraqi man, accused of being an ISIS terrorist, was arrested Monday noon following after a joint operation by the Greek Counter-Terrorism Unit and the National Intelligence Services (EYP), in the center of Athens. The man had arrived to Greece via the migrants’ Lesvos-route in 2018. He has reportedly …
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November 19, 2020
Refugees
A prosecutor in Athens charged a 27-year old man from Syria with membership in the terrorist organization ISIS /DA’ESH and direct complicity in manslaughter as a terrorist act after an incident at the migrant facility in Eleonas, an Athens neighborhood, led to his arrest on Thursday. Citing sources, state-run news …
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November 5, 2020
Refugees
Greek authorities arrested a national from Tajikistan as suspected member of the ISIS. the 27-year-old man was arrested in the town of Tripolis in central Peloponnese on Thursday. Against him there was a high priority Red Arrest Warrant issued by the Interpol. The man was arrested during a random stop-and-search …
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December 9, 2019
Turkey-GR
Turkey has deported to Greece a woman Ankara initially described as an “ISIS fighter.” It turns out that the woman was arrested because she entered Turkey from Syria with expired passport. Ankara deports to their countries of origin, people the Turkish Army has arrested during and after the military operation …
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November 12, 2019
Politics, World
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Europeans that “Turkey could release all the ISIS prisoners and send them to Europe, together with millions of refugees and migrants.” Erdogan’s threats are Turkey’s response to the EU sanctions over Cyprus. Speaking to reporters before his visit to the United States, Erdogan also said …
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November 11, 2019
Greece, Politics
Turkey has started the deportation of ISIS members of foreign nationality back to their home country. One of them landed in the buffer zone between Turkey and Greece. The man who according to Turkish media is a US citizen was deported by Turkey to Greece in the land borders in North-West …
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November 4, 2019
World
Turkey will send all 1,200 ISIS terrorists of foreign origin arrested during the Syria operation back to their countries, Ankara said on Monday. “Turkey will send all detained foreign Daesh terrorists to their countries of origin even if their citizenship have been revoked, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced. Reiterating Turkey’s …
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October 21, 2019
Greece, Politics
Greek security officials have been placed on high alert due to concerns that Islamic State jihadists who have escaped from North Syrian prison may seek their repatriation in Europe, using Greece as a bridge. In cooperation with the Europol, the Greeks will try to tighten security in the country’s land …
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August 20, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greek authorities have no indications of a planned terror attack in Greece, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection, Nikos Toskas, said on Sunday. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT TV, Toskas said that Greece is a pillar of stability, security and calm in Europe, when compared to other countries in the area.. …
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August 19, 2017
World
A 22-year-old woman with Belgian citizenship was arrested on suspicion of membership in a terror group. The woman was arrested late Friday night while on a passenger ferry sailing from Italy to Greece, en route Bari-Corfu-Igoumenitsa. The arrest followed a Europol warrant on charges of extremism. The Greek Coast Guard …
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May 25, 2017
Turkey-GR
Greek anarchists fight against jihadists in north Syria together with local Kurdish forces. They reportedly operate in the region of Rojava, a de facto ‘autonomous region’ in Northern Syria, that is also known as Syrian Kurdistan or Western Kurdistan. The Greek anarchist call Rojava an “anarchist land.” According to a …
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March 6, 2017
Society
In a joint operation of police and the Navy, Greek authorities arrested four men and seized 635,000 drug pills worth ten million euros. The drug pills known under the brand name Captagon are said to be popular in the Arab world. Furthermore, Captagon is known to be used by the …
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December 22, 2016
Very Mix
German police arrested a Moroccan man charged with helping to plot the deadly ISIS attack in Paris in November 2015. Redouane S., 24, is accused of being part of the terror cell which included ringleader leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud,. He is thought to have rent apartments in Greece and Turkey for …
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February 14, 2016
Very Mix
Three men, holders of British passports, were arrested in the town of Alexandroupolis near the Greek-Turkish border on Saturday. All three suspects were reportedly heavily armed and two trailers they were driving were transporting dozens of weapons and thousands of bullets. Bullets & firearms hidden in the two trailers – …
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January 31, 2016
Very Mix
Two people suspected to have links with the ISIS have been arrested in Alexandroupoli town in Northern Greece, near the Greek-Turkish borders. The two men were holders of Swedish passports and had one machete and military uniforms in their luggage. One is of Yemen origin and one from Bosnia. The …
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April 7, 2015
Politics
For a second time within a couple of weeks, Greek Defense Minister and leader of coalition government junior partner Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos warned that if the European Union keeps undermining the coalition government and the country exit or is forced to exit the Euro “waves of migrants: will stream …
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