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Kosovo slaps ban on citizens fighting in Syria, Iraq war (AFP)

Pristina: Kosovo lawmakers on Thursday adopted legislation banning citizens from fighting in foreign conflicts in a bid to prevent young people from joining jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.

The legislation provides for up to 15 years behind bars for anyone violating the ban on taking part in armed conflicts abroad.

It specifically forbids participation in a foreign army, police or paramilitary formations in any form of conflict outside the territory of Kosovo.

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Kosovo Charges Seven With Islamist Terrorism (Balkan Insight)

Seven Kosovars have been indicted on terrorism charges for planning to take up arms with the Islamic State or for recruiting fighters in Kosovo, the first such indictment to be raised in the country since more than 50 people were arrested last year.

The indictment, which names the seven defendants, says they “agreed to go to war in Syria and join a group of Albanians fighting for the terrorist organization ISIL,” the Kosovo prosecutor's office said.

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Five indicted in Kosovo on terrorism charges (Reuters)

Five people in Kosovo have been indicted on terrorism charges for fighting in Syria, trying to buy assault rifles and assaulting two Christian missionaries from the United States in 2013. The indictments coincided with a vote in parliament on introducing prison sentences for waging war abroad, as the predominantly Muslim Balkan country seeks to confront the threat posed by radical Islamists returning from Syria and Iraq. Security agencies estimate that between 100 and 200 Kosovars have enlisted with Islamic State.

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German authorities sentence Kreshnik Berisha for joining ISIS (Indeksonline)

Kreshnik Berisha was sentenced today in Frankfurt to three years and nine months in prison for joining the organization of Islamic State (ISIS). Last year, Berisha was accused that he traveled to Syria where he stayed for five months, and fought alongside ISIS, Indeksonline reports. This is the first trial in Germany held for someone who joined ISIS. Berisha, 20 years old, was born in Germany to Kosovo Albanian parents.

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Committee chair sees "network of radical Islam" in Kosovo (B92)

Milovan Drecun has accused Bajram Rexhepi of trying to diminish the gravity of an incident when a Serbian Orthodox monastery was vandalized with graffiti. The inscriptions inside the Visoki Dečani medieval monastery's compound in Kosovo included the message "the caliphate is coming," and acronyms of the Islamic State (ISIS), the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; Albanian: UCK), and the Albanian National Army (AKSH). Rexhepi, the interior minister in the Kosovo government, qualified it as an act of vandalism, claiming that the graffiti on the walls

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Kosovo Police confirms 15 arrests (Gazeta Blic)

Kosovo Police issued a press release today confirming that 15 persons were arrested in several locations. After several months of investigations and in cooperation with State Prosecution, Kosovo Police this morning conducted a country-wide operation to arrest people suspected of committing criminal offenses against the constitutional order and security in the Republic of Kosovo.

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One month detention for terrorist suspects (Kosovapress)

The Basic Court of Kosovo announced today a 30-day detention measure against forty people suspected of participating in fighting in Syria and Iraq alongside terrorist organizations ISIS and Al-Nusra. A defense attorney told reporters that this is bad news for Kosovo’s image because the court failed to secure evidence that would confirm the alleged activities of the suspects. The attorney said this also confirms the failure of security institutions in Kosovo to prevent such activities.

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