Turkish authorities have arrested a Frenchman wanted by Paris and suspected of being part of a French-speaking jihadist group in Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Monday (December 14th).
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An individual of French nationality was arrested while attempting to cross illegally from Syria to Turkey,
” the ministry said in a statement, identifying the suspected jihadist with the initials CG.
According to Turkish authorities, the arrested man is part of Firqatul Ghuraba, the group led by French jihadist Oumar Diaby, alias Omar Omsen, suspected of having convinced many French people to join Syria.
Oumar Diaby was arrested in August in Syria by a jihadist group HTS which controls the province of Idleb.
The French jihadist arrested at the Turkish-Syrian border tried to enter Turkey under a false identity, Turkish authorities said.
He is currently being held at the Reyhanli Central Police Station in south-eastern Turkey.
In the years following the start of the conflict in Syria, in 2011, border Turkey was one of the main transit points for jihadists seeking to reach this warring country.
Long accused of "
let it go, let it go
", Ankara now regularly announces the arrest of suspected ISIS members and other wanted jihadists who are on its territory.
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