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Albania and Kosovo: A ‘New Front’ For Jihadists (AFP)

Three years ago, Albert and Yassin left their homes in Kosovo and Albania to wage jihad in Syria. Now they’re back, swelling the ranks of jihadists in a region the Islamic State has called a “new front” in Europe. Yassin, 30, who now works as a halal butcher in a downtrodden suburb of Albania’s capital Tirana, refused to give his real name out of fear of repercussions. Wounded in Syria’s battered northern city of Aleppo in 2014, the father-of-three told AFP he left “to help the Syrian people” and hopes Allah will recognise his sacrifice, even if he did not die a martyr. Albert Berisha, a 29-year-old political science graduate, says he took an “emotional decision” to leave for the Middle East “after seeing on TV and social media what was happening in Syria.” http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/05/albania-kosovo-new-front-jihadists/

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