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Returnees: who are they, why are they (not) coming back and how should we deal with them? Assessing policies on returning foreign terrorist fighters in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

Some 5000 men, women and children have travelled from Europe to Syria and Iraq since 2012. An estimated 1500 of these foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) have returned so far. Belgium, […]

Events

Forgotten Crises – The Case of Syria

On invitation only

The recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have brought Syria’s ongoing civil war back into the spotlight, despite the conflict being overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. Geo-strategic circumstances such […]

Book Talk: “The Islamic State in Africa”

Watch the recording of the webinar on Youtube   In 2019, Islamic State lost its last remaining sliver of territory in Syria, and its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed. […]