Prosecution of Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France: Insights and Recommendations for Policymakers and Security Agencies

This policy paper, authored by CEP senior research analyst Sofia Koller, features an analysis and series of recommendations surrounding the prosecution of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) who left France to travel to the territory of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq and have since returned home.

Author: Sofia Koller

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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