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France: 930 Citizens or Residents Joined ’Daesh’ in Iraq, Syria

France: 930 Citizens or Residents Joined ’Daesh’ in Iraq, Syria
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Around 930 French citizens or residents, including at least 60 women, are either actively engaged in fights in Iraq and Syria or are planning to go there, the French interior minister said on Sunday.


France: 930 Citizens or Residents Joined ’Daesh’ in Iraq, SyriaIn an interview with Le Journal de Dimanche weekly, French minister Bernard Cazeneuve said: "930 French citizens or foreigners usually resident in France are today involved in [fights] in Iraq and Syria."

"350 are on the ground, including 60 women. Around 180 have left from Syria and 170 are en route for the zone," he said.

In addition, some 230 people are looking to head to areas held by extremists.

Added to this total of 930, an estimated 36 have already died out there, said Cazeneuve.

Meanwhile, Western governments have voiced concern about the possibility of their citizens joining so-called "Daesh" [ISIL] militants in Iraq and Syria and then returning home to commit atrocities.

France has attempted to create a law aimed at stopping aspiring extremists from traveling, which includes a ban on foreign travel of up to six months for individuals suspected of radicalization and gives authorities powers to temporarily confiscate and invalidate their passports.


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