Tag: ISIS
Macedonia 09.06.23 | 09:27

Osmani participates in Global Coalition against Daesh ministerial meeting

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani participated Thursday in the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition against Daesh, hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “Macedonia as part of the Coalition, but also...
Macedonia 08.06.23 | 12:54

FM Osmani will deal with ISIS, too

The Minster of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, attends on Thursday the ministerial meeting of the Gllobal Coalition Against Daesh/ISIS, which takes place in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. This year’s meeting is organized by the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
Macedonia 05.10.22 | 22:12

The government published a list of Macedonian citizens who fought in Syria as part of ISIS

The government for the first time published a list of 15 Macedonian citizens who took part in paramilitary formations in Syria and the “Islamic State” (ISIS). They have been financially sanctioned for participating in the war in Syria and financing others to take part in the war. The names...
Macedonia 05.04.22 | 15:49

New charges against Skopje man who recruited for ISIS in 2015

A 30 year old man from Skopje, identified by the police as S.I., was charged with recruitment for ISIS. The man is already sentenced to ten years in prison for the same crime. He was first detained in 2015, along with 34 other mainly ethnic Albanian men, who joined ISIS, or recruited among the Albanian...
Balkans 19.07.21 | 09:59

From the region only Macedonia and Kosovo repatriate terrorist fighters, others take away their citizenship

The news that the government repatriated Macedonian citizens from Syria upset the Macedonian public as they are members of the ISIS terror group based in Syria. Four terrorist fighters, five women and as many as 14 children were repatriated during the weekend. As we unofficially find out, as many as...
Macedonia 09.06.21 | 18:26

Kosovan Islamist who carried out a triple murder near Tetovo in 2008, bought a Macedonian passport in 2018

Ziadin Berisha, an ethnic Albanian Islamist, was issued a Macedonian passport in September 2018, it was revealed today. Berisha was given the false identity of Josif Stavre, a Macedonian who holds a dual American citizenship, despite the fact that he was sought for triple murder and was a known ISIS...
Macedonia 11.04.21 | 12:23

Top Albanian Islamist was given a Macedonian passport in 2018

Kosovo Albanian Islamist Fitim Dema was given a Macedonian passport in 2018, revealed today VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki. For days the party has been disclosing names from the list of over 200 criminals, mafia bosses and hitmen who were given Macedonian passports under assumed identities by...
Macedonia 26.02.21 | 10:19

The Kumanovo islamists trained in RPG fire and tested improvised explosive devices before being arrested

The group of ethnic Albanian islamists who were arrested in Kumanovo in September were training in firing RPG grenades and in preparing bombs, the prosecutors said as the case moves to a trial. The group at its core had three people, with eight accomplices, some of whom had gone to Syria and joined ISIS. Three...
Macedonia 28.12.20 | 14:16

Eight more members of the Islamist cell that was preparing attacks arrested in Kumanovo and Skopje

The Interior Ministry reported the arrest of eight additional members of a group of Islamists that was apprehended in August. Three Islamists arrested in Skopje and Kumanovo while preparing suicide attacks In the initial arrests, three Islamists were detained, along with a large cache of weapons that...
Macedonia 01.09.20 | 12:28

The Islamist group was storing its weapons and explosives south of Kumanovo, police reveals

The Interior Ministry identified the three members of the Islamist cell who were apparently preparing suicide attacks in Macedonia by their initials and partially obscured photographs. The group was led by A.B., who was later joined by Lj.E. and A.V. The group was storing weaponry and explosives in...
Macedonia 01.09.20 | 12:09

Three Islamists arrested in Skopje and Kumanovo while preparing suicide attacks

Macedonian police informed that it has arrested a group of Islamist terrorists who were apparently planning attacks. The arrests were conducted in Skopje and Kumanovo. From the footage made available by the Interior Ministry, it’s visible that the group had the black ISIS flag and was preparing...
Macedonia 04.08.20 | 18:24

Charges filed against woman from Skopje who joined ISIS

A 38 year old woman from Skopje has been charged with joining the Islamic State. Prosecutors say she travelled to Syria twice during which time she joined with ISIS. She was eventually deported by the Turkish authorities to Macedonia in March. During the peak of the Syrian war, Macedonia adopted a law...
Macedonia 11.03.20 | 11:03

Turkey reports that it deported an Islamist fighter to Macedonia

A Macedonian citizen who was detained in Turkey as an Islamist fighter in Syria has been deported back to Macedonia. According to the Turkish authorities, two Islamists, a Macedonian and a German citizen were deported. It’s not clear whether it’s the same person who was recently reported...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:34

Islamist deported from Turkey detained in Skopje, charged with trying to join Jabhat al Nusra

State prosecutors filed criminal charges against a 20 year old man from Skopje who is suspected of “participating in a foreign army”. This article in the Criminal Code is used against Macedonian citizens who participated in ISIS and similar Islamist groups. The man is identified as A.B.,...
Macedonia 13.02.20 | 11:21

ISIS had 1.200 Balkan recruits – 156 of them from Macedonia

Bosnian intelligence estimates that a total of 1.200 Muslims from the Balkans fought in the ranks of the Islamic State. According to the report, published by Bosnian media, 156 of the Islamist fighters were from Macedonia, most of them ethnic Albanian Muslims. ISIS had more than 400 recruits from Kosovo,...
Balkans 12.11.19 | 11:59

Erdogan threatens to release ISIS prisoners back to Europe

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday issued a chilling threat to Europe over looming sanctions over Ankara’s unauthorized drilling in the Mediterranean: penalize us and we’ll release ISIS prisoners back to European countries. “You should revise your stance toward...
Macedonia 29.10.19 | 14:37

Dual Macedonian – Swiss citizen arrested in Switzerland in ISIS recruitment raid

Swiss prosecutors have charged a Macedonian citizen of recruiting Islamists to go fight with the Islamic State. Two men who lived in the north-west of Switzerland were arrested, one a dual Swiss – Italian citizen and the other a dual Macedonian – Swiss passport holder. Police has been following...
World 27.10.19 | 10:10

ISIS leader Al Baghdadi believed to have been killed in Syria

The leader of ISIS Abu Bakr al – Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a US operation. President Donald Trump tweeted that “Something very big has just happened!”, prompting reports speculation that Al – Baghdadi has been located in Syria’s Idlib province. His killing...
Balkans 20.04.19 | 15:55

Large group of ISIS camp followers returned to Kosovo

A group of 110 family members of Albanian Islamists were returned to Kosovo yesterday from Syria, where they accompanied ISIS fighters. The group includes four fighters, 32 women and 74 minors, including nine orphans. The fighters will be detained for initial 48 hours, Kosovan security sources said. It...
Macedonia 22.03.19 | 11:21

ISIS terrorists got three times smaller sentences than 27 April convicts

It’s a shame that terrorists who were part of ISIS, who were fighting in Iraq and Syria got three times smaller sentences from the convicts for 27 April 27, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE said. It is a shame that returnees from the Middle East wars, terrorists who fought on the side of ISIS, who executed...
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