Provocation: Graffiti ISIS written on Serbian houses in Kosovo (Blic)
Graffiti ISIS were inscribed on the houses of Serbs in ethnically mixed neighborhood in northern Mitrovica, confirmed Kosovo police.
Graffiti ISIS were inscribed on the houses of Serbs in ethnically mixed neighborhood in northern Mitrovica, confirmed Kosovo police.
Columnist of this daily, Halil Matoshi, says that based on the Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty the statement of the French President, François Hollande that the barbarity of the “Islamic State” in Paris is “an act of war” requires a collective reaction. This means, he notes, that from the black Friday in Paris, Albania is also in war. NATO could undertake massive infantry attack against the “Islamic State” and it is believed that its end has already started.
Kosovo Police yesterday arrested three individuals suspected of the criminal offense "Organizing and participating in terrorist groups". The suspects were arrested in Hani i Elezit after they were stopped and returned from Turkey by the Turkish police while trying to travel to Syria. Also, two locations were searched and there were found enough evidence to assist the prosecution with this case.
Editor in chief of this daily, Arbana Xharra, considers that it is natural to be concerned if recent events in Paris could occur in Kosovo. This question is legitimate, she notes, knowing that so far, 300 Kosovars have joined the “Islamic State” and its branches in the Middle East. “So there are sufficient elements for concern, because they are among us and brain washing did not happen within a night.
The news site reports that another individual from Kosovo who was fighting alongside ISIS was killed in Syria last week. GazetaExpress sources said that Basri Sylejmani from Pristina was killed last week during the bombing of an ISIS camp in Syria.
At a conference organized yesterday by the Kosovo Centre for Security Studies and the EU Office in Kosovo it was said that women and children who are forced by their husbands or someone else to go to Syria and Iraq, after returning to Kosovo should be part of rehabilitation and reintegration programs. Most of them go with their husbands, but there are times when they take the road on its own initiative. But, Kosovo institutions have no plan or strategy on how to integrate women who decide to return after their husbands die in Syria.
Kosovo Center for Security Studies (KCSS), supported by the European Union Office in Kosovo, organized a round-table discussion today on "The role of women in preventing violent extremism in Kosovo". During this meeting it was said that the role of women is crucial to preventing violent extremism.
Interview: Momir Stojanovic, president of the Committee for the control of the security services of the National Assembly of Serbia
In recent months we have been faced with unexpectedly large number of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa. How does all this reflect on Serbia and its security?
Kosovo’s Interior Minister, Skender Hyseni, said today that 46 individuals from Kosovo were killed until now in Syria and Iraq. He added that he is worried with the number of Kosovo citizens participating in foreign wars. According to him, Kosovo is ranked among the places with the largest number of fighters in Syria and Iraq per capita.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his latest report expressed regret because of the slow pace of Kosovo's institutions in the formation of a Special court for crimes of so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), but also warned that "Islamic state" threatens Kosovo.
The report covers period from 16 April to 15 July this year, and was released at the eve of the UN Security Council session dedicated to Kosovo and Metohija, which will be held on 21 August.