European Center for Counterterrorism and Intelligence Studies in Germany and Netherlands.
By :Chris Dyer
Turkey announces it has deported one British and seven German ISIS militants
A 26-year-old British man was arrested at Heathrow Airport on terror charges
British citizen Hamza Parvez, dubbed ‘Hungry Hamza’, was being held in Syria
It comes as American man suspected of being ISIS member is being repatriated
Mohammad Darwis was left trapped between Turkey and Greece for three days
daily mail – A British suspected ISIS militant has been deported from Turkey and was arrested by police after his plane touched down at Heathrow Airport today.Turkey deported the mystery UK fighter back to Britain, along with seven German suspected jihadists who will also be returned to their home countries.The arrested man is one of more than 400 people alleged to have fought for the terror group before returning to the UK – another 500 were killed there and 600 British ISIS fighters, their brides and children were living in refugee camps in Syria after the caliphate fell this year.One possible match could be 26-year-old west Londoner Hamza Parvez – the first known British man to have joined the group in Iraq who was captured by Kurdish-led forces outside the group’s final stronghold in Banghouz, in April.
He was dubbed ‘Hungry Hamza’ because he repeatedly tweeted about loving life with ISIS – but then moaned about how much he missed KFC, Nando’s and McDonald’s dinners.His lack of fast food meant he lost 30 kilos and was last seen languishing in a jail on the Syrian border with Turkey. MailOnline has asked his family to comment.The 26-year-old left his home in west London to join the terror group, but after he surrendered to Kurdish forces he claimed he did not realise ISIS were so bad when he went to join up.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long complained about European countries not taking their home-grown militants back following the collapse of the so-called caliphate in Syria.Scotland Yard and the Home Office are refusing to name the terror suspect held at Heathrow – but the announcement of his deportation by Turkish authorities means he could be a high-profile extremist.
Since Erdogan’s forces invaded northeast Syria to drive Kurds away from the border, Turkey has pushed to deport foreign ISIS militants who are being held in its prisons or across the border in Syria.The Interior Ministry in Ankara did not give the identify the suspects, but the Met Police announced today officers arrested a 26-year-old man at Heathrow Airport on terror charges this afternoon.The Home Office in London also refused to disclose any details, saying it did not comment on individual cases.About 90,000 men, women and children with links to ISIS are being held by Kurdish forces in Syria.ISIS ‘matchmaker’ and recruiter, Tooba Gondal, who has dual British and French citizenship, is also believed to be in Turkish custody.Although it is said to be among the 11 French nationals also due to be sent back to France by Turkey.
Another British-born ISIS militant held in a Turkish prison is Aine Davis, a member of the so-called ‘Beatles’ torture gang that beheaded hostages including western journalists and aid workers in Syria.But ‘Jihadi Paul’ as he was known, originally from Hammersmith, west London, is aged 35.The Met said the counter terrorism arrest was ‘on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts’ and ‘Syria-related’.A spokesman added: ‘Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have today, November 14, arrested a man on suspicion of terrorism offences.’The 26-year-old man was arrested after arriving at Heathrow Airport on an inbound flight to the UK from Turkey.’He was arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He was detained under PACE and currently remains in police custody.’
The force added that the investigation will continue.Last month it was confirmed two suspected ISIS terrorists, dubbed ‘he Beatles’ because of their British accents, had been transferred from Syria into US custody.Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both in their 30s, were moved by American security services to an ‘undisclosed location’ amid fears they could escape custody as Turkish troops invaded the Syrian Kurdish-held region of north-eastern Syria.They were described as ‘the worst of the worst’ by US president Donald Trump.It is believed they are now in Virginia awaiting trial, where they could face the death penalty. Shamima Begum, the Bethnal Green schoolgirl who fled to Syria to join IS in 2015, was subsequently stripped of her British citizenship by then-Home Secretary Sajid Javid, prompting her to take legal action against the UK.
In August, Mr Javid also stripped 24-year-old ‘Jihadi’ Jack Letts of his British citizenship.The convert was 18 when he left his Oxfordshire home to join IS in Syria in 2014.The announcement of deportations from Turkey came as an American man suspected of being a member of ISIS and was left for three days trapped between Greece and Turkey will finally be repatriated back to the US.The man, identified by Turkish media as 39-year-old Mohammad Darwis B, was stuck in the heavily militarised border zone after Turkey tried to expel him to Greece on Monday, but Athens refused him entry. The US agreed to take him in and will provide him with travel documents, the ministry said, adding that the repatriation was underway.It comes a day after President Erdogan met with President Donald Trump in Washington.The Ministry said today the man had asked to be deported to a ‘third country’ and chose Greece.
He is said to be an American citizen of Jordanian background.He had been spotted in the no man’s land for three straight days. Media reports said Turkish authorities allowed him to spend the night in a vehicle, where he was fed.The ministry said in a statement: ‘Upon guarantees that he will be taken back by the United States and that travel documents will be procured, the necessary proceedings have been started to send him to the United States.’
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