Tag: ISIS
Macedonia 21.03.19 | 19:29

‘Terrorist’ Cavkov gets 18 years in prison, while ISIS terrorists get 6 years

On Thursday, at the Criminal Court in Skopje, Macedonian citizens, who were part of ISIS paramilitary group, were sentenced to 6-9 years in prison. It is about Elmedin Osmani, Ahmed Xhengis, Orhan Zhupani, Bunjamin Feto, Safet Ramadani, Ibrahim Shabani and Almir Mirtovski who at the past hearing confessed...

Macedonia 19.03.19 | 17:32

Seven Macedonian citizens who joined ISIS plead guilty at the start of their trial

Seven Macedonian citizens, who were detained while fighting in ISIS, pleaded guilty at the trial that began today in Skopje. Little is known about the group, which was handed over to Macedonia last August, after being captured in the Middle East by US led coalition forces. They are charged under the...

Macedonia 19.02.19 | 22:48

NGO activist says that Macedonian police merely talked to ISIS “returnees”, made no arrests

Although days passed after the Interior Ministry announced it has foiled the work of a serious Islamist terror which had ties to related to ISIS and was planning attacks in Macedonia, no further details were revealed by the police. On Tuesday evening, an NGO activist who works with radicalized Islamists...

Balkans 17.02.19 | 21:35

Bulgarian MoFA also warns of possible terrorist attacks in Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry also warned of possible terrorist attacks in Macedonia following the announcement by the Macedonian Ministry of Interior that it had thwarted a planned terrorist attack by members of radical structures that supported ISIS and the warning issued by the U.S. Embassy in Skopje. Bulgaria’s...