European Center for Counterterrorism and Intelligence Studies in Germany and Netherlands. The Belgian government, like other European governments, fears the return of fighters of Belgian nationality from conflict zones in Syria and Iraq to their country. It considers...
By Kilian Roithmaier – The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague European Center for Counterterrorism and Intelligence Studies in Germany and Netherlands. The former self-declared caliphate of the Islamic State (IS), once the size of Britain, has...
The Homecoming of Foreign Fighters in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium: Policies and Challenges Rik Coolsaet & Thomas Renard Some 5000 men, women and children have travelled from Europe to Syria and Iraq since 2012. Less than a year after this process began,...