Balkan foreign fighters: from Syria to Ukraine

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Series Details No.20, June 2017
Publication Date 16/06/2017
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Although the phenomenon of foreign fighters is certainly not new, recent developments in Syria and Iraq have put this issue back on the European Union’s security agenda.

The Western Balkan region is not an exception to this trend. Violent extremism in the region is generally perceived through the lens of Islamist radicalisation and foreign fighters who joined Daesh or Al-Nusra in Syria and Iraq. Other forms of extremism, such as right-wing nationalism, if acknowledged at all, are regarded as a secondary concern

Source Link Link to Main Source http://publications.europa.eu/s/c84V
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ESO: Background information: The Western Balkans: back in the EU spotlight http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-western-balkans-back-in-the-eu-spotlight/
Wikipedia: Islamism and Islamic terrorism in the Balkans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism_and_Islamic_terrorism_in_the_Balkans
Balkan Insight: Jihadism and the Balkans http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/page/jihadism-and-the-balkans

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